> > ------------[ cut here ]------------
> > WARNING: at lib/dma-debug.c:539 check_sync+0xe9/0x341() (Not tainted)
> > Hardware name: HP Compaq nx6110 (PY501EA#AB9)
> > b44 0000:02:0e.0: DMA-API: device driver tries to sync DMA memory it has not
> > allocated [device address=0x0000000075941040] [size=1566 bytes]
> > Modules linked in: llc bnep l2cap bluetooth autofs4 lm90 hwmon i2c_i801 sunrpc
> > ipv6 cpufreq_ondemand acpi_cpufreq uinput snd_intel8x0m snd_intel8x0
> > snd_ac97_codec snd_seq_dummy ac97_bus snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq
> > snd_seq_device snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm b44 ssb firewire_ohci
> > snd_timer ipw2200 iTCO_wdt mii firewire_core snd iTCO_vendor_support libipw
> > yenta_socket crc_itu_t lib80211 rsrc_nonstatic soundcore snd_page_alloc joydev
> > pcspkr wmi serio_raw ata_generic pata_acpi i915 drm i2c_algo_bit i2c_core video
> > output [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan]
> > Pid: 2418, comm: S58ntpd Not tainted 2.6.29-16.fc10.i686.PAE #1
> > Call Trace:
> >  [<c04396d1>] warn_slowpath+0x7c/0xbd
> >  [<c0457fe1>] ? register_lock_class+0x17/0x290
> >  [<c0458d61>] ? mark_lock+0x1e/0x349
> >  [<c0556448>] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x74/0x78
> >  [<c0458d61>] ? mark_lock+0x1e/0x349
> >  [<c055a060>] ? check_sync+0x37/0x341
> >  [<c055a112>] check_sync+0xe9/0x341
> >  [<c0711245>] ? _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x45/0x55
> >  [<c04592db>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xb/0xd
> >  [<c055a4d1>] debug_dma_sync_single_for_device+0x2f/0x39
> >  [<f828f722>] dma_sync_single_for_device+0x4a/0x59 [b44]
> >  [<f828f76f>] ssb_dma_sync_single_for_device+0x3e/0x48 [b44]
> >  [<f8291d1e>] b44_recycle_rx+0x18c/0x196 [b44]
> >  [<f8291f9f>] b44_poll+0x277/0x3c0 [b44]
> >  [<c0687bb9>] net_rx_action+0xa1/0x1ca
> >  [<c043e30a>] __do_softirq+0x9d/0x154
> >  [<c043e413>] do_softirq+0x52/0x7e
> >  [<c043e56f>] irq_exit+0x49/0x77
> >  [<c040b22e>] do_IRQ+0x97/0xad
> >  [<c0409dac>] common_interrupt+0x2c/0x34

I don't know if this is related, but the following patch seems to fix some DMA
mapping bug. Can somebody comment who does understand the code better than me?

(completely untested)
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>