linux-kernel - [PATCH v1 01/16] dma-mapping: introduce new DMA attribute to indicate MMIO memory

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Date: Mon,  4 Aug 2025 15:42:35 +0300
From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
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Subject: [PATCH v1 01/16] dma-mapping: introduce new DMA attribute to indicate MMIO memory

From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>

This patch introduces the DMA_ATTR_MMIO attribute to mark DMA buffers
that reside in memory-mapped I/O (MMIO) regions, such as device BARs
exposed through the host bridge, which are accessible for peer-to-peer
(P2P) DMA.

This attribute is especially useful for exporting device memory to other
devices for DMA without CPU involvement, and avoids unnecessary or
potentially detrimental CPU cache maintenance calls.

Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>
---
 Documentation/core-api/dma-attributes.rst |  7 +++++++
 include/linux/dma-mapping.h               | 14 ++++++++++++++
 include/trace/events/dma.h                |  3 ++-
 rust/kernel/dma.rs                        |  3 +++
 4 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/dma-attributes.rst b/Documentation/core-api/dma-attributes.rst
index 1887d92e8e926..91acd2684e506 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/dma-attributes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/dma-attributes.rst
@@ -130,3 +130,10 @@ accesses to DMA buffers in both privileged "supervisor" and unprivileged
 subsystem that the buffer is fully accessible at the elevated privilege
 level (and ideally inaccessible or at least read-only at the
 lesser-privileged levels).
+
+DMA_ATTR_MMIO
+-------------
+
+This attribute is especially useful for exporting device memory to other
+devices for DMA without CPU involvement, and avoids unnecessary or
+potentially detrimental CPU cache maintenance calls.
diff --git a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
index 55c03e5fe8cb3..afc89835c7457 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
@@ -58,6 +58,20 @@
  */
 #define DMA_ATTR_PRIVILEGED		(1UL << 9)
 
+/*
+ * DMA_ATTR_MMIO - Indicates memory-mapped I/O (MMIO) region for DMA mapping
+ *
+ * This attribute is used for MMIO memory regions that are exposed through
+ * the host bridge and are accessible for peer-to-peer (P2P) DMA. Memory
+ * marked with this attribute is not system RAM and may represent device
+ * BAR windows or peer-exposed memory.
+ *
+ * Typical usage is for mapping hardware memory BARs or exporting device
+ * memory to other devices for DMA without involving main system RAM.
+ * The attribute guarantees no CPU cache maintenance calls will be made.
+ */
+#define DMA_ATTR_MMIO		(1UL << 10)
+
 /*
  * A dma_addr_t can hold any valid DMA or bus address for the platform.  It can
  * be given to a device to use as a DMA source or target.  It is specific to a
diff --git a/include/trace/events/dma.h b/include/trace/events/dma.h
index d8ddc27b6a7c8..ee90d6f1dcf35 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/dma.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/dma.h
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(DMA_NONE);
 		{ DMA_ATTR_FORCE_CONTIGUOUS, "FORCE_CONTIGUOUS" }, \
 		{ DMA_ATTR_ALLOC_SINGLE_PAGES, "ALLOC_SINGLE_PAGES" }, \
 		{ DMA_ATTR_NO_WARN, "NO_WARN" }, \
-		{ DMA_ATTR_PRIVILEGED, "PRIVILEGED" })
+		{ DMA_ATTR_PRIVILEGED, "PRIVILEGED" }, \
+		{ DMA_ATTR_MMIO, "MMIO" })
 
 DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(dma_map,
 	TP_PROTO(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t phys_addr, dma_addr_t dma_addr,
diff --git a/rust/kernel/dma.rs b/rust/kernel/dma.rs
index 2bc8ab51ec280..61d9eed7a786e 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/dma.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/dma.rs
@@ -242,6 +242,9 @@ pub mod attrs {
     /// Indicates that the buffer is fully accessible at an elevated privilege level (and
     /// ideally inaccessible or at least read-only at lesser-privileged levels).
     pub const DMA_ATTR_PRIVILEGED: Attrs = Attrs(bindings::DMA_ATTR_PRIVILEGED);
+
+    /// Indicates that the buffer is MMIO memory.
+    pub const DMA_ATTR_MMIO: Attrs = Attrs(bindings::DMA_ATTR_MMIO);
 }
 
 /// An abstraction of the `dma_alloc_coherent` API.
-- 
2.50.1