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diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst b/Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst index f41620439ef3..3087bea715ed 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst +++ b/Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst @@ -5,18 +5,18 @@ Dynamic DMA mapping using the generic device :Author: James E.J. Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> This document describes the DMA API. For a more gentle introduction -of the API (and actual examples), see Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt. +of the API (and actual examples), see Documentation/core-api/dma-api-howto.rst. This API is split into two pieces. Part I describes the basic API. -Part II describes extensions for supporting non-consistent memory +Part II describes extensions for supporting non-coherent memory machines. Unless you know that your driver absolutely has to support -non-consistent platforms (this is usually only legacy platforms) you +non-coherent platforms (this is usually only legacy platforms) you should only use the API described in part I. -Part I - dma_API +Part I - DMA API ---------------- -To get the dma_API, you must #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>. This +To get the DMA API, you must #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>. This provides dma_addr_t and the interfaces described below. A dma_addr_t can hold any valid DMA address for the platform. It can be @@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ Part Ia - Using large DMA-coherent buffers dma_alloc_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t size, dma_addr_t *dma_handle, gfp_t flag) -Consistent memory is memory for which a write by either the device or +Coherent memory is memory for which a write by either the device or the processor can immediately be read by the processor or device without having to worry about caching effects. (You may however need to make sure to flush the processor's write buffers before telling devices to read that memory.) -This routine allocates a region of <size> bytes of consistent memory. +This routine allocates a region of <size> bytes of coherent memory. It returns a pointer to the allocated region (in the processor's virtual address space) or NULL if the allocation failed. @@ -48,15 +48,14 @@ It also returns a <dma_handle> which may be cast to an unsigned integer the same width as the bus and given to the device as the DMA address base of the region. -Note: consistent memory can be expensive on some platforms, and the +Note: coherent memory can be expensive on some platforms, and the minimum allocation length may be as big as a page, so you should -consolidate your requests for consistent memory as much as possible. +consolidate your requests for coherent memory as much as possible. The simplest way to do that is to use the dma_pool calls (see below). -The flag parameter (dma_alloc_coherent() only) allows the caller to -specify the ``GFP_`` flags (see kmalloc()) for the allocation (the -implementation may choose to ignore flags that affect the location of -the returned memory, like GFP_DMA). +The flag parameter allows the caller to specify the ``GFP_`` flags (see +kmalloc()) for the allocation (the implementation may ignore flags that affect +the location of the returned memory, like GFP_DMA). :: @@ -64,19 +63,18 @@ the returned memory, like GFP_DMA). dma_free_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t size, void *cpu_addr, dma_addr_t dma_handle) -Free a region of consistent memory you previously allocated. dev, -size and dma_handle must all be the same as those passed into -dma_alloc_coherent(). cpu_addr must be the virtual address returned by -the dma_alloc_coherent(). +Free a previously allocated region of coherent memory. dev, size and dma_handle +must all be the same as those passed into dma_alloc_coherent(). cpu_addr must +be the virtual address returned by dma_alloc_coherent(). -Note that unlike their sibling allocation calls, these routines -may only be called with IRQs enabled. +Note that unlike the sibling allocation call, this routine may only be called +with IRQs enabled. Part Ib - Using small DMA-coherent buffers ------------------------------------------ -To get this part of the dma_API, you must #include <linux/dmapool.h> +To get this part of the DMA API, you must #include <linux/dmapool.h> Many drivers need lots of small DMA-coherent memory regions for DMA descriptors or I/O buffers. Rather than allocating in units of a page @@ -85,78 +83,29 @@ much like a struct kmem_cache, except that they use the DMA-coherent allocator, not __get_free_pages(). Also, they understand common hardware constraints for alignment, like queue heads needing to be aligned on N-byte boundaries. +.. kernel-doc:: mm/dmapool.c + :export: -:: - - struct dma_pool * - dma_pool_create(const char *name, struct device *dev, - size_t size, size_t align, size_t alloc); - -dma_pool_create() initializes a pool of DMA-coherent buffers -for use with a given device. It must be called in a context which -can sleep. - -The "name" is for diagnostics (like a struct kmem_cache name); dev and size -are like what you'd pass to dma_alloc_coherent(). The device's hardware -alignment requirement for this type of data is "align" (which is expressed -in bytes, and must be a power of two). If your device has no boundary -crossing restrictions, pass 0 for alloc; passing 4096 says memory allocated -from this pool must not cross 4KByte boundaries. - -:: - - void * - dma_pool_zalloc(struct dma_pool *pool, gfp_t mem_flags, - dma_addr_t *handle) - -Wraps dma_pool_alloc() and also zeroes the returned memory if the -allocation attempt succeeded. - - -:: - - void * - dma_pool_alloc(struct dma_pool *pool, gfp_t gfp_flags, - dma_addr_t *dma_handle); - -This allocates memory from the pool; the returned memory will meet the -size and alignment requirements specified at creation time. Pass -GFP_ATOMIC to prevent blocking, or if it's permitted (not -in_interrupt, not holding SMP locks), pass GFP_KERNEL to allow -blocking. Like dma_alloc_coherent(), this returns two values: an -address usable by the CPU, and the DMA address usable by the pool's -device. - -:: - - void - dma_pool_free(struct dma_pool *pool, void *vaddr, - dma_addr_t addr); - -This puts memory back into the pool. The pool is what was passed to -dma_pool_alloc(); the CPU (vaddr) and DMA addresses are what -were returned when that routine allocated the memory being freed. - -:: - - void - dma_pool_destroy(struct dma_pool *pool); - -dma_pool_destroy() frees the resources of the pool. It must be -called in a context which can sleep. Make sure you've freed all allocated -memory back to the pool before you destroy it. +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/dmapool.h Part Ic - DMA addressing limitations ------------------------------------ +DMA mask is a bit mask of the addressable region for the device. In other words, +if applying the DMA mask (a bitwise AND operation) to the DMA address of a +memory region does not clear any bits in the address, then the device can +perform DMA to that memory region. + +All the below functions which set a DMA mask may fail if the requested mask +cannot be used with the device, or if the device is not capable of doing DMA. + :: int dma_set_mask_and_coherent(struct device *dev, u64 mask) -Checks to see if the mask is possible and updates the device -streaming and coherent DMA mask parameters if it is. +Updates both streaming and coherent DMA masks. Returns: 0 if successful and a negative error if not. @@ -165,8 +114,7 @@ Returns: 0 if successful and a negative error if not. int dma_set_mask(struct device *dev, u64 mask) -Checks to see if the mask is possible and updates the device -parameters if it is. +Updates only the streaming DMA mask. Returns: 0 if successful and a negative error if not. @@ -175,8 +123,7 @@ Returns: 0 if successful and a negative error if not. int dma_set_coherent_mask(struct device *dev, u64 mask) -Checks to see if the mask is possible and updates the device -parameters if it is. +Updates only the coherent DMA mask. Returns: 0 if successful and a negative error if not. @@ -206,6 +153,20 @@ others should not be larger than the returned value. :: + size_t + dma_opt_mapping_size(struct device *dev); + +Returns the maximum optimal size of a mapping for the device. + +Mapping larger buffers may take much longer in certain scenarios. In +addition, for high-rate short-lived streaming mappings, the upfront time +spent on the mapping may account for an appreciable part of the total +request lifetime. As such, if splitting larger requests incurs no +significant performance penalty, then device drivers are advised to +limit total DMA streaming mappings length to the returned value. + +:: + bool dma_need_sync(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_addr); @@ -217,12 +178,32 @@ transfer memory ownership. Returns %false if those calls can be skipped. unsigned long dma_get_merge_boundary(struct device *dev); -Returns the DMA merge boundary. If the device cannot merge any the DMA address +Returns the DMA merge boundary. If the device cannot merge any DMA address segments, the function returns 0. Part Id - Streaming DMA mappings -------------------------------- +Streaming DMA allows to map an existing buffer for DMA transfers and then +unmap it when finished. Map functions are not guaranteed to succeed, so the +return value must be checked. + +.. note:: + + In particular, mapping may fail for memory not addressable by the + device, e.g. if it is not within the DMA mask of the device and/or a + connecting bus bridge. Streaming DMA functions try to overcome such + addressing constraints, either by using an IOMMU (a device which maps + I/O DMA addresses to physical memory addresses), or by copying the + data to/from a bounce buffer if the kernel is configured with a + :doc:`SWIOTLB <swiotlb>`. However, these methods are not always + available, and even if they are, they may still fail for a number of + reasons. + + In short, a device driver may need to be wary of where buffers are + located in physical memory, especially if the DMA mask is less than 32 + bits. + :: dma_addr_t @@ -232,9 +213,7 @@ Part Id - Streaming DMA mappings Maps a piece of processor virtual memory so it can be accessed by the device and returns the DMA address of the memory. -The direction for both APIs may be converted freely by casting. -However the dma_API uses a strongly typed enumerator for its -direction: +The DMA API uses a strongly typed enumerator for its direction: ======================= ============================================= DMA_NONE no direction (used for debugging) @@ -245,31 +224,13 @@ DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL direction isn't known .. note:: - Not all memory regions in a machine can be mapped by this API. - Further, contiguous kernel virtual space may not be contiguous as + Contiguous kernel virtual space may not be contiguous as physical memory. Since this API does not provide any scatter/gather capability, it will fail if the user tries to map a non-physically contiguous piece of memory. For this reason, memory to be mapped by this API should be obtained from sources which guarantee it to be physically contiguous (like kmalloc). - Further, the DMA address of the memory must be within the - dma_mask of the device (the dma_mask is a bit mask of the - addressable region for the device, i.e., if the DMA address of - the memory ANDed with the dma_mask is still equal to the DMA - address, then the device can perform DMA to the memory). To - ensure that the memory allocated by kmalloc is within the dma_mask, - the driver may specify various platform-dependent flags to restrict - the DMA address range of the allocation (e.g., on x86, GFP_DMA - guarantees to be within the first 16MB of available DMA addresses, - as required by ISA devices). - - Note also that the above constraints on physical contiguity and - dma_mask may not apply if the platform has an IOMMU (a device which - maps an I/O DMA address to a physical memory address). However, to be - portable, device driver writers may *not* assume that such an IOMMU - exists. - .. warning:: Memory coherency operates at a granularity called the cache @@ -311,8 +272,7 @@ DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL direction isn't known enum dma_data_direction direction) Unmaps the region previously mapped. All the parameters passed in -must be identical to those passed in (and returned) by the mapping -API. +must be identical to those passed to (and returned by) dma_map_single(). :: @@ -362,10 +322,10 @@ action (e.g. reduce current DMA mapping usage or delay and try again later). dma_map_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg, int nents, enum dma_data_direction direction) -Returns: the number of DMA address segments mapped (this may be shorter -than <nents> passed in if some elements of the scatter/gather list are -physically or virtually adjacent and an IOMMU maps them with a single -entry). +Maps a scatter/gather list for DMA. Returns the number of DMA address segments +mapped, which may be smaller than <nents> passed in if several consecutive +sglist entries are merged (e.g. with an IOMMU, or if some adjacent segments +just happen to be physically contiguous). Please note that the sg cannot be mapped again if it has been mapped once. The mapping process is allowed to destroy information in the sg. @@ -389,9 +349,8 @@ With scatterlists, you use the resulting mapping like this:: where nents is the number of entries in the sglist. The implementation is free to merge several consecutive sglist entries -into one (e.g. with an IOMMU, or if several pages just happen to be -physically contiguous) and returns the actual number of sg entries it -mapped them to. On failure 0, is returned. +into one. The returned number is the actual number of sg entries it +mapped them to. On failure, 0 is returned. Then you should loop count times (note: this can be less than nents times) and use sg_dma_address() and sg_dma_len() macros where you previously @@ -434,7 +393,7 @@ DMA address entries returned. Synchronise a single contiguous or scatter/gather mapping for the CPU and device. With the sync_sg API, all the parameters must be the same -as those passed into the single mapping API. With the sync_single API, +as those passed into the sg mapping API. With the sync_single API, you can use dma_handle and size parameters that aren't identical to those passed into the single mapping API to do a partial sync. @@ -479,7 +438,8 @@ without the _attrs suffixes, except that they pass an optional dma_attrs. The interpretation of DMA attributes is architecture-specific, and -each attribute should be documented in Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt. +each attribute should be documented in +Documentation/core-api/dma-attributes.rst. If dma_attrs are 0, the semantics of each of these functions is identical to those of the corresponding function @@ -492,7 +452,7 @@ for DMA:: #include <linux/dma-mapping.h> /* DMA_ATTR_FOO should be defined in linux/dma-mapping.h and - * documented in Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt */ + * documented in Documentation/core-api/dma-attributes.rst */ ... unsigned long attr; @@ -515,115 +475,264 @@ routines, e.g.::: .... } +Part Ie - IOVA-based DMA mappings +--------------------------------- + +These APIs allow a very efficient mapping when using an IOMMU. They are an +optional path that requires extra code and are only recommended for drivers +where DMA mapping performance, or the space usage for storing the DMA addresses +matter. All the considerations from the previous section apply here as well. -Part II - Advanced dma usage ----------------------------- +:: -Warning: These pieces of the DMA API should not be used in the -majority of cases, since they cater for unlikely corner cases that -don't belong in usual drivers. + bool dma_iova_try_alloc(struct device *dev, struct dma_iova_state *state, + phys_addr_t phys, size_t size); -If you don't understand how cache line coherency works between a -processor and an I/O device, you should not be using this part of the -API at all. +Is used to try to allocate IOVA space for mapping operation. If it returns +false this API can't be used for the given device and the normal streaming +DMA mapping API should be used. The ``struct dma_iova_state`` is allocated +by the driver and must be kept around until unmap time. :: - void * - dma_alloc_attrs(struct device *dev, size_t size, dma_addr_t *dma_handle, - gfp_t flag, unsigned long attrs) + static inline bool dma_use_iova(struct dma_iova_state *state) + +Can be used by the driver to check if the IOVA-based API is used after a +call to dma_iova_try_alloc. This can be useful in the unmap path. + +:: + + int dma_iova_link(struct device *dev, struct dma_iova_state *state, + phys_addr_t phys, size_t offset, size_t size, + enum dma_data_direction dir, unsigned long attrs); + +Is used to link ranges to the IOVA previously allocated. The start of all +but the first call to dma_iova_link for a given state must be aligned +to the DMA merge boundary returned by ``dma_get_merge_boundary())``, and +the size of all but the last range must be aligned to the DMA merge boundary +as well. + +:: + + int dma_iova_sync(struct device *dev, struct dma_iova_state *state, + size_t offset, size_t size); + +Must be called to sync the IOMMU page tables for IOVA-range mapped by one or +more calls to ``dma_iova_link()``. + +For drivers that use a one-shot mapping, all ranges can be unmapped and the +IOVA freed by calling: + +:: + + void dma_iova_destroy(struct device *dev, struct dma_iova_state *state, + size_t mapped_len, enum dma_data_direction dir, + unsigned long attrs); + +Alternatively drivers can dynamically manage the IOVA space by unmapping +and mapping individual regions. In that case + +:: + + void dma_iova_unlink(struct device *dev, struct dma_iova_state *state, + size_t offset, size_t size, enum dma_data_direction dir, + unsigned long attrs); + +is used to unmap a range previously mapped, and + +:: + + void dma_iova_free(struct device *dev, struct dma_iova_state *state); + +is used to free the IOVA space. All regions must have been unmapped using +``dma_iova_unlink()`` before calling ``dma_iova_free()``. -Identical to dma_alloc_coherent() except that when the -DMA_ATTR_NON_CONSISTENT flags is passed in the attrs argument, the -platform will choose to return either consistent or non-consistent memory -as it sees fit. By using this API, you are guaranteeing to the platform -that you have all the correct and necessary sync points for this memory -in the driver should it choose to return non-consistent memory. +Part II - Non-coherent DMA allocations +-------------------------------------- -Note: where the platform can return consistent memory, it will -guarantee that the sync points become nops. +These APIs allow to allocate pages that are guaranteed to be DMA addressable +by the passed in device, but which need explicit management of memory ownership +for the kernel vs the device. -Warning: Handling non-consistent memory is a real pain. You should -only use this API if you positively know your driver will be -required to work on one of the rare (usually non-PCI) architectures -that simply cannot make consistent memory. +If you don't understand how cache line coherency works between a processor and +an I/O device, you should not be using this part of the API. + +:: + + struct page * + dma_alloc_pages(struct device *dev, size_t size, dma_addr_t *dma_handle, + enum dma_data_direction dir, gfp_t gfp) + +This routine allocates a region of <size> bytes of non-coherent memory. It +returns a pointer to first struct page for the region, or NULL if the +allocation failed. The resulting struct page can be used for everything a +struct page is suitable for. + +It also returns a <dma_handle> which may be cast to an unsigned integer the +same width as the bus and given to the device as the DMA address base of +the region. + +The dir parameter specified if data is read and/or written by the device, +see dma_map_single() for details. + +The gfp parameter allows the caller to specify the ``GFP_`` flags (see +kmalloc()) for the allocation, but rejects flags used to specify a memory +zone such as GFP_DMA or GFP_HIGHMEM. + +Before giving the memory to the device, dma_sync_single_for_device() needs +to be called, and before reading memory written by the device, +dma_sync_single_for_cpu(), just like for streaming DMA mappings that are +reused. :: void - dma_free_attrs(struct device *dev, size_t size, void *cpu_addr, - dma_addr_t dma_handle, unsigned long attrs) + dma_free_pages(struct device *dev, size_t size, struct page *page, + dma_addr_t dma_handle, enum dma_data_direction dir) -Free memory allocated by the dma_alloc_attrs(). All common -parameters must be identical to those otherwise passed to dma_free_coherent, -and the attrs argument must be identical to the attrs passed to -dma_alloc_attrs(). +Free a region of memory previously allocated using dma_alloc_pages(). +dev, size, dma_handle and dir must all be the same as those passed into +dma_alloc_pages(). page must be the pointer returned by dma_alloc_pages(). :: int - dma_get_cache_alignment(void) + dma_mmap_pages(struct device *dev, struct vm_area_struct *vma, + size_t size, struct page *page) -Returns the processor cache alignment. This is the absolute minimum -alignment *and* width that you must observe when either mapping -memory or doing partial flushes. +Map an allocation returned from dma_alloc_pages() into a user address space. +dev and size must be the same as those passed into dma_alloc_pages(). +page must be the pointer returned by dma_alloc_pages(). -.. note:: +:: - This API may return a number *larger* than the actual cache - line, but it will guarantee that one or more cache lines fit exactly - into the width returned by this call. It will also always be a power - of two for easy alignment. + void * + dma_alloc_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size, + dma_addr_t *dma_handle, enum dma_data_direction dir, + gfp_t gfp) + +This routine is a convenient wrapper around dma_alloc_pages that returns the +kernel virtual address for the allocated memory instead of the page structure. :: void - dma_cache_sync(struct device *dev, void *vaddr, size_t size, - enum dma_data_direction direction) + dma_free_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size, void *cpu_addr, + dma_addr_t dma_handle, enum dma_data_direction dir) + +Free a region of memory previously allocated using dma_alloc_noncoherent(). +dev, size, dma_handle and dir must all be the same as those passed into +dma_alloc_noncoherent(). cpu_addr must be the virtual address returned by +dma_alloc_noncoherent(). + +:: + + struct sg_table * + dma_alloc_noncontiguous(struct device *dev, size_t size, + enum dma_data_direction dir, gfp_t gfp, + unsigned long attrs); + +This routine allocates <size> bytes of non-coherent and possibly non-contiguous +memory. It returns a pointer to struct sg_table that describes the allocated +and DMA mapped memory, or NULL if the allocation failed. The resulting memory +can be used for struct page mapped into a scatterlist are suitable for. + +The return sg_table is guaranteed to have 1 single DMA mapped segment as +indicated by sgt->nents, but it might have multiple CPU side segments as +indicated by sgt->orig_nents. + +The dir parameter specified if data is read and/or written by the device, +see dma_map_single() for details. + +The gfp parameter allows the caller to specify the ``GFP_`` flags (see +kmalloc()) for the allocation, but rejects flags used to specify a memory +zone such as GFP_DMA or GFP_HIGHMEM. + +The attrs argument must be either 0 or DMA_ATTR_ALLOC_SINGLE_PAGES. + +Before giving the memory to the device, dma_sync_sgtable_for_device() needs +to be called, and before reading memory written by the device, +dma_sync_sgtable_for_cpu(), just like for streaming DMA mappings that are +reused. + +:: + + void + dma_free_noncontiguous(struct device *dev, size_t size, + struct sg_table *sgt, + enum dma_data_direction dir) + +Free memory previously allocated using dma_alloc_noncontiguous(). dev, size, +and dir must all be the same as those passed into dma_alloc_noncontiguous(). +sgt must be the pointer returned by dma_alloc_noncontiguous(). + +:: + + void * + dma_vmap_noncontiguous(struct device *dev, size_t size, + struct sg_table *sgt) + +Return a contiguous kernel mapping for an allocation returned from +dma_alloc_noncontiguous(). dev and size must be the same as those passed into +dma_alloc_noncontiguous(). sgt must be the pointer returned by +dma_alloc_noncontiguous(). + +Once a non-contiguous allocation is mapped using this function, the +flush_kernel_vmap_range() and invalidate_kernel_vmap_range() APIs must be used +to manage the coherency between the kernel mapping, the device and user space +mappings (if any). + +:: + + void + dma_vunmap_noncontiguous(struct device *dev, void *vaddr) + +Unmap a kernel mapping returned by dma_vmap_noncontiguous(). dev must be the +same the one passed into dma_alloc_noncontiguous(). vaddr must be the pointer +returned by dma_vmap_noncontiguous(). -Do a partial sync of memory that was allocated by dma_alloc_attrs() with -the DMA_ATTR_NON_CONSISTENT flag starting at virtual address vaddr and -continuing on for size. Again, you *must* observe the cache line -boundaries when doing this. :: int - dma_declare_coherent_memory(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t phys_addr, - dma_addr_t device_addr, size_t size); + dma_mmap_noncontiguous(struct device *dev, struct vm_area_struct *vma, + size_t size, struct sg_table *sgt) -Declare region of memory to be handed out by dma_alloc_coherent() when -it's asked for coherent memory for this device. +Map an allocation returned from dma_alloc_noncontiguous() into a user address +space. dev and size must be the same as those passed into +dma_alloc_noncontiguous(). sgt must be the pointer returned by +dma_alloc_noncontiguous(). + +:: -phys_addr is the CPU physical address to which the memory is currently -assigned (this will be ioremapped so the CPU can access the region). + int + dma_get_cache_alignment(void) -device_addr is the DMA address the device needs to be programmed -with to actually address this memory (this will be handed out as the -dma_addr_t in dma_alloc_coherent()). +Returns the processor cache alignment. This is the absolute minimum +alignment *and* width that you must observe when either mapping +memory or doing partial flushes. -size is the size of the area (must be multiples of PAGE_SIZE). +.. note:: -As a simplification for the platforms, only *one* such region of -memory may be declared per device. + This API may return a number *larger* than the actual cache + line, but it will guarantee that one or more cache lines fit exactly + into the width returned by this call. It will also always be a power + of two for easy alignment. -For reasons of efficiency, most platforms choose to track the declared -region only at the granularity of a page. For smaller allocations, -you should use the dma_pool() API. -Part III - Debug drivers use of the DMA-API +Part III - Debug drivers use of the DMA API ------------------------------------------- -The DMA-API as described above has some constraints. DMA addresses must be +The DMA API as described above has some constraints. DMA addresses must be released with the corresponding function with the same size for example. With the advent of hardware IOMMUs it becomes more and more important that drivers do not violate those constraints. In the worst case such a violation can result in data corruption up to destroyed filesystems. -To debug drivers and find bugs in the usage of the DMA-API checking code can +To debug drivers and find bugs in the usage of the DMA API checking code can be compiled into the kernel which will tell the developer about those violations. If your architecture supports it you can select the "Enable -debugging of DMA-API usage" option in your kernel configuration. Enabling this +debugging of DMA API usage" option in your kernel configuration. Enabling this option has a performance impact. Do not enable it in production kernels. If you boot the resulting kernel will contain code which does some bookkeeping @@ -662,7 +771,7 @@ example warning message may look like this:: <EOI> <4>---[ end trace f6435a98e2a38c0e ]--- The driver developer can find the driver and the device including a stacktrace -of the DMA-API call which caused this warning. +of the DMA API call which caused this warning. Per default only the first error will result in a warning message. All other errors will only silently counted. This limitation exist to prevent the code @@ -670,7 +779,7 @@ from flooding your kernel log. To support debugging a device driver this can be disabled via debugfs. See the debugfs interface documentation below for details. -The debugfs directory for the DMA-API debugging code is called dma-api/. In +The debugfs directory for the DMA API debugging code is called dma-api/. In this directory the following files can currently be found: =============================== =============================================== @@ -718,7 +827,7 @@ dma-api/driver_filter You can write a name of a driver into this file If you have this code compiled into your kernel it will be enabled by default. If you want to boot without the bookkeeping anyway you can provide -'dma_debug=off' as a boot parameter. This will disable DMA-API debugging. +'dma_debug=off' as a boot parameter. This will disable DMA API debugging. Notice that you can not enable it again at runtime. You have to reboot to do so. @@ -751,3 +860,9 @@ the driver. When driver does unmap, debug_dma_unmap() checks the flag and if this flag is still set, prints warning message that includes call trace that leads up to the unmap. This interface can be called from dma_mapping_error() routines to enable DMA mapping error check debugging. + +Functions and structures +======================== + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/scatterlist.h +.. kernel-doc:: lib/scatterlist.c |