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DMA attributes
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This document describes the semantics of the DMA attributes that are
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defined in linux/dma-attrs.h.
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DMA_ATTR_WRITE_BARRIER
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----------------------
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DMA_ATTR_WRITE_BARRIER is a (write) barrier attribute for DMA. DMA
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to a memory region with the DMA_ATTR_WRITE_BARRIER attribute forces
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all pending DMA writes to complete, and thus provides a mechanism to
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strictly order DMA from a device across all intervening busses and
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bridges. This barrier is not specific to a particular type of
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interconnect, it applies to the system as a whole, and so its
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implementation must account for the idiosyncrasies of the system all
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the way from the DMA device to memory.
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As an example of a situation where DMA_ATTR_WRITE_BARRIER would be
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useful, suppose that a device does a DMA write to indicate that data is
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ready and available in memory. The DMA of the "completion indication"
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could race with data DMA. Mapping the memory used for completion
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indications with DMA_ATTR_WRITE_BARRIER would prevent the race.
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DMA_ATTR_WEAK_ORDERING
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----------------------
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DMA_ATTR_WEAK_ORDERING specifies that reads and writes to the mapping
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may be weakly ordered, that is that reads and writes may pass each other.
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Since it is optional for platforms to implement DMA_ATTR_WEAK_ORDERING,
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those that do not will simply ignore the attribute and exhibit default
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behavior.
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DMA_ATTR_WRITE_COMBINE
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----------------------
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DMA_ATTR_WRITE_COMBINE specifies that writes to the mapping may be
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buffered to improve performance.
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Since it is optional for platforms to implement DMA_ATTR_WRITE_COMBINE,
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those that do not will simply ignore the attribute and exhibit default
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behavior.
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DMA_ATTR_NON_CONSISTENT
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-----------------------
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DMA_ATTR_NON_CONSISTENT lets the platform to choose to return either
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consistent or non-consistent memory as it sees fit. By using this API,
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you are guaranteeing to the platform that you have all the correct and
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necessary sync points for this memory in the driver.
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DMA_ATTR_NO_KERNEL_MAPPING
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--------------------------
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DMA_ATTR_NO_KERNEL_MAPPING lets the platform to avoid creating a kernel
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virtual mapping for the allocated buffer. On some architectures creating
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such mapping is non-trivial task and consumes very limited resources
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(like kernel virtual address space or dma consistent address space).
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Buffers allocated with this attribute can be only passed to user space
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by calling dma_mmap_attrs(). By using this API, you are guaranteeing
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that you won't dereference the pointer returned by dma_alloc_attr(). You
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can treat it as a cookie that must be passed to dma_mmap_attrs() and
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dma_free_attrs(). Make sure that both of these also get this attribute
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set on each call.
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Since it is optional for platforms to implement
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DMA_ATTR_NO_KERNEL_MAPPING, those that do not will simply ignore the
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attribute and exhibit default behavior.
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DMA_ATTR_SKIP_CPU_SYNC
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----------------------
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By default dma_map_{single,page,sg} functions family transfer a given
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buffer from CPU domain to device domain. Some advanced use cases might
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require sharing a buffer between more than one device. This requires
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having a mapping created separately for each device and is usually
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performed by calling dma_map_{single,page,sg} function more than once
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for the given buffer with device pointer to each device taking part in
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the buffer sharing. The first call transfers a buffer from 'CPU' domain
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to 'device' domain, what synchronizes CPU caches for the given region
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(usually it means that the cache has been flushed or invalidated
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depending on the dma direction). However, next calls to
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dma_map_{single,page,sg}() for other devices will perform exactly the
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same synchronization operation on the CPU cache. CPU cache synchronization
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might be a time consuming operation, especially if the buffers are
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large, so it is highly recommended to avoid it if possible.
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DMA_ATTR_SKIP_CPU_SYNC allows platform code to skip synchronization of
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the CPU cache for the given buffer assuming that it has been already
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transferred to 'device' domain. This attribute can be also used for
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dma_unmap_{single,page,sg} functions family to force buffer to stay in
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device domain after releasing a mapping for it. Use this attribute with
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care!
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DMA_ATTR_FORCE_CONTIGUOUS
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By default DMA-mapping subsystem is allowed to assemble the buffer
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allocated by dma_alloc_attrs() function from individual pages if it can
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be mapped as contiguous chunk into device dma address space. By
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specifying this attribute the allocated buffer is forced to be contiguous
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also in physical memory.
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