linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm64: Allow for different DMA and CPU bus offsets

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Message-ID: <30915363.3kcXpGGcy5@wuerfel>
Date:	Wed, 18 May 2016 15:50:02 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Alexander Graf <agraf@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Sinan Kaya <okaya@...eaurora.org>,
	Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: Allow for different DMA and CPU bus offsets

On Wednesday 18 May 2016 14:45:55 Catalin Marinas wrote:
> On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 12:52:28PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Wednesday 18 May 2016 11:33:01 Alexander Graf wrote:
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
> > > index ba437f0..67bf8e1 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
> > > +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/dma-mapping.h
> > > @@ -66,12 +66,16 @@ static inline bool is_device_dma_coherent(struct device *dev)
> > >  
> > >  static inline dma_addr_t phys_to_dma(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t paddr)
> > >  {
> > > -       return (dma_addr_t)paddr;
> > > +       dma_addr_t dev_addr = (dma_addr_t)paddr;
> > > +
> > > +       return dev_addr - (dma_addr_t)__pfn_to_phys(dev->dma_pfn_offset);
> > >  }
> > >  
> > >  static inline phys_addr_t dma_to_phys(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dev_addr)
> > >  {
> > > -       return (phys_addr_t)dev_addr;
> > > +       phys_addr_t paddr = (phys_addr_t)dev_addr;
> > > +
> > > +       return paddr + __pfn_to_phys(dev->dma_pfn_offset);
> > >  }
> > >  
> > 
> > The patch looks ok overall, but I think it's better to use an open-coded
> > shift instead of __pfn_to_phys/__pfn_to_phys here: those helpers convert
> > between actual page frame numbers and addresses, which may not always
> > be a 1:1 relationship, e.g. if someone wants to work around the crazy
> > "Principles of ARM Memory Maps White Paper" layout.
> 
> Nitpick: Even better to use the PFN_PHYS() macro as it matches the
> PFN_DOWN() in of_dma_configure(). I can fix it up when applying.
> 
> 

I'd probably avoid that for the same reason as avoiding __pfn_to_phys.
In practice all three methods do the same thing for now, and if someone
wanted to change one, they'd also have to audit all the existing users.

	Arnd