[PATCH 3/4] mmc: dw_mmc: Add desc_num field for clarity
From: Shawn Lin
Date: Thu Apr 09 2026 - 03:54:06 EST
The ring_size field in struct dw_mci is misleadingly named.
Despite its name, it does not represent the size of the descriptor
ring buffer in bytes, but rather the number of descriptors allocated
within the fixed-size ring buffer.
The actual ring buffer size is fixed at PAGE_SIZE (or DESC_RING_BUF_SZ,
which equals PAGE_SIZE). Within this buffer, we allocate either
struct idmac_desc or struct idmac_desc_64addr descriptors, and
ring_size stores the count of these descriptors.
This naming has caused confusion, as it's also used to set
mmc->max_segs (the maximum number of scatter-gather segments),
which logically corresponds to the number of descriptors, not a
size in bytes.
No functional change is introduced by this naming-only patch.
Signed-off-by: Shawn Lin <shawn.lin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c | 16 ++++++++--------
drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
index 20193ee..df6daa6 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
@@ -491,12 +491,12 @@ static int dw_mci_idmac_init(struct dw_mci *host)
if (host->dma_64bit_address == 1) {
struct idmac_desc_64addr *p;
- /* Number of descriptors in the ring buffer */
- host->ring_size =
+
+ host->desc_num =
DESC_RING_BUF_SZ / sizeof(struct idmac_desc_64addr);
/* Forward link the descriptor list */
- for (i = 0, p = host->sg_cpu; i < host->ring_size - 1;
+ for (i = 0, p = host->sg_cpu; i < host->desc_num - 1;
i++, p++) {
p->des6 = (host->sg_dma +
(sizeof(struct idmac_desc_64addr) *
@@ -519,13 +519,13 @@ static int dw_mci_idmac_init(struct dw_mci *host)
} else {
struct idmac_desc *p;
- /* Number of descriptors in the ring buffer */
- host->ring_size =
+
+ host->desc_num =
DESC_RING_BUF_SZ / sizeof(struct idmac_desc);
/* Forward link the descriptor list */
for (i = 0, p = host->sg_cpu;
- i < host->ring_size - 1;
+ i < host->desc_num - 1;
i++, p++) {
p->des3 = cpu_to_le32(host->sg_dma +
(sizeof(struct idmac_desc) * (i + 1)));
@@ -2858,10 +2858,10 @@ static int dw_mci_init_host(struct dw_mci *host)
/* Useful defaults if platform data is unset. */
if (host->use_dma == TRANS_MODE_IDMAC) {
- mmc->max_segs = host->ring_size;
+ mmc->max_segs = host->desc_num;
mmc->max_blk_size = 65535;
mmc->max_seg_size = 0x1000;
- mmc->max_req_size = mmc->max_seg_size * host->ring_size;
+ mmc->max_req_size = mmc->max_seg_size * host->desc_num;
mmc->max_blk_count = mmc->max_req_size / 512;
} else if (host->use_dma == TRANS_MODE_EDMAC) {
mmc->max_segs = 64;
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.h b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.h
index 14fb2b3..a05100c 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.h
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.h
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ struct dw_mci_dma_slave {
* @cmd_status: Snapshot of SR taken upon completion of the current
* command. Only valid when EVENT_CMD_COMPLETE is pending.
* @ring_size: Buffer size for idma descriptors.
+ * @desc_num: Number of idmac descriptors available.
* @dms: structure of slave-dma private data.
* @phy_regs: physical address of controller's register map
* @data_status: Snapshot of SR taken upon completion of the current
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ struct dw_mci {
const struct dw_mci_dma_ops *dma_ops;
/* For idmac */
unsigned int ring_size;
+ unsigned short desc_num;
/* For edmac */
struct dw_mci_dma_slave *dms;
--
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