linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 0/3] add dma noncoherent API

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Message-Id: <20250627101939.3649295-1-xu.yang_2@nxp.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 18:19:36 +0800
From: Xu Yang <xu.yang_2@....com>
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Subject: [PATCH v2 0/3] add dma noncoherent API

On architectures where there is no coherent caching such as ARM it's
proved that using dma_alloc_noncontiguous API and handling manually
the cache flushing will significantly improve performance.

Refer to:
commit 20e1dbf2bbe2 ("media: uvcvideo: Use dma_alloc_noncontiguous API")
commit 68d0c3311ec1 ("media: stk1160: use dma_alloc_noncontiguous API")

However, it's obvious that there is significant code duplication between
these two commits. Beside, a potential user USB Monitor may read outdated
data before the driver do dma sync for cpu which will make the data
unreliable.

To reduce code duplication and avoid USB Monitor result unreliable, this
series will introduce dma noncoherent API to usb core. And the USB core
layer will manage synchronization itself.

Then the last 2 patches have used the API.

I have tested uvcvideo driver. But I haven't tested stk1160 driver as I
don't have such boards. @Ezequiel Garcia, @Dafna Hirschfeld do you have
time to test it? Your support on this would be greatly appreciated.

Changes in v2:
 - handle it in USB core

v1:
 - https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/20250614132446.251218-1-xu.yang_2@nxp.com/

Xu Yang (3):
  usb: core: add dma-noncoherent buffer alloc and free API
  media: uvcvideo: use usb_alloc_noncoherent/usb_free_noncoherent()
  media: stk1160: use usb_alloc_noncoherent/usb_free_noncoherent()

 drivers/media/usb/stk1160/stk1160-v4l.c   |  4 --
 drivers/media/usb/stk1160/stk1160-video.c | 43 ++++--------
 drivers/media/usb/stk1160/stk1160.h       |  7 --
 drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c         | 56 ++++------------
 drivers/usb/core/hcd.c                    | 30 +++++++++
 drivers/usb/core/usb.c                    | 80 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/usb.h                       |  9 +++
 7 files changed, 144 insertions(+), 85 deletions(-)

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