[PATCH v3 2/4] dma: swiotlb: Centralize minimal pool sizing
From: Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
Date: Fri Sep 04 2026 - 06:45:23 EST
A default SWIOTLB pool used only for unaligned kmalloc bouncing can be
smaller than one required for limited DMA addressing. Arm64 and RISC-V
currently implement this sizing independently, using 1 MiB of SWIOTLB
space per GiB of RAM.
The SWIOTLB core now identifies this case with SWIOTLB_POOL_MINIMAL.
Size that policy in swiotlb_adjust_pool_size() and remove the
architecture-specific adjustments.
Explicit swiotlb= sizing remains unchanged because swiotlb_adjust_size()
preserves a user-configured size.
NOTE: We lose the RISC-V SWIOTLB_ANY setting in this patch. It will be
reinstated in a follow-up patch where we make SWIOTLB_ANY redundant.
Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm) <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/mm/init.c | 11 -----------
arch/riscv/mm/init.c | 20 --------------------
kernel/dma/swiotlb.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
index 7d51fb5f5a71..95075b5c8207 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
@@ -340,17 +340,6 @@ void __init arch_mm_preinit(void)
{
unsigned int flags = SWIOTLB_VERBOSE;
- if (max_pfn <= PFN_DOWN(arm64_dma_phys_limit)) {
- /*
- * If no bouncing needed for ZONE_DMA, reduce the swiotlb
- * buffer for kmalloc() bouncing to 1MB per 1GB of RAM.
- */
- unsigned long size =
- DIV_ROUND_UP(memblock_phys_mem_size(), 1024);
-
- swiotlb_adjust_size(min(swiotlb_size_or_default(), size));
- }
-
if (max_pfn > PFN_DOWN(arm64_dma_phys_limit))
flags |= SWIOTLB_INIT_ADDRESSING_LIMIT;
diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
index fc1bec090db1..7921ca9c58cd 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
@@ -165,31 +165,11 @@ static void print_vm_layout(void) { }
void __init arch_mm_preinit(void)
{
- bool swiotlb = max_pfn > PFN_DOWN(dma32_phys_limit) &&
- memblock_start_of_DRAM() < dma32_phys_limit;
unsigned int swiotlb_flags = SWIOTLB_VERBOSE;
#ifdef CONFIG_FLATMEM
BUG_ON(!mem_map);
#endif /* CONFIG_FLATMEM */
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DMA_BOUNCE_UNALIGNED_KMALLOC) && !swiotlb &&
- dma_cache_alignment != 1) {
- /*
- * No 32-bit DMA bouncing needed (either all DRAM is within
- * the 32-bit limit, or it all starts above it), but
- * kmalloc() buffers whose sizes are not cache-line-aligned
- * still require bouncing for non-coherent DMA. Use
- * SWIOTLB_ANY so that the buffer can be allocated from high
- * memory when DRAM starts above dma32_phys_limit. Allocate
- * ~1 MB per 1 GB of RAM.
- */
- unsigned long size =
- DIV_ROUND_UP(memblock_phys_mem_size(), 1024);
- swiotlb_adjust_size(min(swiotlb_size_or_default(), size));
- swiotlb = true;
- swiotlb_flags |= SWIOTLB_ANY;
- }
-
if ((max_pfn > PFN_DOWN(dma32_phys_limit)) &&
(memblock_start_of_DRAM() < dma32_phys_limit))
swiotlb_flags |= SWIOTLB_INIT_ADDRESSING_LIMIT;
diff --git a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
index aa19e81ae544..90e0bfd0715c 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
@@ -304,6 +304,11 @@ unsigned long swiotlb_size_or_default(void)
return default_nslabs << IO_TLB_SHIFT;
}
+static bool __init swiotlb_default_size_changed(void)
+{
+ return default_nslabs != IO_TLB_DEFAULT_SIZE >> IO_TLB_SHIFT;
+}
+
void __init swiotlb_adjust_size(unsigned long size)
{
/*
@@ -311,7 +316,7 @@ void __init swiotlb_adjust_size(unsigned long size)
* architectures such as those supporting memory encryption to
* adjust/expand SWIOTLB size for their use.
*/
- if (default_nslabs != IO_TLB_DEFAULT_SIZE >> IO_TLB_SHIFT)
+ if (swiotlb_default_size_changed())
return;
default_nslabs = swiotlb_aligned_nslabs(size);
@@ -476,9 +481,18 @@ static bool __init swiotlb_kmalloc_needs_bounce(void)
static void __init
swiotlb_adjust_pool_size(enum swiotlb_pool_policy policy)
{
+ if (swiotlb_default_size_changed())
+ return;
+
switch (policy) {
- case SWIOTLB_POOL_MINIMAL:
+ case SWIOTLB_POOL_MINIMAL: {
+ unsigned long size;
+
+ /* Use 1MB per 1GB of RAM for kmalloc() bouncing. */
+ size = DIV_ROUND_UP(memblock_phys_mem_size(), 1024);
+ swiotlb_adjust_size(min(swiotlb_size_or_default(), size));
break;
+ }
case SWIOTLB_POOL_CC_GUEST:
break;
case SWIOTLB_POOL_NONE:
--
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