Re: [PATCH v3 6/9] media: videobuf2: Allow exporting of a struct dmabuf

From: Paul Elder

Date: Mon Aug 31 2026 - 02:55:28 EST


Quoting Jai Luthra (2026-07-17 20:04:21)
> From: Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> videobuf2 only allowed exporting a dmabuf as a file descriptor,
> but there are instances where having the struct dma_buf is
> useful within the kernel.
>
> Split the current implementation into two, one step which
> exports a struct dma_buf, and the second which converts that
> into an fd.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jai Luthra <jai.luthra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
> include/media/videobuf2-core.h | 15 +++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c
> index b0a6084f1757..0e62f3d97194 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-core.c
> @@ -2419,11 +2419,11 @@ static int __find_plane_by_offset(struct vb2_queue *q, unsigned long offset,
> return 0;
> }
>
> -int vb2_core_expbuf(struct vb2_queue *q, int *fd, unsigned int type,
> - struct vb2_buffer *vb, unsigned int plane, unsigned int flags)
> +int vb2_core_expbuf_dmabuf(struct vb2_queue *q, unsigned int type,
> + struct vb2_buffer *vb, unsigned int plane,
> + unsigned int flags, struct dma_buf **dmabuf)
> {
> struct vb2_plane *vb_plane;
> - int ret;
> struct dma_buf *dbuf;
>
> if (q->memory != VB2_MEMORY_MMAP) {
> @@ -2468,6 +2468,21 @@ int vb2_core_expbuf(struct vb2_queue *q, int *fd, unsigned int type,
> return -EINVAL;
> }
>
> + *dmabuf = dbuf;
> + return 0;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vb2_core_expbuf_dmabuf);
> +
> +int vb2_core_expbuf(struct vb2_queue *q, int *fd, unsigned int type,
> + struct vb2_buffer *vb, unsigned int plane, unsigned int flags)
> +{
> + struct dma_buf *dbuf;
> + int ret;
> +
> + ret = vb2_core_expbuf_dmabuf(q, type, vb, plane, flags, &dbuf);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> +
> ret = dma_buf_fd(dbuf, flags & ~O_ACCMODE);
> if (ret < 0) {
> dprintk(q, 3, "buffer %d, plane %d failed to export (%d)\n",
> diff --git a/include/media/videobuf2-core.h b/include/media/videobuf2-core.h
> index 4b4f4c15c53a..15aeaaeaf8ad 100644
> --- a/include/media/videobuf2-core.h
> +++ b/include/media/videobuf2-core.h
> @@ -954,6 +954,21 @@ int vb2_core_streamon(struct vb2_queue *q, unsigned int type);
> */
> int vb2_core_streamoff(struct vb2_queue *q, unsigned int type);
>
> +/**
> + * vb2_core_expbuf_dmabuf() - Export a buffer as a dma_buf structure
> + * @q: videobuf2 queue
> + * @type: buffer type
> + * @index: id number of the buffer
> + * @plane: index of the plane to be exported, 0 for single plane queues
> + * @flags: flags for newly created file, currently only O_CLOEXEC is
> + * supported, refer to manual of open syscall for more details
> + * @dmabuf: Returns the dmabuf pointer
> + *

For completeness of the documentation, imo you're missing documentation for the
actual return value.

* Return: returns zero on success; an error code otherwise.


Other than that, looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Paul Elder <paul.elder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


> + */
> +int vb2_core_expbuf_dmabuf(struct vb2_queue *q, unsigned int type,
> + struct vb2_buffer *vb, unsigned int plane,
> + unsigned int flags, struct dma_buf **dmabuf);
> +
> /**
> * vb2_core_expbuf() - Export a buffer as a file descriptor.
> * @q: pointer to &struct vb2_queue with videobuf2 queue.
>
> --
> 2.54.0
>
>