linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] dma: passing "attributes" to dma_map

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:06:42 -0800
From:	akepner@....com
To:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	grundler@...isc-linux.org, jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org, jes@....com,
	randy.dunlap@...cle.com, rdreier@...co.com,
	James.Bottomley@...eleye.com, davem@...emloft.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] dma: passing "attributes" to dma_map_* routines

On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 09:59:24PM +0100, Stefan Richter wrote:
> 
> From its purpose it sounds like you need this only for few special
> memory regions which would typically be mapped by dma_map_single() 

We need the _sg versions too, as Roland already mentioned.

> .... and
> furthermore that drivers who need this behavior will be changed to
> explicitly demand it.  If so, a nonintrusive API extension could simply
> be to add an
> 
> dma_addr_t dma_map_single_write_last(struct device *dev, void *ptr,
> size_t size, enum dma_data_direction direction);
> ...

This is the easiest thing to do, and therefore it'd be my 
preference. But I'm concerned that the keepers of the dma 
interface will object to this. So far they've been silent 
in this thread - maybe they need to see a patch before 
they'll get engaged....

-- 
Arthur

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/