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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
index f9cc309507d9..1db6a6b46d0d 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
@@ -538,10 +538,17 @@ static inline void dma_free_attrs(struct device *dev, size_t size,
const struct dma_map_ops *ops = get_dma_ops(dev);
BUG_ON(!ops);
- WARN_ON(irqs_disabled());
if (dma_release_from_dev_coherent(dev, get_order(size), cpu_addr))
return;
+ /*
+ * On non-coherent platforms which implement DMA-coherent buffers via
+ * non-cacheable remaps, ops->free() may call vunmap(). Thus getting
+ * this far in IRQ context is a) at risk of a BUG_ON() or trying to
+ * sleep on some machines, and b) an indication that the driver is
+ * probably misusing the coherent API anyway.
+ */
+ WARN_ON(irqs_disabled());
if (!ops->free || !cpu_addr)
return;