Re: [PATCH v10 6/6] Documentation: iio: Document high-speed DMABUF based API

[Paul Cercueil]

Hi Randy,

Le jeudi 06 juin 2024 à 10:32 -0700, Randy Dunlap a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> On 6/5/24 4:08 AM, Paul Cercueil wrote:
> > Document the new DMABUF based API.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Paul Cercueil <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Nuno Sa <nuno.sa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > ---
> > v2: - Explicitly state that the new interface is optional and is
> >       not implemented by all drivers.
> >     - The IOCTLs can now only be called on the buffer FD returned
> > by
> >       IIO_BUFFER_GET_FD_IOCTL.
> >     - Move the page up a bit in the index since it is core stuff
> > and not
> >       driver-specific.
> > 
> > v3: Update the documentation to reflect the new API.
> > 
> > v5: Use description lists for the documentation of the three new
> > IOCTLs
> >     instead of abusing subsections.
> > 
> > v8: Renamed dmabuf_api.rst -> iio_dmabuf_api.rst, and updated
> > index.rst
> >     whose format changed in iio/togreg.
> > ---
> >  Documentation/iio/iio_dmabuf_api.rst | 54
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  Documentation/iio/index.rst          |  1 +
> >  2 files changed, 55 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 Documentation/iio/iio_dmabuf_api.rst
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/iio/iio_dmabuf_api.rst
> > b/Documentation/iio/iio_dmabuf_api.rst
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..1cd6cd51a582
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/iio/iio_dmabuf_api.rst
> > @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
> > +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > +
> > +===================================
> > +High-speed DMABUF interface for IIO
> > +===================================
> > +
> > +1. Overview
> > +===========
> > +
> > +The Industrial I/O subsystem supports access to buffers through a
> > +file-based interface, with read() and write() access calls through
> > the
> > +IIO device's dev node.
> > +
> > +It additionally supports a DMABUF based interface, where the
> > userspace
> > +can attach DMABUF objects (externally created) to a IIO buffer,
> > and
> 
> I would say/write:                                to an IIO buffer,

Right.

> > +subsequently use them for data transfers.
> > +
> > +A userspace application can then use this interface to share
> > DMABUF
> > +objects between several interfaces, allowing it to transfer data
> > in a
> > +zero-copy fashion, for instance between IIO and the USB stack.
> > +
> > +The userspace application can also memory-map the DMABUF objects,
> > and
> > +access the sample data directly. The advantage of doing this vs.
> > the
> > +read() interface is that it avoids an extra copy of the data
> > between the
> > +kernel and userspace. This is particularly useful for high-speed
> > devices
> > +which produce several megabytes or even gigabytes of data per
> > second.
> > +It does however increase the userspace-kernelspace synchronization
> > +overhead, as the DMA_BUF_SYNC_START and DMA_BUF_SYNC_END IOCTLs
> > have to
> > +be used for data integrity.
> > +
> > +2. User API
> > +===========
> > +
> > +As part of this interface, three new IOCTLs have been added. These
> > three
> > +IOCTLs have to be performed on the IIO buffer's file descriptor,
> > +obtained using the IIO_BUFFER_GET_FD_IOCTL() ioctl.
> > +
> > +  ``IIO_BUFFER_DMABUF_ATTACH_IOCTL(int)``
> 
>                                      (int fd)
> ?

Yes, I can change that. Although it's very obvious what the "int" is
for, given the text above.

> 
> > +    Attach the DMABUF object, identified by its file descriptor,
> > to the
> > +    IIO buffer. Returns zero on success, and a negative errno
> > value on
> > +    error.
> > +
> > +  ``IIO_BUFFER_DMABUF_DETACH_IOCTL(int)``
> 
> ditto.
> 
> > +    Detach the given DMABUF object, identified by its file
> > descriptor,
> > +    from the IIO buffer. Returns zero on success, and a negative
> > errno
> > +    value on error.
> > +
> > +    Note that closing the IIO buffer's file descriptor will
> > +    automatically detach all previously attached DMABUF objects.
> > +
> > +  ``IIO_BUFFER_DMABUF_ENQUEUE_IOCTL(struct iio_dmabuf
> > *iio_dmabuf)``
> > +    Enqueue a previously attached DMABUF object to the buffer
> > queue.
> > +    Enqueued DMABUFs will be read from (if output buffer) or
> > written to
> > +    (if input buffer) as long as the buffer is enabled.
> 
> thanks.

Cheers,
-Paul