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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-01-29 16:22:54 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-01-29 16:22:54 -0800
commit13293115d1c44df1077976473112d18f1877c390 (patch)
tree0c1c4d1cb478cdb9dc159ce9a7bc9e7425324a36 /lib/genalloc.c
parent1ecd7450c0503d99675109a4cd43ecd735b9d876 (diff)
parenta4edbc1011513117ec5a96a7b24ae2f94e13f28f (diff)
Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew Morton)
Merge random fixes from Andrew Morton: "Random fixes. I have one batch remaining for -rc1, mainly zram changes which await a merge of Jens's trees" * emailed patches fron Andrew Morton akpm@linux-foundation.org>: MAINTAINERS: ADI Linux development mailing lists: change to the new server Documentation: fix multiple typo occurences s/KenelVersion/KernelVersion/ dma-debug: fix overlap detection memblock: add limit checking to memblock_virt_alloc mm/readahead.c: fix do_readahead() for no readpage(s) mm/slub.c: do not VM_BUG_ON_PAGE() for temporary on-stack pages slab: fix wrong retval on kmem_cache_create_memcg error path s390/compat: change parameter types from unsigned long to compat_ulong_t fs/compat: fix lookup_dcookie() parameter handling fs/compat: fix parameter handling for compat readv/writev syscalls mm/mempolicy.c: convert to pr_foo() mm: numa: initialise numa balancing after jump label initialisation mm/page-writeback.c: do not count anon pages as dirtyable memory mm/page-writeback.c: fix dirty_balance_reserve subtraction from dirtyable memory mm: document improved handling of swappiness==0 lib/genalloc.c: add check gen_pool_dma_alloc() if dma pointer is not NULL
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/genalloc.c')
-rw-r--r--lib/genalloc.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/genalloc.c b/lib/genalloc.c
index dda31168844f..bdb9a456bcbb 100644
--- a/lib/genalloc.c
+++ b/lib/genalloc.c
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(gen_pool_alloc);
* gen_pool_dma_alloc - allocate special memory from the pool for DMA usage
* @pool: pool to allocate from
* @size: number of bytes to allocate from the pool
- * @dma: dma-view physical address
+ * @dma: dma-view physical address return value. Use NULL if unneeded.
*
* Allocate the requested number of bytes from the specified pool.
* Uses the pool allocation function (with first-fit algorithm by default).
@@ -334,7 +334,8 @@ void *gen_pool_dma_alloc(struct gen_pool *pool, size_t size, dma_addr_t *dma)
if (!vaddr)
return NULL;
- *dma = gen_pool_virt_to_phys(pool, vaddr);
+ if (dma)
+ *dma = gen_pool_virt_to_phys(pool, vaddr);
return (void *)vaddr;
}