X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/gitweb?p=deb_dpdk.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2Flibrte_eal%2Fcommon%2Fmalloc_elem.c;h=1a74660de434b6cdebf544c9a0f03199dbddc14b;hp=e0a8ed15b4d64178a2758596bd693b994b1423d4;hb=8d01b9cd70a67cdafd5b965a70420c3bd7fb3f82;hpb=b63264c8342e6a1b6971c79550d2af2024b6a4de

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/malloc_elem.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/malloc_elem.c
index e0a8ed15..1a74660d 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/malloc_elem.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/malloc_elem.c
@@ -39,10 +39,14 @@ malloc_elem_find_max_iova_contig(struct malloc_elem *elem, size_t align)
 	contig_seg_start = RTE_PTR_ALIGN_CEIL(data_start, align);
 
 	/* if we're in IOVA as VA mode, or if we're in legacy mode with
-	 * hugepages, all elements are IOVA-contiguous.
+	 * hugepages, all elements are IOVA-contiguous. however, we can only
+	 * make these assumptions about internal memory - externally allocated
+	 * segments have to be checked.
 	 */
-	if (rte_eal_iova_mode() == RTE_IOVA_VA ||
-			(internal_config.legacy_mem && rte_eal_has_hugepages()))
+	if (!elem->msl->external &&
+			(rte_eal_iova_mode() == RTE_IOVA_VA ||
+				(internal_config.legacy_mem &&
+					rte_eal_has_hugepages())))
 		return RTE_PTR_DIFF(data_end, contig_seg_start);
 
 	cur_page = RTE_PTR_ALIGN_FLOOR(contig_seg_start, page_sz);