netdev - [PATCH 3/6] dma-direct: simplify the use atomic pool logic in dma_direct

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Date: Mon,  9 Oct 2023 09:41:18 +0200
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To: iommu@...ts.linux.dev
Cc: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Wei Fang <wei.fang@....com>,
	Shenwei Wang <shenwei.wang@....com>,
	Clark Wang <xiaoning.wang@....com>,
	NXP Linux Team <linux-imx@....com>,
	linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Jim Quinlan <james.quinlan@...adcom.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] dma-direct: simplify the use atomic pool logic in dma_direct_alloc

The logic in dma_direct_alloc when to use the atomic pool vs remapping
grew a bit unreadable.  Consolidate it into a single check, and clean
up the set_uncached vs remap logic a bit as well.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
---
 kernel/dma/direct.c | 25 ++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/dma/direct.c b/kernel/dma/direct.c
index ec410af1d8a14e..1327d04fa32a25 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/direct.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/direct.c
@@ -234,27 +234,22 @@ void *dma_direct_alloc(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 					dma_handle);
 
 		/*
-		 * Otherwise remap if the architecture is asking for it.  But
-		 * given that remapping memory is a blocking operation we'll
-		 * instead have to dip into the atomic pools.
+		 * Otherwise we require the architecture to either be able to
+		 * mark arbitrary parts of the kernel direct mapping uncached,
+		 * or remapped it uncached.
 		 */
+		set_uncached = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_DMA_SET_UNCACHED);
 		remap = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DMA_DIRECT_REMAP);
-		if (remap) {
-			if (dma_direct_use_pool(dev, gfp))
-				return dma_direct_alloc_from_pool(dev, size,
-						dma_handle, gfp);
-		} else {
-			if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_DMA_SET_UNCACHED))
-				return NULL;
-			set_uncached = true;
-		}
+		if (!set_uncached && !remap)
+			return NULL;
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Decrypting memory may block, so allocate the memory from the atomic
-	 * pools if we can't block.
+	 * Remapping or decrypting memory may block, allocate the memory from
+	 * the atomic pools instead if we aren't allowed block.
 	 */
-	if (force_dma_unencrypted(dev) && dma_direct_use_pool(dev, gfp))
+	if ((remap || force_dma_unencrypted(dev)) &&
+	    dma_direct_use_pool(dev, gfp))
 		return dma_direct_alloc_from_pool(dev, size, dma_handle, gfp);
 
 	/* we always manually zero the memory once we are done */
-- 
2.39.2