[PATCH v2 1/6] dma-buf: dma-heap: Keep track of the heap device struct

From: Albert Esteve

Date: Tue Mar 03 2026 - 07:35:08 EST


From: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx>

Keep track of the heap device struct.

This will be useful for special DMA allocations
and actions.

Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Albert Esteve <aesteve@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/dma-buf/dma-heap.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
include/linux/dma-heap.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-heap.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-heap.c
index ac5f8685a6494..1124d63eb1398 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-heap.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-heap.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
* @heap_devt: heap device node
* @list: list head connecting to list of heaps
* @heap_cdev: heap char device
+ * @heap_dev: heap device
*
* Represents a heap of memory from which buffers can be made.
*/
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ struct dma_heap {
dev_t heap_devt;
struct list_head list;
struct cdev heap_cdev;
+ struct device *heap_dev;
};

static LIST_HEAD(heap_list);
@@ -223,6 +225,19 @@ const char *dma_heap_get_name(struct dma_heap *heap)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(dma_heap_get_name, "DMA_BUF_HEAP");

+/**
+ * dma_heap_get_dev() - get device struct for the heap
+ * @heap: DMA-Heap to retrieve device struct from
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * The device struct for the heap.
+ */
+struct device *dma_heap_get_dev(struct dma_heap *heap)
+{
+ return heap->heap_dev;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(dma_heap_get_dev, "DMA_BUF_HEAP");
+
/**
* dma_heap_add - adds a heap to dmabuf heaps
* @exp_info: information needed to register this heap
@@ -230,7 +245,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(dma_heap_get_name, "DMA_BUF_HEAP");
struct dma_heap *dma_heap_add(const struct dma_heap_export_info *exp_info)
{
struct dma_heap *heap, *h, *err_ret;
- struct device *dev_ret;
unsigned int minor;
int ret;

@@ -272,14 +286,14 @@ struct dma_heap *dma_heap_add(const struct dma_heap_export_info *exp_info)
goto err1;
}

- dev_ret = device_create(dma_heap_class,
- NULL,
- heap->heap_devt,
- NULL,
- heap->name);
- if (IS_ERR(dev_ret)) {
+ heap->heap_dev = device_create(dma_heap_class,
+ NULL,
+ heap->heap_devt,
+ NULL,
+ heap->name);
+ if (IS_ERR(heap->heap_dev)) {
pr_err("dma_heap: Unable to create device\n");
- err_ret = ERR_CAST(dev_ret);
+ err_ret = ERR_CAST(heap->heap_dev);
goto err2;
}

@@ -295,6 +309,10 @@ struct dma_heap *dma_heap_add(const struct dma_heap_export_info *exp_info)
}
}

+ /* Make sure it doesn't disappear on us */
+ heap->heap_dev = get_device(heap->heap_dev);
+
+
/* Add heap to the list */
list_add(&heap->list, &heap_list);
mutex_unlock(&heap_list_lock);
diff --git a/include/linux/dma-heap.h b/include/linux/dma-heap.h
index 648328a64b27e..493085e69b70e 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma-heap.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-heap.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
#include <linux/types.h>

struct dma_heap;
+struct device;

/**
* struct dma_heap_ops - ops to operate on a given heap
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ struct dma_heap_export_info {
void *dma_heap_get_drvdata(struct dma_heap *heap);

const char *dma_heap_get_name(struct dma_heap *heap);
+struct device *dma_heap_get_dev(struct dma_heap *heap);

struct dma_heap *dma_heap_add(const struct dma_heap_export_info *exp_info);


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2.52.0