[PATCH v7 3/9] dma-buf: Provide dma_buf_set_name()

From: Matt Evans

Date: Thu Sep 24 2026 - 11:29:36 EST


Allow exporters to set the name of buffers, during export or for
subsequent updates. This is useful to express buffer-specific debug
information, indicate state particular to the exporter's usage, etc.
Only exporters and userspace are expected to set names; it isn't
sensible for importers to do it.

Originally, the static dma_buf_set_name() was used for
DMA_BUF_SET_NAME ioctls, taking a __user string parameter. Export
this function as a generic set-name helper, taking a kernel-allocated
string. The SET_NAME ioctls now locally duplicate the __user string,
and use the new function to set the name.

Signed-off-by: Matt Evans <matt@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
include/linux/dma-buf.h | 2 +
2 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
index 4c9add51f9ef..e4ec504e9288 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c
@@ -404,34 +404,6 @@ static __poll_t dma_buf_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *poll)
return events;
}

-/**
- * dma_buf_set_name - Set a name to a specific dma_buf to track the usage.
- * It could support changing the name of the dma-buf if the same
- * piece of memory is used for multiple purpose between different devices.
- *
- * @dmabuf: [in] dmabuf buffer that will be renamed.
- * @buf: [in] A piece of userspace memory that contains the name of
- * the dma-buf.
- *
- * Returns 0 on success. If the dma-buf buffer is already attached to
- * devices, return -EBUSY.
- *
- */
-static long dma_buf_set_name(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, const char __user *buf)
-{
- char *name = strndup_user(buf, DMA_BUF_NAME_LEN);
-
- if (IS_ERR(name))
- return PTR_ERR(name);
-
- spin_lock(&dmabuf->name_lock);
- kfree(dmabuf->name);
- dmabuf->name = name;
- spin_unlock(&dmabuf->name_lock);
-
- return 0;
-}
-
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SYNC_FILE)
static long dma_buf_export_sync_file(struct dma_buf *dmabuf,
void __user *user_data)
@@ -577,8 +549,19 @@ static long dma_buf_ioctl(struct file *file,
return ret;

case DMA_BUF_SET_NAME_A:
- case DMA_BUF_SET_NAME_B:
- return dma_buf_set_name(dmabuf, (const char __user *)arg);
+ case DMA_BUF_SET_NAME_B: {
+ char *name = strndup_user((const char __user *)arg,
+ DMA_BUF_NAME_LEN);
+
+ if (IS_ERR(name))
+ return PTR_ERR(name);
+
+ ret = dma_buf_set_name(dmabuf, name);
+ if (ret)
+ kfree(name);
+
+ return ret;
+ }

#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SYNC_FILE)
case DMA_BUF_IOCTL_EXPORT_SYNC_FILE:
@@ -874,6 +857,41 @@ void dma_buf_put(struct dma_buf *dmabuf)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(dma_buf_put, "DMA_BUF");

+/**
+ * dma_buf_set_name - Set a dmabuf's name
+ * Intended to be used by the exporter to set a name for debug
+ * purposes. This can also change an existing name if the same piece
+ * of memory is used for multiple purposes over time.
+ *
+ * @dmabuf: [in] dmabuf buffer that will be renamed.
+ * @name: [in] The name of the dma-buf, allocated with kmalloc() or
+ * similar. This takes ownership of the allocation
+ * on success, which will be kfree()d when the
+ * dmabuf is released or a new name assigned.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, -EINVAL if the name is NULL, or -E2BIG if the
+ * name (including terminator) exceeds DMA_BUF_NAME_LEN.
+ */
+int dma_buf_set_name(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, char *name)
+{
+ if (!name)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ /* dmabuffs_dname() won't use the string if the length
+ * (including terminator) exceeds DMA_BUF_NAME_LEN:
+ */
+ if (strlen(name) >= DMA_BUF_NAME_LEN)
+ return -E2BIG;
+
+ spin_lock(&dmabuf->name_lock);
+ kfree(dmabuf->name);
+ dmabuf->name = name;
+ spin_unlock(&dmabuf->name_lock);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(dma_buf_set_name, "DMA_BUF");
+
static int dma_buf_wrap_sg_table(struct sg_table **sg_table)
{
struct scatterlist *to_sg, *from_sg;
diff --git a/include/linux/dma-buf.h b/include/linux/dma-buf.h
index d15b2b31d3c9..952a2c196ad4 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma-buf.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-buf.h
@@ -571,6 +571,8 @@ void dma_buf_fd_install(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, int fd);
struct dma_buf *dma_buf_get(int fd);
void dma_buf_put(struct dma_buf *dmabuf);

+int dma_buf_set_name(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, char *name);
+
struct sg_table *dma_buf_map_attachment(struct dma_buf_attachment *,
enum dma_data_direction);
void dma_buf_unmap_attachment(struct dma_buf_attachment *, struct sg_table *,
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)