Re: [PATCH] kernel: dma: let dma use vmalloc area

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 11:09:30AM +0800, zhaoyang.huang wrote:
> From: Zhaoyang Huang <zhaoyang.huang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> memremap within dma_init_coherent_memory will map the given phys_addr
> into vmalloc area if the pa is not found during iterating iomem_resources,
> which conflict the rejection of vmalloc area in dma_map_single_attrs.

I can't parse this sentence.

> IMO, it is find to let all valid virtual address be valid for DMA as the
> user will keep corresponding RAM safe for transfer.

No, vmalloc address can't be passed to map_single.  You need to pass
the page to dma_map_page, and explicitly mange cache consistency
using the invalidate_kernel_vmap_range and flush_kernel_vmap_range
helpers.