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Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 16:17:35 +0100 From: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com> To: laurentiu.tudor@....com, hch@....de, stern@...land.harvard.edu, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, marex@...x.de, noring@...rew.org, JuergenUrban@....de Cc: leoyang.li@....com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 0/3] prerequisites for device reserved local mem rework +Fredrik, Juergen On 14/05/2019 15:38, laurentiu.tudor@....com wrote: > From: Laurentiu Tudor <laurentiu.tudor@....com> > > For HCs that have local memory, replace the current DMA API usage > with a genalloc generic allocator to manage the mappings for these > devices. > This is in preparation for dropping the existing "coherent" dma > mem declaration APIs. Current implementation was relying on a short > circuit in the DMA API that in the end, was acting as an allocator > for these type of devices. > > Only compiled tested, so any volunteers willing to test are most welcome. I recall an out-of-tree PlayStation 2 OHCI driver being another HCD_LOCAL_MEM user - if Fredrik and Juergen are still active on that, hopefully they might be able to comment on whether this approach can work for them too. Patchwork link just in case: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-usb/list/?series=117433 Robin. > > Thank you! > > For context, see thread here: https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/4/22/357 > > Changes in v2: > - use genalloc also in core usb (based on comment from Robin) > - moved genpool decl to usb_hcd to be accesible from core usb > > Laurentiu Tudor (3): > USB: use genalloc for USB HCs with local memory > usb: host: ohci-sm501: init genalloc for local memory > usb: host: ohci-tmio: init genalloc for local memory > > drivers/usb/core/buffer.c | 12 ++++++- > drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c | 23 +++++++++++--- > drivers/usb/host/ohci-sm501.c | 60 +++++++++++++++++++---------------- > drivers/usb/host/ohci-tmio.c | 23 +++++++++----- > include/linux/usb/hcd.h | 3 ++ > 5 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-) >
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