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| ============================================
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| Dynamic DMA mapping using the generic device
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| ============================================
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| 
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| :Author: James E.J. Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
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| 
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| This document describes the DMA API.  For a more gentle introduction
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| of the API (and actual examples), see :doc:`/core-api/dma-api-howto`.
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| 
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| This API is split into two pieces.  Part I describes the basic API.
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| Part II describes extensions for supporting non-consistent memory
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| machines.  Unless you know that your driver absolutely has to support
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| non-consistent platforms (this is usually only legacy platforms) you
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| should only use the API described in part I.
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| 
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| Part I - dma_API
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| ----------------
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| 
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| To get the dma_API, you must #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>.  This
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| provides dma_addr_t and the interfaces described below.
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| 
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| A dma_addr_t can hold any valid DMA address for the platform.  It can be
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| given to a device to use as a DMA source or target.  A CPU cannot reference
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| a dma_addr_t directly because there may be translation between its physical
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| address space and the DMA address space.
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| 
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| Part Ia - Using large DMA-coherent buffers
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| ------------------------------------------
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| 
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| ::
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| 
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| 	void *
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| 	dma_alloc_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
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| 			   dma_addr_t *dma_handle, gfp_t flag)
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| 
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| Consistent memory is memory for which a write by either the device or
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| the processor can immediately be read by the processor or device
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| without having to worry about caching effects.  (You may however need
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| to make sure to flush the processor's write buffers before telling
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| devices to read that memory.)
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| 
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| This routine allocates a region of <size> bytes of consistent memory.
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| 
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| It returns a pointer to the allocated region (in the processor's virtual
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| address space) or NULL if the allocation failed.
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| 
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| It also returns a <dma_handle> which may be cast to an unsigned integer the
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| same width as the bus and given to the device as the DMA address base of
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| the region.
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| 
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| Note: consistent memory can be expensive on some platforms, and the
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| minimum allocation length may be as big as a page, so you should
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| consolidate your requests for consistent memory as much as possible.
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| The simplest way to do that is to use the dma_pool calls (see below).
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| 
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| The flag parameter (dma_alloc_coherent() only) allows the caller to
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| specify the ``GFP_`` flags (see kmalloc()) for the allocation (the
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| implementation may choose to ignore flags that affect the location of
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| the returned memory, like GFP_DMA).
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| 
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| ::
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| 
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| 	void
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| 	dma_free_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t size, void *cpu_addr,
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| 			  dma_addr_t dma_handle)
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| 
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| Free a region of consistent memory you previously allocated.  dev,
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| size and dma_handle must all be the same as those passed into
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| dma_alloc_coherent().  cpu_addr must be the virtual address returned by
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| the dma_alloc_coherent().
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| 
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| Note that unlike their sibling allocation calls, these routines
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| may only be called with IRQs enabled.
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| 
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| 
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| Part Ib - Using small DMA-coherent buffers
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| ------------------------------------------
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| 
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| To get this part of the dma_API, you must #include <linux/dmapool.h>
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| 
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| Many drivers need lots of small DMA-coherent memory regions for DMA
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| descriptors or I/O buffers.  Rather than allocating in units of a page
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| or more using dma_alloc_coherent(), you can use DMA pools.  These work
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| much like a struct kmem_cache, except that they use the DMA-coherent allocator,
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| not __get_free_pages().  Also, they understand common hardware constraints
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| for alignment, like queue heads needing to be aligned on N-byte boundaries.
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| 
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| 
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| ::
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| 
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| 	struct dma_pool *
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| 	dma_pool_create(const char *name, struct device *dev,
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| 			size_t size, size_t align, size_t alloc);
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| 
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| dma_pool_create() initializes a pool of DMA-coherent buffers
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| for use with a given device.  It must be called in a context which
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| can sleep.
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| 
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| The "name" is for diagnostics (like a struct kmem_cache name); dev and size
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| are like what you'd pass to dma_alloc_coherent().  The device's hardware
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| alignment requirement for this type of data is "align" (which is expressed
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| in bytes, and must be a power of two).  If your device has no boundary
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| crossing restrictions, pass 0 for alloc; passing 4096 says memory allocated
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| from this pool must not cross 4KByte boundaries.
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| 
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| ::
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| 
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| 	void *
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| 	dma_pool_zalloc(struct dma_pool *pool, gfp_t mem_flags,
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| 		        dma_addr_t *handle)
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| 
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| Wraps dma_pool_alloc() and also zeroes the returned memory if the
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| allocation attempt succeeded.
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| 
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| 
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| ::
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| 
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| 	void *
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| 	dma_pool_alloc(struct dma_pool *pool, gfp_t gfp_flags,
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| 		       dma_addr_t *dma_handle);
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| 
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| This allocates memory from the pool; the returned memory will meet the
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| size and alignment requirements specified at creation time.  Pass
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| GFP_ATOMIC to prevent blocking, or if it's permitted (not
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| in_interrupt, not holding SMP locks), pass GFP_KERNEL to allow
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| blocking.  Like dma_alloc_coherent(), this returns two values:  an
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| address usable by the CPU, and the DMA address usable by the pool's
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| device.
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| 
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| ::
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| 
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| 	void
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| 	dma_pool_free(struct dma_pool *pool, void *vaddr,
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| 		      dma_addr_t addr);
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| 
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| This puts memory back into the pool.  The pool is what was passed to
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| dma_pool_alloc(); the CPU (vaddr) and DMA addresses are what
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| were returned when that routine allocated the memory being freed.
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| 
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| ::
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| 
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| 	void
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| 	dma_pool_destroy(struct dma_pool *pool);
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| 
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| dma_pool_destroy() frees the resources of the pool.  It must be
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| called in a context which can sleep.  Make sure you've freed all allocated
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| memory back to the pool before you destroy it.
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| 
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| 
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| Part Ic - DMA addressing limitations
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| ------------------------------------
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| 
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| ::
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| 
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| 	int
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| 	dma_set_mask_and_coherent(struct device *dev, u64 mask)
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| 
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| Checks to see if the mask is possible and updates the device
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| streaming and coherent DMA mask parameters if it is.
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| 
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| Returns: 0 if successful and a negative error if not.
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| 
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| ::
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| 
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| 	int
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| 	dma_set_mask(struct device *dev, u64 mask)
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| 
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| Checks to see if the mask is possible and updates the device
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| parameters if it is.
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| 
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| Returns: 0 if successful and a negative error if not.
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| 
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| ::
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| 
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| 	int
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| 	dma_set_coherent_mask(struct device *dev, u64 mask)
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| 
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| Checks to see if the mask is possible and updates the device
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| parameters if it is.
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| 
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| Returns: 0 if successful and a negative error if not.
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| 
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| ::
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| 
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| 	u64
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| 	dma_get_required_mask(struct device *dev)
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| 
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| This API returns the mask that the platform requires to
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| operate efficiently.  Usually this means the returned mask
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| is the minimum required to cover all of memory.  Examining the
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| required mask gives drivers with variable descriptor sizes the
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| opportunity to use smaller descriptors as necessary.
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| 
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| Requesting the required mask does not alter the current mask.  If you
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| wish to take advantage of it, you should issue a dma_set_mask()
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| call to set the mask to the value returned.
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| 
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| ::
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| 
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| 	size_t
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| 	dma_max_mapping_size(struct device *dev);
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| 
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| Returns the maximum size of a mapping for the device. The size parameter
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| of the mapping functions like dma_map_single(), dma_map_page() and
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| others should not be larger than the returned value.
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| 
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| ::
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| 
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| 	bool
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| 	dma_need_sync(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_addr);
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| 
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| Returns %true if dma_sync_single_for_{device,cpu} calls are required to
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| transfer memory ownership.  Returns %false if those calls can be skipped.
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| 
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| ::
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| 
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| 	unsigned long
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| 	dma_get_merge_boundary(struct device *dev);
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| 
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| Returns the DMA merge boundary. If the device cannot merge any the DMA address
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| segments, the function returns 0.
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| 
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| Part Id - Streaming DMA mappings
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| --------------------------------
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| 
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| ::
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| 
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| 	dma_addr_t
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| 	dma_map_single(struct device *dev, void *cpu_addr, size_t size,
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| 		       enum dma_data_direction direction)
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| 
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| Maps a piece of processor virtual memory so it can be accessed by the
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| device and returns the DMA address of the memory.
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| 
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| The direction for both APIs may be converted freely by casting.
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| However the dma_API uses a strongly typed enumerator for its
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| direction:
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| 
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| ======================= =============================================
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| DMA_NONE		no direction (used for debugging)
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| DMA_TO_DEVICE		data is going from the memory to the device
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| DMA_FROM_DEVICE		data is coming from the device to the memory
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| DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL	direction isn't known
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| ======================= =============================================
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| 
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| .. note::
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| 
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| 	Not all memory regions in a machine can be mapped by this API.
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| 	Further, contiguous kernel virtual space may not be contiguous as
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| 	physical memory.  Since this API does not provide any scatter/gather
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| 	capability, it will fail if the user tries to map a non-physically
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| 	contiguous piece of memory.  For this reason, memory to be mapped by
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| 	this API should be obtained from sources which guarantee it to be
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| 	physically contiguous (like kmalloc).
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| 
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| 	Further, the DMA address of the memory must be within the
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| 	dma_mask of the device (the dma_mask is a bit mask of the
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| 	addressable region for the device, i.e., if the DMA address of
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| 	the memory ANDed with the dma_mask is still equal to the DMA
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| 	address, then the device can perform DMA to the memory).  To
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| 	ensure that the memory allocated by kmalloc is within the dma_mask,
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| 	the driver may specify various platform-dependent flags to restrict
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| 	the DMA address range of the allocation (e.g., on x86, GFP_DMA
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| 	guarantees to be within the first 16MB of available DMA addresses,
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| 	as required by ISA devices).
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| 
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| 	Note also that the above constraints on physical contiguity and
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| 	dma_mask may not apply if the platform has an IOMMU (a device which
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| 	maps an I/O DMA address to a physical memory address).  However, to be
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| 	portable, device driver writers may *not* assume that such an IOMMU
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| 	exists.
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| 
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| .. warning::
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| 
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| 	Memory coherency operates at a granularity called the cache
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| 	line width.  In order for memory mapped by this API to operate
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| 	correctly, the mapped region must begin exactly on a cache line
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| 	boundary and end exactly on one (to prevent two separately mapped
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| 	regions from sharing a single cache line).  Since the cache line size
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| 	may not be known at compile time, the API will not enforce this
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| 	requirement.  Therefore, it is recommended that driver writers who
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| 	don't take special care to determine the cache line size at run time
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| 	only map virtual regions that begin and end on page boundaries (which
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| 	are guaranteed also to be cache line boundaries).
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| 
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| 	DMA_TO_DEVICE synchronisation must be done after the last modification
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| 	of the memory region by the software and before it is handed off to
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| 	the device.  Once this primitive is used, memory covered by this
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| 	primitive should be treated as read-only by the device.  If the device
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| 	may write to it at any point, it should be DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL (see
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| 	below).
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| 
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| 	DMA_FROM_DEVICE synchronisation must be done before the driver
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| 	accesses data that may be changed by the device.  This memory should
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| 	be treated as read-only by the driver.  If the driver needs to write
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| 	to it at any point, it should be DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL (see below).
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| 
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| 	DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL requires special handling: it means that the driver
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| 	isn't sure if the memory was modified before being handed off to the
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| 	device and also isn't sure if the device will also modify it.  Thus,
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| 	you must always sync bidirectional memory twice: once before the
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| 	memory is handed off to the device (to make sure all memory changes
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| 	are flushed from the processor) and once before the data may be
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| 	accessed after being used by the device (to make sure any processor
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| 	cache lines are updated with data that the device may have changed).
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| 
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| ::
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| 
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| 	void
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| 	dma_unmap_single(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_addr, size_t size,
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| 			 enum dma_data_direction direction)
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| 
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| Unmaps the region previously mapped.  All the parameters passed in
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| must be identical to those passed in (and returned) by the mapping
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| API.
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| 
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| ::
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| 
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| 	dma_addr_t
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| 	dma_map_page(struct device *dev, struct page *page,
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| 		     unsigned long offset, size_t size,
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| 		     enum dma_data_direction direction)
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| 
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| 	void
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| 	dma_unmap_page(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_address, size_t size,
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| 		       enum dma_data_direction direction)
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| 
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| API for mapping and unmapping for pages.  All the notes and warnings
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| for the other mapping APIs apply here.  Also, although the <offset>
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| and <size> parameters are provided to do partial page mapping, it is
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| recommended that you never use these unless you really know what the
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| cache width is.
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| 
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| ::
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| 
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| 	dma_addr_t
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| 	dma_map_resource(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t phys_addr, size_t size,
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| 			 enum dma_data_direction dir, unsigned long attrs)
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| 
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| 	void
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| 	dma_unmap_resource(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t addr, size_t size,
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| 			   enum dma_data_direction dir, unsigned long attrs)
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| 
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| API for mapping and unmapping for MMIO resources. All the notes and
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| warnings for the other mapping APIs apply here. The API should only be
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| used to map device MMIO resources, mapping of RAM is not permitted.
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| 
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| ::
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| 
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| 	int
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| 	dma_mapping_error(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_addr)
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| 
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| In some circumstances dma_map_single(), dma_map_page() and dma_map_resource()
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| will fail to create a mapping. A driver can check for these errors by testing
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| the returned DMA address with dma_mapping_error(). A non-zero return value
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| means the mapping could not be created and the driver should take appropriate
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| action (e.g. reduce current DMA mapping usage or delay and try again later).
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| 
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| ::
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| 
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| 	int
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| 	dma_map_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
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| 		   int nents, enum dma_data_direction direction)
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| 
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| Returns: the number of DMA address segments mapped (this may be shorter
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| than <nents> passed in if some elements of the scatter/gather list are
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| physically or virtually adjacent and an IOMMU maps them with a single
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| entry).
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| 
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| Please note that the sg cannot be mapped again if it has been mapped once.
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| The mapping process is allowed to destroy information in the sg.
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| 
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| As with the other mapping interfaces, dma_map_sg() can fail. When it
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| does, 0 is returned and a driver must take appropriate action. It is
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| critical that the driver do something, in the case of a block driver
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| aborting the request or even oopsing is better than doing nothing and
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| corrupting the filesystem.
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| 
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| With scatterlists, you use the resulting mapping like this::
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| 
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| 	int i, count = dma_map_sg(dev, sglist, nents, direction);
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| 	struct scatterlist *sg;
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| 
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| 	for_each_sg(sglist, sg, count, i) {
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| 		hw_address[i] = sg_dma_address(sg);
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| 		hw_len[i] = sg_dma_len(sg);
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| 	}
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| 
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| where nents is the number of entries in the sglist.
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| 
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| The implementation is free to merge several consecutive sglist entries
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| into one (e.g. with an IOMMU, or if several pages just happen to be
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| physically contiguous) and returns the actual number of sg entries it
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| mapped them to. On failure 0, is returned.
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| 
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| Then you should loop count times (note: this can be less than nents times)
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| and use sg_dma_address() and sg_dma_len() macros where you previously
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| accessed sg->address and sg->length as shown above.
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| 
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| ::
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| 
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| 	void
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| 	dma_unmap_sg(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
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| 		     int nents, enum dma_data_direction direction)
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| 
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| Unmap the previously mapped scatter/gather list.  All the parameters
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| must be the same as those and passed in to the scatter/gather mapping
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| API.
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| 
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| Note: <nents> must be the number you passed in, *not* the number of
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| DMA address entries returned.
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| 
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| ::
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| 
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| 	void
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| 	dma_sync_single_for_cpu(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_handle,
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| 				size_t size,
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| 				enum dma_data_direction direction)
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| 
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| 	void
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| 	dma_sync_single_for_device(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_handle,
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| 				   size_t size,
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| 				   enum dma_data_direction direction)
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| 
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| 	void
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| 	dma_sync_sg_for_cpu(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
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| 			    int nents,
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| 			    enum dma_data_direction direction)
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| 
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| 	void
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| 	dma_sync_sg_for_device(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
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| 			       int nents,
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| 			       enum dma_data_direction direction)
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| 
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| Synchronise a single contiguous or scatter/gather mapping for the CPU
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| and device. With the sync_sg API, all the parameters must be the same
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| as those passed into the single mapping API. With the sync_single API,
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| you can use dma_handle and size parameters that aren't identical to
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| those passed into the single mapping API to do a partial sync.
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| 
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| 
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| .. note::
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| 
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|    You must do this:
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| 
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|    - Before reading values that have been written by DMA from the device
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|      (use the DMA_FROM_DEVICE direction)
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|    - After writing values that will be written to the device using DMA
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|      (use the DMA_TO_DEVICE) direction
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|    - before *and* after handing memory to the device if the memory is
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|      DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL
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| 
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| See also dma_map_single().
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| 
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| ::
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| 
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| 	dma_addr_t
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| 	dma_map_single_attrs(struct device *dev, void *cpu_addr, size_t size,
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| 			     enum dma_data_direction dir,
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| 			     unsigned long attrs)
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| 
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| 	void
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| 	dma_unmap_single_attrs(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_addr,
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| 			       size_t size, enum dma_data_direction dir,
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| 			       unsigned long attrs)
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| 
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| 	int
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| 	dma_map_sg_attrs(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sgl,
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| 			 int nents, enum dma_data_direction dir,
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| 			 unsigned long attrs)
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| 
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| 	void
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| 	dma_unmap_sg_attrs(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sgl,
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| 			   int nents, enum dma_data_direction dir,
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| 			   unsigned long attrs)
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| 
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| The four functions above are just like the counterpart functions
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| without the _attrs suffixes, except that they pass an optional
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| dma_attrs.
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| 
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| The interpretation of DMA attributes is architecture-specific, and
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| each attribute should be documented in :doc:`/core-api/dma-attributes`.
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| 
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| If dma_attrs are 0, the semantics of each of these functions
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| is identical to those of the corresponding function
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| without the _attrs suffix. As a result dma_map_single_attrs()
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| can generally replace dma_map_single(), etc.
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| 
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| As an example of the use of the ``*_attrs`` functions, here's how
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| you could pass an attribute DMA_ATTR_FOO when mapping memory
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| for DMA::
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| 
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| 	#include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
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| 	/* DMA_ATTR_FOO should be defined in linux/dma-mapping.h and
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| 	* documented in Documentation/core-api/dma-attributes.rst */
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| 	...
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| 
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| 		unsigned long attr;
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| 		attr |= DMA_ATTR_FOO;
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| 		....
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| 		n = dma_map_sg_attrs(dev, sg, nents, DMA_TO_DEVICE, attr);
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| 		....
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| 
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| Architectures that care about DMA_ATTR_FOO would check for its
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| presence in their implementations of the mapping and unmapping
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| routines, e.g.:::
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| 
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| 	void whizco_dma_map_sg_attrs(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_addr,
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| 				     size_t size, enum dma_data_direction dir,
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| 				     unsigned long attrs)
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| 	{
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| 		....
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| 		if (attrs & DMA_ATTR_FOO)
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| 			/* twizzle the frobnozzle */
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| 		....
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| 	}
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| 
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| 
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| Part II - Non-coherent DMA allocations
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| --------------------------------------
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| 
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| These APIs allow to allocate pages that are guaranteed to be DMA addressable
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| by the passed in device, but which need explicit management of memory ownership
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| for the kernel vs the device.
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| 
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| If you don't understand how cache line coherency works between a processor and
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| an I/O device, you should not be using this part of the API.
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| 
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| ::
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| 
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| 	void *
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| 	dma_alloc_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
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| 			dma_addr_t *dma_handle, enum dma_data_direction dir,
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| 			gfp_t gfp)
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| 
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| This routine allocates a region of <size> bytes of consistent memory.  It
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| returns a pointer to the allocated region (in the processor's virtual address
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| space) or NULL if the allocation failed.  The returned memory may or may not
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| be in the kernel direct mapping.  Drivers must not call virt_to_page on
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| the returned memory region.
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| 
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| It also returns a <dma_handle> which may be cast to an unsigned integer the
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| same width as the bus and given to the device as the DMA address base of
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| the region.
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| 
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| The dir parameter specified if data is read and/or written by the device,
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| see dma_map_single() for details.
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| 
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| The gfp parameter allows the caller to specify the ``GFP_`` flags (see
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| kmalloc()) for the allocation, but rejects flags used to specify a memory
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| zone such as GFP_DMA or GFP_HIGHMEM.
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| 
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| Before giving the memory to the device, dma_sync_single_for_device() needs
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| to be called, and before reading memory written by the device,
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| dma_sync_single_for_cpu(), just like for streaming DMA mappings that are
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| reused.
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| 
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| ::
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| 
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| 	void
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| 	dma_free_noncoherent(struct device *dev, size_t size, void *cpu_addr,
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| 			dma_addr_t dma_handle, enum dma_data_direction dir)
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| 
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| Free a region of memory previously allocated using dma_alloc_noncoherent().
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| dev, size and dma_handle and dir must all be the same as those passed into
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| dma_alloc_noncoherent().  cpu_addr must be the virtual address returned by
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| dma_alloc_noncoherent().
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| 
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| ::
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| 
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| 	struct page *
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| 	dma_alloc_pages(struct device *dev, size_t size, dma_addr_t *dma_handle,
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| 			enum dma_data_direction dir, gfp_t gfp)
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| 
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| This routine allocates a region of <size> bytes of non-coherent memory.  It
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| returns a pointer to first struct page for the region, or NULL if the
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| allocation failed. The resulting struct page can be used for everything a
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| struct page is suitable for.
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| 
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| It also returns a <dma_handle> which may be cast to an unsigned integer the
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| same width as the bus and given to the device as the DMA address base of
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| the region.
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| 
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| The dir parameter specified if data is read and/or written by the device,
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| see dma_map_single() for details.
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| 
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| The gfp parameter allows the caller to specify the ``GFP_`` flags (see
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| kmalloc()) for the allocation, but rejects flags used to specify a memory
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| zone such as GFP_DMA or GFP_HIGHMEM.
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| 
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| Before giving the memory to the device, dma_sync_single_for_device() needs
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| to be called, and before reading memory written by the device,
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| dma_sync_single_for_cpu(), just like for streaming DMA mappings that are
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| reused.
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| 
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| ::
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| 
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| 	void
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| 	dma_free_pages(struct device *dev, size_t size, struct page *page,
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| 			dma_addr_t dma_handle, enum dma_data_direction dir)
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| 
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| Free a region of memory previously allocated using dma_alloc_pages().
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| dev, size and dma_handle and dir must all be the same as those passed into
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| dma_alloc_noncoherent().  page must be the pointer returned by
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| dma_alloc_pages().
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| 
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| ::
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| 
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| 	int
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| 	dma_get_cache_alignment(void)
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| 
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| Returns the processor cache alignment.  This is the absolute minimum
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| alignment *and* width that you must observe when either mapping
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| memory or doing partial flushes.
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| 
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| .. note::
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| 
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| 	This API may return a number *larger* than the actual cache
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| 	line, but it will guarantee that one or more cache lines fit exactly
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| 	into the width returned by this call.  It will also always be a power
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| 	of two for easy alignment.
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| 
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| 
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| Part III - Debug drivers use of the DMA-API
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| -------------------------------------------
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| 
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| The DMA-API as described above has some constraints. DMA addresses must be
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| released with the corresponding function with the same size for example. With
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| the advent of hardware IOMMUs it becomes more and more important that drivers
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| do not violate those constraints. In the worst case such a violation can
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| result in data corruption up to destroyed filesystems.
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| 
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| To debug drivers and find bugs in the usage of the DMA-API checking code can
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| be compiled into the kernel which will tell the developer about those
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| violations. If your architecture supports it you can select the "Enable
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| debugging of DMA-API usage" option in your kernel configuration. Enabling this
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| option has a performance impact. Do not enable it in production kernels.
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| 
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| If you boot the resulting kernel will contain code which does some bookkeeping
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| about what DMA memory was allocated for which device. If this code detects an
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| error it prints a warning message with some details into your kernel log. An
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| example warning message may look like this::
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| 
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| 	WARNING: at /data2/repos/linux-2.6-iommu/lib/dma-debug.c:448
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| 		check_unmap+0x203/0x490()
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| 	Hardware name:
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| 	forcedeth 0000:00:08.0: DMA-API: device driver frees DMA memory with wrong
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| 		function [device address=0x00000000640444be] [size=66 bytes] [mapped as
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| 	single] [unmapped as page]
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| 	Modules linked in: nfsd exportfs bridge stp llc r8169
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| 	Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G        W  2.6.28-dmatest-09289-g8bb99c0 #1
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| 	Call Trace:
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| 	<IRQ>  [<ffffffff80240b22>] warn_slowpath+0xf2/0x130
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| 	[<ffffffff80647b70>] _spin_unlock+0x10/0x30
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| 	[<ffffffff80537e75>] usb_hcd_link_urb_to_ep+0x75/0xc0
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| 	[<ffffffff80647c22>] _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x12/0x40
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| 	[<ffffffff8055347f>] ohci_urb_enqueue+0x19f/0x7c0
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| 	[<ffffffff80252f96>] queue_work+0x56/0x60
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| 	[<ffffffff80237e10>] enqueue_task_fair+0x20/0x50
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| 	[<ffffffff80539279>] usb_hcd_submit_urb+0x379/0xbc0
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| 	[<ffffffff803b78c3>] cpumask_next_and+0x23/0x40
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| 	[<ffffffff80235177>] find_busiest_group+0x207/0x8a0
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| 	[<ffffffff8064784f>] _spin_lock_irqsave+0x1f/0x50
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| 	[<ffffffff803c7ea3>] check_unmap+0x203/0x490
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| 	[<ffffffff803c8259>] debug_dma_unmap_page+0x49/0x50
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| 	[<ffffffff80485f26>] nv_tx_done_optimized+0xc6/0x2c0
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| 	[<ffffffff80486c13>] nv_nic_irq_optimized+0x73/0x2b0
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| 	[<ffffffff8026df84>] handle_IRQ_event+0x34/0x70
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| 	[<ffffffff8026ffe9>] handle_edge_irq+0xc9/0x150
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| 	[<ffffffff8020e3ab>] do_IRQ+0xcb/0x1c0
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| 	[<ffffffff8020c093>] ret_from_intr+0x0/0xa
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| 	<EOI> <4>---[ end trace f6435a98e2a38c0e ]---
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| 
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| The driver developer can find the driver and the device including a stacktrace
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| of the DMA-API call which caused this warning.
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| 
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| Per default only the first error will result in a warning message. All other
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| errors will only silently counted. This limitation exist to prevent the code
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| from flooding your kernel log. To support debugging a device driver this can
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| be disabled via debugfs. See the debugfs interface documentation below for
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| details.
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| 
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| The debugfs directory for the DMA-API debugging code is called dma-api/. In
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| this directory the following files can currently be found:
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| 
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| =============================== ===============================================
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| dma-api/all_errors		This file contains a numeric value. If this
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| 				value is not equal to zero the debugging code
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| 				will print a warning for every error it finds
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| 				into the kernel log. Be careful with this
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| 				option, as it can easily flood your logs.
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| 
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| dma-api/disabled		This read-only file contains the character 'Y'
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| 				if the debugging code is disabled. This can
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| 				happen when it runs out of memory or if it was
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| 				disabled at boot time
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| 
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| dma-api/dump			This read-only file contains current DMA
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| 				mappings.
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| 
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| dma-api/error_count		This file is read-only and shows the total
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| 				numbers of errors found.
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| 
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| dma-api/num_errors		The number in this file shows how many
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| 				warnings will be printed to the kernel log
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| 				before it stops. This number is initialized to
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| 				one at system boot and be set by writing into
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| 				this file
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| 
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| dma-api/min_free_entries	This read-only file can be read to get the
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| 				minimum number of free dma_debug_entries the
 | |
| 				allocator has ever seen. If this value goes
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| 				down to zero the code will attempt to increase
 | |
| 				nr_total_entries to compensate.
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| 
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| dma-api/num_free_entries	The current number of free dma_debug_entries
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| 				in the allocator.
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| 
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| dma-api/nr_total_entries	The total number of dma_debug_entries in the
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| 				allocator, both free and used.
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| 
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| dma-api/driver_filter		You can write a name of a driver into this file
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| 				to limit the debug output to requests from that
 | |
| 				particular driver. Write an empty string to
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| 				that file to disable the filter and see
 | |
| 				all errors again.
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| =============================== ===============================================
 | |
| 
 | |
| If you have this code compiled into your kernel it will be enabled by default.
 | |
| If you want to boot without the bookkeeping anyway you can provide
 | |
| 'dma_debug=off' as a boot parameter. This will disable DMA-API debugging.
 | |
| Notice that you can not enable it again at runtime. You have to reboot to do
 | |
| so.
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| 
 | |
| If you want to see debug messages only for a special device driver you can
 | |
| specify the dma_debug_driver=<drivername> parameter. This will enable the
 | |
| driver filter at boot time. The debug code will only print errors for that
 | |
| driver afterwards. This filter can be disabled or changed later using debugfs.
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| 
 | |
| When the code disables itself at runtime this is most likely because it ran
 | |
| out of dma_debug_entries and was unable to allocate more on-demand. 65536
 | |
| entries are preallocated at boot - if this is too low for you boot with
 | |
| 'dma_debug_entries=<your_desired_number>' to overwrite the default. Note
 | |
| that the code allocates entries in batches, so the exact number of
 | |
| preallocated entries may be greater than the actual number requested. The
 | |
| code will print to the kernel log each time it has dynamically allocated
 | |
| as many entries as were initially preallocated. This is to indicate that a
 | |
| larger preallocation size may be appropriate, or if it happens continually
 | |
| that a driver may be leaking mappings.
 | |
| 
 | |
| ::
 | |
| 
 | |
| 	void
 | |
| 	debug_dma_mapping_error(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_addr);
 | |
| 
 | |
| dma-debug interface debug_dma_mapping_error() to debug drivers that fail
 | |
| to check DMA mapping errors on addresses returned by dma_map_single() and
 | |
| dma_map_page() interfaces. This interface clears a flag set by
 | |
| debug_dma_map_page() to indicate that dma_mapping_error() has been called by
 | |
| the driver. When driver does unmap, debug_dma_unmap() checks the flag and if
 | |
| this flag is still set, prints warning message that includes call trace that
 | |
| leads up to the unmap. This interface can be called from dma_mapping_error()
 | |
| routines to enable DMA mapping error check debugging.
 |