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