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authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2013-05-05 08:24:42 +0200
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@@ -52,14 +52,23 @@ The dma_buf buffer sharing API usage contains the following steps:
associated with this buffer.
Interface:
- struct dma_buf *dma_buf_export(void *priv, struct dma_buf_ops *ops,
- size_t size, int flags)
+ struct dma_buf *dma_buf_export_named(void *priv, struct dma_buf_ops *ops,
+ size_t size, int flags,
+ const char *exp_name)
If this succeeds, dma_buf_export allocates a dma_buf structure, and returns a
pointer to the same. It also associates an anonymous file with this buffer,
so it can be exported. On failure to allocate the dma_buf object, it returns
NULL.
+ 'exp_name' is the name of exporter - to facilitate information while
+ debugging.
+
+ Exporting modules which do not wish to provide any specific name may use the
+ helper define 'dma_buf_export()', with the same arguments as above, but
+ without the last argument; a __FILE__ pre-processor directive will be
+ inserted in place of 'exp_name' instead.
+
2. Userspace gets a handle to pass around to potential buffer-users
Userspace entity requests for a file-descriptor (fd) which is a handle to the
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