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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/dma-buf.h')
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1 files changed, 193 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/dma-buf.h b/include/linux/dma-buf.h index 8daeb3ce0016..bfb3704fc6fc 100644 --- a/include/linux/dma-buf.h +++ b/include/linux/dma-buf.h @@ -39,23 +39,6 @@ struct dma_buf_attachment; /** * struct dma_buf_ops - operations possible on struct dma_buf - * @attach: [optional] allows different devices to 'attach' themselves to the - * given buffer. It might return -EBUSY to signal that backing storage - * is already allocated and incompatible with the requirements - * of requesting device. - * @detach: [optional] detach a given device from this buffer. - * @map_dma_buf: returns list of scatter pages allocated, increases usecount - * of the buffer. Requires atleast one attach to be called - * before. Returned sg list should already be mapped into - * _device_ address space. This call may sleep. May also return - * -EINTR. Should return -EINVAL if attach hasn't been called yet. - * @unmap_dma_buf: decreases usecount of buffer, might deallocate scatter - * pages. - * @release: release this buffer; to be called after the last dma_buf_put. - * @begin_cpu_access: [optional] called before cpu access to invalidate cpu - * caches and allocate backing storage (if not yet done) - * respectively pin the object into memory. - * @end_cpu_access: [optional] called after cpu access to flush caches. * @kmap_atomic: maps a page from the buffer into kernel address * space, users may not block until the subsequent unmap call. * This callback must not sleep. @@ -63,43 +46,206 @@ struct dma_buf_attachment; * This Callback must not sleep. * @kmap: maps a page from the buffer into kernel address space. * @kunmap: [optional] unmaps a page from the buffer. - * @mmap: used to expose the backing storage to userspace. Note that the - * mapping needs to be coherent - if the exporter doesn't directly - * support this, it needs to fake coherency by shooting down any ptes - * when transitioning away from the cpu domain. * @vmap: [optional] creates a virtual mapping for the buffer into kernel * address space. Same restrictions as for vmap and friends apply. * @vunmap: [optional] unmaps a vmap from the buffer */ struct dma_buf_ops { + /** + * @attach: + * + * This is called from dma_buf_attach() to make sure that a given + * &device can access the provided &dma_buf. Exporters which support + * buffer objects in special locations like VRAM or device-specific + * carveout areas should check whether the buffer could be move to + * system memory (or directly accessed by the provided device), and + * otherwise need to fail the attach operation. + * + * The exporter should also in general check whether the current + * allocation fullfills the DMA constraints of the new device. If this + * is not the case, and the allocation cannot be moved, it should also + * fail the attach operation. + * + * Any exporter-private housekeeping data can be stored in the + * &dma_buf_attachment.priv pointer. + * + * This callback is optional. + * + * Returns: + * + * 0 on success, negative error code on failure. It might return -EBUSY + * to signal that backing storage is already allocated and incompatible + * with the requirements of requesting device. + */ int (*attach)(struct dma_buf *, struct device *, - struct dma_buf_attachment *); + struct dma_buf_attachment *); + /** + * @detach: + * + * This is called by dma_buf_detach() to release a &dma_buf_attachment. + * Provided so that exporters can clean up any housekeeping for an + * &dma_buf_attachment. + * + * This callback is optional. + */ void (*detach)(struct dma_buf *, struct dma_buf_attachment *); - /* For {map,unmap}_dma_buf below, any specific buffer attributes - * required should get added to device_dma_parameters accessible - * via dev->dma_params. + /** + * @map_dma_buf: + * + * This is called by dma_buf_map_attachment() and is used to map a + * shared &dma_buf into device address space, and it is mandatory. It + * can only be called if @attach has been called successfully. This + * essentially pins the DMA buffer into place, and it cannot be moved + * any more + * + * This call may sleep, e.g. when the backing storage first needs to be + * allocated, or moved to a location suitable for all currently attached + * devices. + * + * Note that any specific buffer attributes required for this function + * should get added to device_dma_parameters accessible via + * &device.dma_params from the &dma_buf_attachment. The @attach callback + * should also check these constraints. + * + * If this is being called for the first time, the exporter can now + * choose to scan through the list of attachments for this buffer, + * collate the requirements of the attached devices, and choose an + * appropriate backing storage for the buffer. + * + * Based on enum dma_data_direction, it might be possible to have + * multiple users accessing at the same time (for reading, maybe), or + * any other kind of sharing that the exporter might wish to make + * available to buffer-users. + * + * Returns: + * + * A &sg_table scatter list of or the backing storage of the DMA buffer, + * already mapped into the device address space of the &device attached + * with the provided &dma_buf_attachment. + * + * On failure, returns a negative error value wrapped into a pointer. + * May also return -EINTR when a signal was received while being + * blocked. */ struct sg_table * (*map_dma_buf)(struct dma_buf_attachment *, - enum dma_data_direction); + enum dma_data_direction); + /** + * @unmap_dma_buf: + * + * This is called by dma_buf_unmap_attachment() and should unmap and + * release the &sg_table allocated in @map_dma_buf, and it is mandatory. + * It should also unpin the backing storage if this is the last mapping + * of the DMA buffer, it the exporter supports backing storage + * migration. + */ void (*unmap_dma_buf)(struct dma_buf_attachment *, - struct sg_table *, - enum dma_data_direction); + struct sg_table *, + enum dma_data_direction); + /* TODO: Add try_map_dma_buf version, to return immed with -EBUSY * if the call would block. */ - /* after final dma_buf_put() */ + /** + * @release: + * + * Called after the last dma_buf_put to release the &dma_buf, and + * mandatory. + */ void (*release)(struct dma_buf *); + /** + * @begin_cpu_access: + * + * This is called from dma_buf_begin_cpu_access() and allows the + * exporter to ensure that the memory is actually available for cpu + * access - the exporter might need to allocate or swap-in and pin the + * backing storage. The exporter also needs to ensure that cpu access is + * coherent for the access direction. The direction can be used by the + * exporter to optimize the cache flushing, i.e. access with a different + * direction (read instead of write) might return stale or even bogus + * data (e.g. when the exporter needs to copy the data to temporary + * storage). + * + * This callback is optional. + * + * FIXME: This is both called through the DMA_BUF_IOCTL_SYNC command + * from userspace (where storage shouldn't be pinned to avoid handing + * de-factor mlock rights to userspace) and for the kernel-internal + * users of the various kmap interfaces, where the backing storage must + * be pinned to guarantee that the atomic kmap calls can succeed. Since + * there's no in-kernel users of the kmap interfaces yet this isn't a + * real problem. + * + * Returns: + * + * 0 on success or a negative error code on failure. This can for + * example fail when the backing storage can't be allocated. Can also + * return -ERESTARTSYS or -EINTR when the call has been interrupted and + * needs to be restarted. + */ int (*begin_cpu_access)(struct dma_buf *, enum dma_data_direction); + + /** + * @end_cpu_access: + * + * This is called from dma_buf_end_cpu_access() when the importer is + * done accessing the CPU. The exporter can use this to flush caches and + * unpin any resources pinned in @begin_cpu_access. + * The result of any dma_buf kmap calls after end_cpu_access is + * undefined. + * + * This callback is optional. + * + * Returns: + * + * 0 on success or a negative error code on failure. Can return + * -ERESTARTSYS or -EINTR when the call has been interrupted and needs + * to be restarted. + */ int (*end_cpu_access)(struct dma_buf *, enum dma_data_direction); void *(*kmap_atomic)(struct dma_buf *, unsigned long); void (*kunmap_atomic)(struct dma_buf *, unsigned long, void *); void *(*kmap)(struct dma_buf *, unsigned long); void (*kunmap)(struct dma_buf *, unsigned long, void *); + /** + * @mmap: + * + * This callback is used by the dma_buf_mmap() function + * + * Note that the mapping needs to be incoherent, userspace is expected + * to braket CPU access using the DMA_BUF_IOCTL_SYNC interface. + * + * Because dma-buf buffers have invariant size over their lifetime, the + * dma-buf core checks whether a vma is too large and rejects such + * mappings. The exporter hence does not need to duplicate this check. + * Drivers do not need to check this themselves. + * + * If an exporter needs to manually flush caches and hence needs to fake + * coherency for mmap support, it needs to be able to zap all the ptes + * pointing at the backing storage. Now linux mm needs a struct + * address_space associated with the struct file stored in vma->vm_file + * to do that with the function unmap_mapping_range. But the dma_buf + * framework only backs every dma_buf fd with the anon_file struct file, + * i.e. all dma_bufs share the same file. + * + * Hence exporters need to setup their own file (and address_space) + * association by setting vma->vm_file and adjusting vma->vm_pgoff in + * the dma_buf mmap callback. In the specific case of a gem driver the + * exporter could use the shmem file already provided by gem (and set + * vm_pgoff = 0). Exporters can then zap ptes by unmapping the + * corresponding range of the struct address_space associated with their + * own file. + * + * This callback is optional. + * + * Returns: + * + * 0 on success or a negative error code on failure. + */ int (*mmap)(struct dma_buf *, struct vm_area_struct *vma); void *(*vmap)(struct dma_buf *); @@ -124,6 +270,15 @@ struct dma_buf_ops { * @poll: for userspace poll support * @cb_excl: for userspace poll support * @cb_shared: for userspace poll support + * + * This represents a shared buffer, created by calling dma_buf_export(). The + * userspace representation is a normal file descriptor, which can be created by + * calling dma_buf_fd(). + * + * Shared dma buffers are reference counted using dma_buf_put() and + * get_dma_buf(). + * + * Device DMA access is handled by the separate &struct dma_buf_attachment. */ struct dma_buf { size_t size; @@ -160,6 +315,11 @@ struct dma_buf { * This structure holds the attachment information between the dma_buf buffer * and its user device(s). The list contains one attachment struct per device * attached to the buffer. + * + * An attachment is created by calling dma_buf_attach(), and released again by + * calling dma_buf_detach(). The DMA mapping itself needed to initiate a + * transfer is created by dma_buf_map_attachment() and freed again by calling + * dma_buf_unmap_attachment(). */ struct dma_buf_attachment { struct dma_buf *dmabuf; @@ -192,9 +352,11 @@ struct dma_buf_export_info { }; /** - * helper macro for exporters; zeros and fills in most common values - * + * DEFINE_DMA_BUF_EXPORT_INFO - helper macro for exporters * @name: export-info name + * + * DEFINE_DMA_BUF_EXPORT_INFO macro defines the &struct dma_buf_export_info, + * zeroes it out and pre-populates exp_name in it. */ #define DEFINE_DMA_BUF_EXPORT_INFO(name) \ struct dma_buf_export_info name = { .exp_name = KBUILD_MODNAME, \ |