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s390/vmlogrdr: fix IUCV buffer allocation

The buffer for iucv_message_receive() needs to be below 2 GB. In
__iucv_message_receive(), the buffer address is casted to an u32, which
would result in either memory corruption or an addressing exception when
using addresses >= 2 GB.

Fix this by using GFP_DMA for the buffer allocation.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Gerald Schaefer 8 years ago
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      drivers/s390/char/vmlogrdr.c

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drivers/s390/char/vmlogrdr.c

@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ static int __init vmlogrdr_init(void)
 		goto cleanup;
 
 	for (i=0; i < MAXMINOR; ++i ) {
-		sys_ser[i].buffer = (char *) get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+		sys_ser[i].buffer = (char *) get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
 		if (!sys_ser[i].buffer) {
 			rc = -ENOMEM;
 			break;