linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] arm64: avoid increasing DMA masks above what hardware supports

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Date:   Thu, 12 Jan 2017 08:53:35 +0300
From:   Nikita Yushchenko <nikita.yoush@...entembedded.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org,
        Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>, fkan@....com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Artemi Ivanov <artemi.ivanov@...entembedded.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] arm64: avoid increasing DMA masks above what hardware
 supports

>> @@ -959,6 +990,15 @@ void arch_setup_dma_ops(struct device *dev, u64 dma_base, u64 size,
>>         if (!dev->archdata.dma_ops)
>>                 dev->archdata.dma_ops = &swiotlb_dma_ops;
>>  
>> +       /*
>> +        * Whatever the parent bus can set. A device must not set
>> +        * a DMA mask larger than this.
>> +        */
>> +       if (enforce_range)
>> +               dev->archdata.parent_dma_mask = size - 1;
>> +       else
>> +               dev->archdata.parent_dma_mask = DMA_BIT_MASK(64);
>> +
>>         dev->archdata.dma_coherent = coherent;
>>         __iommu_setup_dma_ops(dev, dma_base, size, iommu);
>>
> 
> Could we just pass the mask instead of the size here?

We don't want to change API now.

Nikita