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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2020-03-24 19:53:12 +0300 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2020-03-24 19:53:12 +0300 |
commit | c6ac7188c1142c450eb601563ad69204bf1e9286 (patch) | |
tree | 29fc76466420afc8d5f50987c653157b2336df4f /Documentation/driver-api | |
parent | 979e52ca0469fb38646bc51d26a0263a740c9f03 (diff) | |
parent | 018af9be3dd54e6f24f828966bdd873f4d63ad9b (diff) | |
download | linux-c6ac7188c1142c450eb601563ad69204bf1e9286.tar.xz |
Merge tag 'dmaengine-fix-5.6' of git://git.infradead.org/users/vkoul/slave-dma
Pull dmaengine fixes from Vinod Koul:
"Late fixes in dmaengine for v5.6:
- move .device_release missing log warning to debug
- couple of maintainer entries for HiSilicon and IADX drivers
- off-by-one fix for idxd driver
- documentation warning fixes
- TI k3 dma error handling fix"
* tag 'dmaengine-fix-5.6' of git://git.infradead.org/users/vkoul/slave-dma:
dmaengine: ti: k3-udma-glue: Fix an error handling path in 'k3_udma_glue_cfg_rx_flow()'
MAINTAINERS: Add maintainer for HiSilicon DMA engine driver
dmaengine: idxd: fix off by one on cdev dwq refcount
MAINTAINERS: rectify the INTEL IADX DRIVER entry
dmaengine: move .device_release missing log warning to debug level
docs: dmaengine: provider.rst: get rid of some warnings
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/driver-api')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst index 790a15089f1f..56e5833e8a07 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst @@ -266,11 +266,15 @@ to use. attached (via the dmaengine_desc_attach_metadata() helper to the descriptor. From the DMA driver the following is expected for this mode: + - DMA_MEM_TO_DEV / DEV_MEM_TO_MEM + The data from the provided metadata buffer should be prepared for the DMA controller to be sent alongside of the payload data. Either by copying to a hardware descriptor, or highly coupled packet. + - DMA_DEV_TO_MEM + On transfer completion the DMA driver must copy the metadata to the client provided metadata buffer before notifying the client about the completion. After the transfer completion, DMA drivers must not touch the metadata @@ -284,10 +288,14 @@ to use. and dmaengine_desc_set_metadata_len() is provided as helper functions. From the DMA driver the following is expected for this mode: - - get_metadata_ptr + + - get_metadata_ptr() + Should return a pointer for the metadata buffer, the maximum size of the metadata buffer and the currently used / valid (if any) bytes in the buffer. - - set_metadata_len + + - set_metadata_len() + It is called by the clients after it have placed the metadata to the buffer to let the DMA driver know the number of valid bytes provided. |