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-rw-r--r--drivers/media/common/videobuf2/frame_vector.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/frame_vector.c b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/frame_vector.c
index 0f430ddc1f67..fd87747be9b1 100644
--- a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/frame_vector.c
+++ b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/frame_vector.c
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
* different type underlying the specified range of virtual addresses.
* When the function isn't able to map a single page, it returns error.
*
+ * Note that get_vaddr_frames() cannot follow VM_IO mappings. It used
+ * to be able to do that, but that could (racily) return non-refcounted
+ * pfns.
+ *
* This function takes care of grabbing mmap_lock as necessary.
*/
int get_vaddr_frames(unsigned long start, unsigned int nr_frames, bool write,
@@ -59,8 +63,6 @@ int get_vaddr_frames(unsigned long start, unsigned int nr_frames, bool write,
if (likely(ret > 0))
return ret;
- /* This used to (racily) return non-refcounted pfns. Let people know */
- WARN_ONCE(1, "get_vaddr_frames() cannot follow VM_IO mapping");
vec->nr_frames = 0;
return ret ? ret : -EFAULT;
}