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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/client.rst | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/dmatest.rst | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst | 93 |
3 files changed, 113 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/client.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/client.rst index 2104830a99ae..ecf139f73da4 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/client.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/client.rst @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ DMA Engine API Guide Vinod Koul <vinod dot koul at intel.com> .. note:: For DMA Engine usage in async_tx please see: - ``Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.txt`` + ``Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.rst`` Below is a guide to device driver writers on how to use the Slave-DMA API of the @@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ The details of these operations are: - interleaved_dma: This is common to Slave as well as M2M clients. For slave address of devices' fifo could be already known to the driver. Various types of operations could be expressed by setting - appropriate values to the 'dma_interleaved_template' members. + appropriate values to the 'dma_interleaved_template' members. Cyclic + interleaved DMA transfers are also possible if supported by the channel by + setting the DMA_PREP_REPEAT transfer flag. A non-NULL return of this transfer API represents a "descriptor" for the given transaction. @@ -118,7 +120,9 @@ The details of these operations are: .. code-block:: c - nr_sg = dma_map_sg(chan->device->dev, sgl, sg_len); + struct device *dma_dev = dmaengine_get_dma_device(chan); + + nr_sg = dma_map_sg(dma_dev, sgl, sg_len); if (nr_sg == 0) /* error */ @@ -171,7 +175,7 @@ The details of these operations are: driver can ask for the pointer, maximum size and the currently used size of the metadata and can directly update or read it. - Becasue the DMA driver manages the memory area containing the metadata, + Because the DMA driver manages the memory area containing the metadata, clients must make sure that they do not try to access or get the pointer after their transfer completion callback has run for the descriptor. If no completion callback has been defined for the transfer, then the diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/dmatest.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/dmatest.rst index ee268d445d38..e2a63cefd783 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/dmatest.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/dmatest.rst @@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> This small document introduces how to test DMA drivers using dmatest module. +The dmatest module tests DMA memcpy, memset, XOR and RAID6 P+Q operations using +various lengths and various offsets into the source and destination buffers. It +will initialize both buffers with a repeatable pattern and verify that the DMA +engine copies the requested region and nothing more. It will also verify that +the bytes aren't swapped around, and that the source buffer isn't modified. + +The dmatest module can be configured to test a specific channel. It can also +test multiple channels at the same time, and it can start multiple threads +competing for the same channel. + .. note:: The test suite works only on the channels that have at least one capability of the following: DMA_MEMCPY (memory-to-memory), DMA_MEMSET @@ -79,7 +89,7 @@ The following command returns the state of the test. :: % cat /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/run -To wait for test completion userpace can poll 'run' until it is false, or use +To wait for test completion userspace can poll 'run' until it is false, or use the wait parameter. Specifying 'wait=1' when loading the module causes module initialization to pause until a test run has completed, while reading /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/wait waits for any running test to complete @@ -143,13 +153,14 @@ Part 5 - Handling channel allocation Allocating Channels ------------------- -Channels are required to be configured prior to starting the test run. -Attempting to run the test without configuring the channels will fail. +Channels do not need to be configured prior to starting a test run. Attempting +to run the test without configuring the channels will result in testing any +channels that are available. Example:: % echo 1 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/run - dmatest: Could not start test, no channels configured + dmatest: No channels configured, continue with any Channels are registered using the "channel" parameter. Channels can be requested by their name, once requested, the channel is registered and a pending thread is added to the test list. diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst index 56e5833e8a07..ceac2a300e32 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ accommodates that API in some cases, and made some design choices to ensure that it stayed compatible. For more information on the Async TX API, please look the relevant -documentation file in Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.txt. +documentation file in Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.rst. DMAEngine APIs ============== @@ -162,6 +162,19 @@ Currently, the types available are: - The device is able to do memory to memory copies + - No matter what the overall size of the combined chunks for source and + destination is, only as many bytes as the smallest of the two will be + transmitted. That means the number and size of the scatter-gather buffers in + both lists need not be the same, and that the operation functionally is + equivalent to a ``strncpy`` where the ``count`` argument equals the smallest + total size of the two scatter-gather list buffers. + + - It's usually used for copying pixel data between host memory and + memory-mapped GPU device memory, such as found on modern PCI video graphics + cards. The most immediate example is the OpenGL API function + ``glReadPielx()``, which might require a verbatim copy of a huge framebuffer + from local device memory onto host memory. + - DMA_XOR - The device is able to perform XOR operations on memory areas @@ -183,6 +196,12 @@ Currently, the types available are: - The device is able to perform parity check using RAID6 P+Q algorithm against a memory buffer. +- DMA_MEMSET + + - The device is able to fill memory with the provided pattern + + - The pattern is treated as a single byte signed value. + - DMA_INTERRUPT - The device is able to trigger a dummy transfer that will @@ -239,6 +258,43 @@ Currently, the types available are: want to transfer a portion of uncompressed data directly to the display to print it +- DMA_COMPLETION_NO_ORDER + + - The device does not support in order completion. + + - The driver should return DMA_OUT_OF_ORDER for device_tx_status if + the device is setting this capability. + + - All cookie tracking and checking API should be treated as invalid if + the device exports this capability. + + - At this point, this is incompatible with polling option for dmatest. + + - If this cap is set, the user is recommended to provide an unique + identifier for each descriptor sent to the DMA device in order to + properly track the completion. + +- DMA_REPEAT + + - The device supports repeated transfers. A repeated transfer, indicated by + the DMA_PREP_REPEAT transfer flag, is similar to a cyclic transfer in that + it gets automatically repeated when it ends, but can additionally be + replaced by the client. + + - This feature is limited to interleaved transfers, this flag should thus not + be set if the DMA_INTERLEAVE flag isn't set. This limitation is based on + the current needs of DMA clients, support for additional transfer types + should be added in the future if and when the need arises. + +- DMA_LOAD_EOT + + - The device supports replacing repeated transfers at end of transfer (EOT) + by queuing a new transfer with the DMA_PREP_LOAD_EOT flag set. + + - Support for replacing a currently running transfer at another point (such + as end of burst instead of end of transfer) will be added in the future + based on DMA clients needs, if and when the need arises. + These various types will also affect how the source and destination addresses change over time. @@ -397,7 +453,10 @@ supported. - Should use dma_set_residue to report it - In the case of a cyclic transfer, it should only take into - account the current period. + account the total size of the cyclic buffer. + + - Should return DMA_OUT_OF_ORDER if the device does not support in order + completion and is completing the operation out of order. - This function can be called in an interrupt context. @@ -488,7 +547,7 @@ dma_cookie_t DMA_CTRL_ACK - If clear, the descriptor cannot be reused by provider until the - client acknowledges receipt, i.e. has has a chance to establish any + client acknowledges receipt, i.e. has a chance to establish any dependency chains - This can be acked by invoking async_tx_ack() @@ -531,6 +590,34 @@ DMA_CTRL_REUSE writes for which the descriptor should be in different format from normal data descriptors. +- DMA_PREP_REPEAT + + - If set, the transfer will be automatically repeated when it ends until a + new transfer is queued on the same channel with the DMA_PREP_LOAD_EOT flag. + If the next transfer to be queued on the channel does not have the + DMA_PREP_LOAD_EOT flag set, the current transfer will be repeated until the + client terminates all transfers. + + - This flag is only supported if the channel reports the DMA_REPEAT + capability. + +- DMA_PREP_LOAD_EOT + + - If set, the transfer will replace the transfer currently being executed at + the end of the transfer. + + - This is the default behaviour for non-repeated transfers, specifying + DMA_PREP_LOAD_EOT for non-repeated transfers will thus make no difference. + + - When using repeated transfers, DMA clients will usually need to set the + DMA_PREP_LOAD_EOT flag on all transfers, otherwise the channel will keep + repeating the last repeated transfer and ignore the new transfers being + queued. Failure to set DMA_PREP_LOAD_EOT will appear as if the channel was + stuck on the previous transfer. + + - This flag is only supported if the channel reports the DMA_LOAD_EOT + capability. + General Design Notes ==================== |