Re: [PATCH v5 1/9] dmaengine: Support bus widths of 32 bytes and above

From: Frank Li

Date: Fri Oct 09 2026 - 15:45:22 EST


On Fri, Oct 09, 2026 at 04:52:53PM +0100, Nuno Sá wrote:
> The src_addr_widths and dst_addr_widths capability masks encode each
> supported width as a bit whose position equals the corresponding
> enum dma_slave_buswidth value (e.g. DMA_SLAVE_BUSWIDTH_4_BYTES sets bit
> 4). As these masks are plain u32, widths of 32 bytes and above
> (DMA_SLAVE_BUSWIDTH_32/64/128_BYTES map to bits 32, 64 and 128) cannot
> be represented at all.
>
> Introduce bitmap-based bus width capabilities that span the full enum
> range, through a new dma_buswidth_mask_t type modeled after
> dma_cap_mask_t. To allow DMA controller drivers to be converted
> incrementally, the legacy dma_device u32 fields are kept alongside the
> new masks and the core folds a legacy-only driver's u32 into the mask
> when the device is registered, so consumers only ever have to look at
> the mask.
>
> The fold is bidirectional while both representations coexist. A driver
> that only fills in the legacy u32 gets its mask derived from it, so the
> consumers already converted see it. A driver that only fills in the mask
> gets its legacy u32 derived from the mask, so the consumers not
> converted yet, which read the legacy dma_slave_caps fields, keep working.
>
> On top of that, dma_get_slave_caps() derives the legacy dma_slave_caps
> masks from the new ones when a device_caps() callback adjusted them, so
> that a converted controller narrowing its per-channel capabilities is
> still seen by the consumers not converted yet, while a driver adjusting
> the legacy masks directly keeps working.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nuno Sá <nuno.sa@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
>
> Andy, did not take your tag given that you're the one asking for the
> split and since we ended up not doing it, not sure if the tag is
> to be kept :)
> ---
> drivers/dma/dmaengine.c | 51 +++++++++++-
> include/linux/dmaengine.h | 208 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> 2 files changed, 246 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
> index c5fef57b5adf..4ba9d6c7448a 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
> @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
>
> #include <linux/acpi.h>
> #include <linux/acpi_dma.h>
> +#include <linux/bitmap.h>
> #include <linux/device.h>
> #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
> #include <linux/dmaengine.h>
> @@ -592,8 +593,11 @@ int dma_get_slave_caps(struct dma_chan *chan, struct dma_slave_caps *caps)
> if (!device->directions)
> return -ENXIO;
>
> + dma_bus_width_copy(caps->src_bus_widths, device->src_bus_widths);
> + dma_bus_width_copy(caps->dst_bus_widths, device->dst_bus_widths);
> caps->src_addr_widths = device->src_addr_widths;
> caps->dst_addr_widths = device->dst_addr_widths;
> +

Remove this empty change.

> caps->directions = device->directions;
> caps->min_burst = device->min_burst;
> caps->max_burst = device->max_burst;
> @@ -611,9 +615,31 @@ int dma_get_slave_caps(struct dma_chan *chan, struct dma_slave_caps *caps)
> * callback to override the generic capabilities with
> * channel-specific ones.
> */
> - if (device->device_caps)
> + if (device->device_caps) {
> device->device_caps(chan, caps);
...
> + * Return: 0 on success, -EINVAL if @widths contains an invalid bus width. Note
> + * that the bus widths validated before the failing one are still set.
> + */
> +#define dma_bus_width_set_many(mask, widths, n_widths) \
> + __dma_bus_width_set_many(&(mask), (widths), (n_widths))

This is not good to get first argument pointer here, which will cause
confused. check others.

#define dma_bus_width_set_many(mask, widths, n_widths) \
__dma_bus_width_set_many((mask), (widths), (n_widths))

Frank