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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/dma-buf.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/dma-buf.h | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/dma-buf.h b/include/linux/dma-buf.h index 628681bf6c99..efdc56b9d95f 100644 --- a/include/linux/dma-buf.h +++ b/include/linux/dma-buf.h @@ -154,6 +154,12 @@ struct dma_buf_ops { * On failure, returns a negative error value wrapped into a pointer. * May also return -EINTR when a signal was received while being * blocked. + * + * Note that exporters should not try to cache the scatter list, or + * return the same one for multiple calls. Caching is done either by the + * DMA-BUF code (for non-dynamic importers) or the importer. Ownership + * of the scatter list is transferred to the caller, and returned by + * @unmap_dma_buf. */ struct sg_table * (*map_dma_buf)(struct dma_buf_attachment *, enum dma_data_direction); |