Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] tty: hvc: pass DMA capable memory to put_chars()

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 5:01 AM Xianting Tian
<xianting.tian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> @@ -163,6 +155,13 @@ static void hvc_console_print(struct console *co, const char *b,
>         if (vtermnos[index] == -1)
>                 return;
>
> +       list_for_each_entry(hp, &hvc_structs, next)
> +               if (hp->vtermno == vtermnos[index])
> +                       break;
> +
> +       c = hp->c;
> +
> +       spin_lock_irqsave(&hp->c_lock, flags);

The loop looks like it might race against changes to the list. It seems strange
that the print function has to actually search for the structure here.

It may be better to have yet another array for the buffer pointers next to
the cons_ops[] and vtermnos[] arrays.

> +/*
> + * These sizes are most efficient for vio, because they are the
> + * native transfer size. We could make them selectable in the
> + * future to better deal with backends that want other buffer sizes.
> + */
> +#define N_OUTBUF       16
> +#define N_INBUF                16
> +
> +#define __ALIGNED__ __attribute__((__aligned__(sizeof(long))))

I think you need a higher alignment for DMA buffers, instead of sizeof(long),
I would suggest ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN.

       Arnd