[RFC][PATCH 1/4] devicetree: bindings: Add linux,cma-heap tag for reserved memory

From: John Stultz
Date: Fri May 01 2020 - 03:40:09 EST


This patch adds a linux,cma-heap property for CMA reserved memory
regions, which will be used to allow the region to be exposed via
the DMA-BUF Heaps interface

Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Andrew F. Davis" <afd@xxxxxx>
Cc: Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Liam Mark <lmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Pratik Patel <pratikp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Laura Abbott <labbott@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Brian Starkey <Brian.Starkey@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Chenbo Feng <fengc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alistair Strachan <astrachan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sandeep Patil <sspatil@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hridya Valsaraju <hridya@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Cc: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/reserved-memory.txt | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/reserved-memory.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/reserved-memory.txt
index bac4afa3b197..e97b6a4c3bc0 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/reserved-memory.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/reserved-memory.txt
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ Linux implementation note:
- If a "linux,cma-default" property is present, then Linux will use the
region for the default pool of the contiguous memory allocator.

+- If a "linux,cma-heap" property is present, then Linux will expose the
+ the CMA region via the DMA-BUF Heaps interface.
+
- If a "linux,dma-default" property is present, then Linux will use the
region for the default pool of the consistent DMA allocator.

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