Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] misc: sram: Add DMA-BUF Heap exporting of SRAM areas

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Tue Apr 09 2024 - 08:14:44 EST


On Tue, Apr 09, 2024 at 02:06:05PM +0200, Pascal FONTAIN wrote:
> From: Andrew Davis <afd@xxxxxx>
>
> This new export type exposes to userspace the SRAM area as a DMA-BUF
> Heap,
> this allows for allocations of DMA-BUFs that can be consumed by various
> DMA-BUF supporting devices.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Davis <afd@xxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Pascal Fontain <pascal.fontain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

When sending on a patch from someone else, you too must sign off on it
as per our documenation. Please read it and understand what you are
agreeing to when you do that for a new version please.

> ---
> drivers/misc/Kconfig | 7 +
> drivers/misc/Makefile | 1 +
> drivers/misc/sram-dma-heap.c | 246 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/misc/sram.c | 6 +
> drivers/misc/sram.h | 16 +++
> 5 files changed, 276 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 drivers/misc/sram-dma-heap.c
>
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
> index 9e4ad4d61f06..e6674e913168 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
> @@ -448,6 +448,13 @@ config SRAM
> config SRAM_EXEC
> bool
>
> +config SRAM_DMA_HEAP
> + bool "Export on-chip SRAM pools using DMA-Heaps"
> + depends on DMABUF_HEAPS && SRAM
> + help
> + This driver allows the export of on-chip SRAM marked as both pool
> + and exportable to userspace using the DMA-Heaps interface.

What will use this in userspace?

thanks,

greg k-h