Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] docs: dma: correct dma_set_mask() sample code

[Niklas Cassel]

On Mon, Apr 01, 2024 at 01:41:59PM -0400, Frank Li wrote:
> There are bunch of codes in driver like
> 
>        if (dma_set_mask_and_coherent(dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64)))
>                dma_set_mask_and_coherent(dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32))
> 
> Actually it is wrong because if dma_set_mask_and_coherent(64) fails,
> dma_set_mask_and_coherent(32) will fail for the same reason.
> 
> And dma_set_mask_and_coherent(64) never returns failure.
> 
> According to the definition of dma_set_mask(), it indicates the width of
> address that device DMA can access. If it can access 64-bit address, it
> must access 32-bit address inherently. So only need set biggest address
> width.
> 
> See below code fragment:
> 
> dma_set_mask(mask)
> {
> 	mask = (dma_addr_t)mask;
> 
> 	if (!dev->dma_mask || !dma_supported(dev, mask))
> 		return -EIO;
> 
> 	arch_dma_set_mask(dev, mask);
> 	*dev->dma_mask = mask;
> 	return 0;
> }
> 
> dma_supported() will call dma_direct_supported or iommux's dma_supported
> call back function.
> 
> int dma_direct_supported(struct device *dev, u64 mask)
> {
> 	u64 min_mask = (max_pfn - 1) << PAGE_SHIFT;
> 
> 	/*
> 	 * Because 32-bit DMA masks are so common we expect every architecture
> 	 * to be able to satisfy them - either by not supporting more physical
> 	 * memory, or by providing a ZONE_DMA32.  If neither is the case, the
> 	 * architecture needs to use an IOMMU instead of the direct mapping.
> 	 */
> 	if (mask >= DMA_BIT_MASK(32))
> 		return 1;
> 
> 	...
> }
> 
> The iommux's dma_supported() actually means iommu requires devices's
> minimized dma capability.
> 
> An example:
> 
> static int sba_dma_supported( struct device *dev, u64 mask)()
> {
> 	...
> 	 * check if mask is >= than the current max IO Virt Address
>          * The max IO Virt address will *always* < 30 bits.
>          */
>         return((int)(mask >= (ioc->ibase - 1 +
>                         (ioc->pdir_size / sizeof(u64) * IOVP_SIZE) )));
> 	...
> }
> 
> 1 means supported. 0 means unsupported.
> 
> Correct document to make it more clear and provide correct sample code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> Notes:
>     Change from v1 to v2:
>     - fixed typo, review by Randy Dunlap
> 
>  Documentation/core-api/dma-api-howto.rst | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/dma-api-howto.rst b/Documentation/core-api/dma-api-howto.rst
> index e8a55f9d61dbc..5f6a7d86b6bc2 100644
> --- a/Documentation/core-api/dma-api-howto.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/core-api/dma-api-howto.rst
> @@ -203,13 +203,33 @@ setting the DMA mask fails.  In this manner, if a user of your driver reports
>  that performance is bad or that the device is not even detected, you can ask
>  them for the kernel messages to find out exactly why.
>  
> -The standard 64-bit addressing device would do something like this::
> +The 24-bit addressing device would do something like this::
>  
> -	if (dma_set_mask_and_coherent(dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64))) {
> +	if (dma_set_mask_and_coherent(dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(24))) {
>  		dev_warn(dev, "mydev: No suitable DMA available\n");
>  		goto ignore_this_device;
>  	}
>  
> +The standard 64-bit addressing device would do something like this::
> +
> +	dma_set_mask_and_coherent(dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64))
> +
> +dma_set_mask_and_coherent() never return fail when DMA_BIT_MASK(64). Typical
> +error code like::
> +
> +	/* Wrong code */
> +	if (dma_set_mask_and_coherent(dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64)))
> +		dma_set_mask_and_coherent(dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32))
> +
> +dma_set_mask_and_coherent() will never return failure when bigger then 32.

Nit:
s/then/than/


> +So typical code like::
> +
> +	/* Recommended code */
> +	if (support_64bit)
> +		dma_set_mask_and_coherent(dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64));
> +	else
> +		dma_set_mask_and_coherent(dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32));
> +
>  If the device only supports 32-bit addressing for descriptors in the
>  coherent allocations, but supports full 64-bits for streaming mappings
>  it would look like this::
> -- 
> 2.34.1
>