From 4aa806b771d16b810771d86ce23c4c3160888db3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Russell King Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:49:44 +0100 Subject: DMA-API: provide a helper to set both DMA and coherent DMA masks Provide a helper to set both the DMA and coherent DMA masks to the same value - this avoids duplicated code in a number of drivers, sometimes with buggy error handling, and also allows us identify which drivers do things differently. Signed-off-by: Russell King --- Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt index 14129f149a75..5e983031cc11 100644 --- a/Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt +++ b/Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt @@ -101,14 +101,23 @@ style to do this even if your device holds the default setting, because this shows that you did think about these issues wrt. your device. -The query is performed via a call to dma_set_mask(): +The query is performed via a call to dma_set_mask_and_coherent(): - int dma_set_mask(struct device *dev, u64 mask); + int dma_set_mask_and_coherent(struct device *dev, u64 mask); -The query for consistent allocations is performed via a call to -dma_set_coherent_mask(): +which will query the mask for both streaming and coherent APIs together. +If you have some special requirements, then the following two separate +queries can be used instead: - int dma_set_coherent_mask(struct device *dev, u64 mask); + The query for streaming mappings is performed via a call to + dma_set_mask(): + + int dma_set_mask(struct device *dev, u64 mask); + + The query for consistent allocations is performed via a call + to dma_set_coherent_mask(): + + int dma_set_coherent_mask(struct device *dev, u64 mask); Here, dev is a pointer to the device struct of your device, and mask is a bit mask describing which bits of an address your device @@ -137,7 +146,7 @@ exactly why. The standard 32-bit addressing device would do something like this: - if (dma_set_mask(dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32))) { + if (dma_set_mask_and_coherent(dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32))) { printk(KERN_WARNING "mydev: No suitable DMA available.\n"); goto ignore_this_device; @@ -171,22 +180,20 @@ the case would look like this: int using_dac, consistent_using_dac; - if (!dma_set_mask(dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64))) { + if (!dma_set_mask_and_coherent(dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64))) { using_dac = 1; consistent_using_dac = 1; - dma_set_coherent_mask(dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64)); - } else if (!dma_set_mask(dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32))) { + } else if (!dma_set_mask_and_coherent(dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32))) { using_dac = 0; consistent_using_dac = 0; - dma_set_coherent_mask(dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32)); } else { printk(KERN_WARNING "mydev: No suitable DMA available.\n"); goto ignore_this_device; } -dma_set_coherent_mask() will always be able to set the same or a -smaller mask as dma_set_mask(). However for the rare case that a +The coherent coherent mask will always be able to set the same or a +smaller mask as the streaming mask. However for the rare case that a device driver only uses consistent allocations, one would have to check the return value from dma_set_coherent_mask(). @@ -199,9 +206,9 @@ address you might do something like: goto ignore_this_device; } -When dma_set_mask() is successful, and returns zero, the kernel saves -away this mask you have provided. The kernel will use this -information later when you make DMA mappings. +When dma_set_mask() or dma_set_mask_and_coherent() is successful, and +returns zero, the kernel saves away this mask you have provided. The +kernel will use this information later when you make DMA mappings. There is a case which we are aware of at this time, which is worth mentioning in this documentation. If your device supports multiple -- cgit v1.2.1