Re: [PATCH 09/15] device core: Add ability to handle multiple dma offsets

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Wed May 20 2020 - 01:43:58 EST


On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 04:34:07PM -0400, Jim Quinlan wrote:
> diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
> index ac8e37cd716a..6cd916860b5f 100644
> --- a/include/linux/device.h
> +++ b/include/linux/device.h
> @@ -493,6 +493,8 @@ struct dev_links_info {
> * @bus_dma_limit: Limit of an upstream bridge or bus which imposes a smaller
> * DMA limit than the device itself supports.
> * @dma_pfn_offset: offset of DMA memory range relatively of RAM
> + * @dma_map: Like dma_pfn_offset but used when there are multiple
> + * pfn offsets for multiple dma-ranges.
> * @dma_parms: A low level driver may set these to teach IOMMU code about
> * segment limitations.
> * @dma_pools: Dma pools (if dma'ble device).
> @@ -578,7 +580,12 @@ struct device {
> allocations such descriptors. */
> u64 bus_dma_limit; /* upstream dma constraint */
> unsigned long dma_pfn_offset;
> -
> +#ifdef CONFIG_DMA_PFN_OFFSET_MAP
> + const void *dma_offset_map; /* Like dma_pfn_offset, but for
> + * the unlikely case of multiple
> + * offsets. If non-null, dma_pfn_offset
> + * will be 0. */
> +#endif
> struct device_dma_parameters *dma_parms;
>
> struct list_head dma_pools; /* dma pools (if dma'ble) */

I'll defer to Christoph here, but I thought we were trying to get rid of
stuff like this from struct device, not add new things to it for dma
apis. And why is it a void *?

thanks,

greg k-h