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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-08-30 09:22:00 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-08-30 09:22:00 -0700 |
| commit | 034dd340b08be1f2f0477ad16131d609f9dbd53c (patch) | |
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Merge tag 'trace-v7.3-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-tracegrafted
Pull tracing fixes from Steven Rostedt:
- Fix error output of boot instance creation failure
Currently if a boot instance creation fails, instead of printing out
the name of the instance that failed, it prints "(null)". That is
because it prints "cur_str" that had already been processed by
strsep(). Print the saved name instead.
While at it, print the error code of the failure.
- Fix use-after-free for same named historgrams
Histograms can be named so that they can be used in multiple events.
But if the named histogram has a variable attached, the second event
that uses the named histogram which duplicates it and needs to free
the original after duplication leaves the old variable in place and
still visible. If another histogram uses than variable, it will use
the stale one which will try to reference the freed duplicate
histogram and crash the kernel.
Free the duplicate variables along with the duplicated histogram
data.
- Check return value of kthread_run() in event self test
The events self tests uses a kthread for testing but does not check
if it succeeded in creating a kthread. If the kthread creation were
to fail, the code will still try to call kthread_stop() on the error
returned.
- Fix race between reading trace_pipe and updating subbuffer size
If a user is reading the trace_pipe file at the same time they update
the ring buffer sub-buffer size, can cause the trace_pipe read to
read stale data. Add trace_access_lock() around updating the ring
buffer sub-buffer size.
- Fix eventfs_inode on failure path in creation of the events directory
In the creation of the "events" directory, if after allocating the
eventfs_inode a failure is detected, it calls cleanup_ei() which
calls free_ei(). The free_ei() will test if eventfs_inode being freed
has no children. It is a bug if it does. But on the failure case of
the creation of the "events" directory, the children lists have not
yet been initialized and the free will trigger a warning because
list_empty() on an uninitialized list returns false.
Move the initialization into init_ei() where it makes more sense and
makes sure that a created eventfs_inode has its lists initialized
upon creation.
- Check return value of kthread_run() in ftrace direct sample code
The sample code that shows how to use the ftrace direct calls does
not test the return of kthread_run() to see if it succeeds. Return a
failure if the kthread_run() doesn't succeed.
- Clear user events state on fork in case of alloc failure
On fork, the child gets a pointer to the parent's user events state.
It makes a copy of it then updates the child's pointer to it. But if
the allocation fails, the duplication function leaves the child with
a pointer to its parent's descriptor. When the child cleans up its
data, it will free the parent's descriptor while the parent is still
using it.
In the duplication function, set the child's user_event_mm to NULL
before testing if the allocation succeeded, and when it exits it will
not free the parent's descriptor.
- Fix retry exhaustion in simple ring buffer reader swap
simple_ring_buffer_swap_reader_page() starts with retry set to 8 and
post-decrements it only after a failed link replacement. On the final
attempt, a successful replacement leaves retry at zero, while a
failed replacement leaves it at -1.
But the check for success expects the retry value to be non-zero and
exits with an error on zero. This is the opposite result. Fix it.
- Fail nicely when the remote swap_reader_page() returns an error
Currently, if the swap_reader_page() of a remote buffer fails, it
triggers a WARN_ON_ONCE() and continues normally. Instead, have it
exit with an error and a pr_warn() print instead of a full WARNING.
* tag 'trace-v7.3-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace:
ring-buffer: Stop remote reader update when page swap fails
tracing: Fix retry exhaustion in simple ring buffer reader swap
tracing/user_events: Clear copied tracing state before fork duplication
samples/ftrace: Fix kthread_stop() on ERR_PTR in ftrace-direct-multi-modify
samples/ftrace: Fix kthread_stop() on ERR_PTR in ftrace-direct-modify
eventfs: Initialize ei->children and ei->list in init_ei()
tracing: Fix use-after-free in trace_pipe read on sub-buffer order change
tracing: Fix crash passing ERR_PTR to kthread_stop()
tracing: Fix use-after-free with same-name named triggers
tracing: Fix logged instance name on creation failure
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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/client.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/client.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..5ee5d4a35 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/client.rst @@ -0,0 +1,397 @@ +==================== +DMA Engine API Guide +==================== + +Vinod Koul <vinod dot koul at intel.com> + +.. note:: For DMA Engine usage in async_tx please see: + ``Documentation/crypto/async-tx-api.rst`` + + +Below is a guide to device driver writers on how to use the Slave-DMA API of the +DMA Engine. This is applicable only for slave DMA usage only. + +DMA usage +========= + +The slave DMA usage consists of following steps: + +- Allocate a DMA slave channel + +- Set slave and controller specific parameters + +- Get a descriptor for transaction + +- Submit the transaction + +- Issue pending requests and wait for callback notification + +The details of these operations are: + +1. Allocate a DMA slave channel + + Channel allocation is slightly different in the slave DMA context, + client drivers typically need a channel from a particular DMA + controller only and even in some cases a specific channel is desired. + To request a channel dma_request_chan() API is used. + + Interface: + + .. code-block:: c + + struct dma_chan *dma_request_chan(struct device *dev, const char *name); + + Which will find and return the ``name`` DMA channel associated with the 'dev' + device. The association is done via DT, ACPI or board file based + dma_slave_map matching table. + + A channel allocated via this interface is exclusive to the caller, + until dma_release_channel() is called. + +2. Set slave and controller specific parameters + + Next step is always to pass some specific information to the DMA + driver. Most of the generic information which a slave DMA can use + is in struct dma_slave_config. This allows the clients to specify + DMA direction, DMA addresses, bus widths, DMA burst lengths etc + for the peripheral. + + If some DMA controllers have more parameters to be sent then they + should try to embed struct dma_slave_config in their controller + specific structure. That gives flexibility to client to pass more + parameters, if required. + + Interface: + + .. code-block:: c + + int dmaengine_slave_config(struct dma_chan *chan, + struct dma_slave_config *config) + + Please see the dma_slave_config structure definition in dmaengine.h + for a detailed explanation of the struct members. Please note + that the 'direction' member will be going away as it duplicates the + direction given in the prepare call. + +3. Get a descriptor for transaction + + For slave usage the various modes of slave transfers supported by the + DMA-engine are: + + - slave_sg: DMA a list of scatter gather buffers from/to a peripheral + + - config_sg: Similar with slave_sg, just pass down dma_slave_config + struct to avoid calling dmaengine_slave_config() every time adjusting the + burst length or the FIFO address is needed. + + - peripheral_dma_vec: DMA an array of scatter gather buffers from/to a + peripheral. Similar to slave_sg, but uses an array of dma_vec + structures instead of a scatterlist. + + - dma_cyclic: Perform a cyclic DMA operation from/to a peripheral till the + operation is explicitly stopped. + + - interleaved_dma: This is common to Slave as well as M2M clients. For slave + address of devices' fifo could be already known to the driver. + Various types of operations could be expressed by setting + appropriate values to the 'dma_interleaved_template' members. Cyclic + interleaved DMA transfers are also possible if supported by the channel by + setting the DMA_PREP_REPEAT transfer flag. + + A non-NULL return of this transfer API represents a "descriptor" for + the given transaction. + + Interface: + + .. code-block:: c + + struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *dmaengine_prep_slave_sg( + struct dma_chan *chan, struct scatterlist *sgl, + unsigned int sg_len, enum dma_data_direction direction, + unsigned long flags); + + struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *dmaengine_prep_config_sg( + struct dma_chan *chan, struct scatterlist *sgl, + unsigned int sg_len, enum dma_transfer_direction dir, + unsigned long flags, struct dma_slave_config *config); + + struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *dmaengine_prep_peripheral_dma_vec( + struct dma_chan *chan, const struct dma_vec *vecs, + size_t nents, enum dma_data_direction direction, + unsigned long flags); + + struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *dmaengine_prep_dma_cyclic( + struct dma_chan *chan, dma_addr_t buf_addr, size_t buf_len, + size_t period_len, enum dma_data_direction direction); + + struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *dmaengine_prep_interleaved_dma( + struct dma_chan *chan, struct dma_interleaved_template *xt, + unsigned long flags); + + The peripheral driver is expected to have mapped the scatterlist for + the DMA operation prior to calling dmaengine_prep_slave_sg(), and must + keep the scatterlist mapped until the DMA operation has completed. + The scatterlist must be mapped using the DMA struct device. + If a mapping needs to be synchronized later, dma_sync_*_for_*() must be + called using the DMA struct device, too. + So, normal setup should look like this: + + .. code-block:: c + + struct device *dma_dev = dmaengine_get_dma_device(chan); + + nr_sg = dma_map_sg(dma_dev, sgl, sg_len); + if (nr_sg == 0) + /* error */ + + desc = dmaengine_prep_slave_sg(chan, sgl, nr_sg, direction, flags); + + Once a descriptor has been obtained, the callback information can be + added and the descriptor must then be submitted. Some DMA engine + drivers may hold a spinlock between a successful preparation and + submission so it is important that these two operations are closely + paired. + + .. note:: + + Although the async_tx API specifies that completion callback + routines cannot submit any new operations, this is not the + case for slave/cyclic DMA. + + For slave DMA, the subsequent transaction may not be available + for submission prior to callback function being invoked, so + slave DMA callbacks are permitted to prepare and submit a new + transaction. + + For cyclic DMA, a callback function may wish to terminate the + DMA via dmaengine_terminate_async(). + + Therefore, it is important that DMA engine drivers drop any + locks before calling the callback function which may cause a + deadlock. + + Note that callbacks will always be invoked from the DMA + engines tasklet, never from interrupt context. + + **Optional: per descriptor metadata** + + DMAengine provides two ways for metadata support. + + DESC_METADATA_CLIENT + + The metadata buffer is allocated/provided by the client driver and it is + attached to the descriptor. + + .. code-block:: c + + int dmaengine_desc_attach_metadata(struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *desc, + void *data, size_t len); + + DESC_METADATA_ENGINE + + The metadata buffer is allocated/managed by the DMA driver. The client + driver can ask for the pointer, maximum size and the currently used size of + the metadata and can directly update or read it. + + Because the DMA driver manages the memory area containing the metadata, + clients must make sure that they do not try to access or get the pointer + after their transfer completion callback has run for the descriptor. + If no completion callback has been defined for the transfer, then the + metadata must not be accessed after issue_pending. + In other words: if the aim is to read back metadata after the transfer is + completed, then the client must use completion callback. + + .. code-block:: c + + void *dmaengine_desc_get_metadata_ptr(struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *desc, + size_t *payload_len, size_t *max_len); + + int dmaengine_desc_set_metadata_len(struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *desc, + size_t payload_len); + + Client drivers can query if a given mode is supported with: + + .. code-block:: c + + bool dmaengine_is_metadata_mode_supported(struct dma_chan *chan, + enum dma_desc_metadata_mode mode); + + Depending on the used mode client drivers must follow different flow. + + DESC_METADATA_CLIENT + + - DMA_MEM_TO_DEV / DEV_MEM_TO_MEM: + + 1. prepare the descriptor (dmaengine_prep_*) + construct the metadata in the client's buffer + 2. use dmaengine_desc_attach_metadata() to attach the buffer to the + descriptor + 3. submit the transfer + + - DMA_DEV_TO_MEM: + + 1. prepare the descriptor (dmaengine_prep_*) + 2. use dmaengine_desc_attach_metadata() to attach the buffer to the + descriptor + 3. submit the transfer + 4. when the transfer is completed, the metadata should be available in the + attached buffer + + DESC_METADATA_ENGINE + + - DMA_MEM_TO_DEV / DEV_MEM_TO_MEM: + + 1. prepare the descriptor (dmaengine_prep_*) + 2. use dmaengine_desc_get_metadata_ptr() to get the pointer to the + engine's metadata area + 3. update the metadata at the pointer + 4. use dmaengine_desc_set_metadata_len() to tell the DMA engine the + amount of data the client has placed into the metadata buffer + 5. submit the transfer + + - DMA_DEV_TO_MEM: + + 1. prepare the descriptor (dmaengine_prep_*) + 2. submit the transfer + 3. on transfer completion, use dmaengine_desc_get_metadata_ptr() to get + the pointer to the engine's metadata area + 4. read out the metadata from the pointer + + .. note:: + + When DESC_METADATA_ENGINE mode is used the metadata area for the descriptor + is no longer valid after the transfer has been completed (valid up to the + point when the completion callback returns if used). + + Mixed use of DESC_METADATA_CLIENT / DESC_METADATA_ENGINE is not allowed, + client drivers must use either of the modes per descriptor. + +4. Submit the transaction + + Once the descriptor has been prepared and the callback information + added, it must be placed on the DMA engine drivers pending queue. + + Interface: + + .. code-block:: c + + dma_cookie_t dmaengine_submit(struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *desc) + + This returns a cookie can be used to check the progress of DMA engine + activity via other DMA engine calls not covered in this document. + + dmaengine_submit() will not start the DMA operation, it merely adds + it to the pending queue. For this, see step 5, dma_async_issue_pending. + + .. note:: + + After calling ``dmaengine_submit()`` the submitted transfer descriptor + (``struct dma_async_tx_descriptor``) belongs to the DMA engine. + Consequently, the client must consider invalid the pointer to that + descriptor. + +5. Issue pending DMA requests and wait for callback notification + + The transactions in the pending queue can be activated by calling the + issue_pending API. If channel is idle then the first transaction in + queue is started and subsequent ones queued up. + + On completion of each DMA operation, the next in queue is started and + a tasklet triggered. The tasklet will then call the client driver + completion callback routine for notification, if set. + + Interface: + + .. code-block:: c + + void dma_async_issue_pending(struct dma_chan *chan); + +Further APIs +------------ + +1. Terminate APIs + + .. code-block:: c + + int dmaengine_terminate_sync(struct dma_chan *chan) + int dmaengine_terminate_async(struct dma_chan *chan) + int dmaengine_terminate_all(struct dma_chan *chan) /* DEPRECATED */ + + This causes all activity for the DMA channel to be stopped, and may + discard data in the DMA FIFO which hasn't been fully transferred. + No callback functions will be called for any incomplete transfers. + + Two variants of this function are available. + + dmaengine_terminate_async() might not wait until the DMA has been fully + stopped or until any running complete callbacks have finished. But it is + possible to call dmaengine_terminate_async() from atomic context or from + within a complete callback. dmaengine_synchronize() must be called before it + is safe to free the memory accessed by the DMA transfer or free resources + accessed from within the complete callback. + + dmaengine_terminate_sync() will wait for the transfer and any running + complete callbacks to finish before it returns. But the function must not be + called from atomic context or from within a complete callback. + + dmaengine_terminate_all() is deprecated and should not be used in new code. + +2. Pause API + + .. code-block:: c + + int dmaengine_pause(struct dma_chan *chan) + + This pauses activity on the DMA channel without data loss. + +3. Resume API + + .. code-block:: c + + int dmaengine_resume(struct dma_chan *chan) + + Resume a previously paused DMA channel. It is invalid to resume a + channel which is not currently paused. + +4. Check Txn complete + + .. code-block:: c + + enum dma_status dma_async_is_tx_complete(struct dma_chan *chan, + dma_cookie_t cookie, dma_cookie_t *last, dma_cookie_t *used) + + This can be used to check the status of the channel. Please see + the documentation in include/linux/dmaengine.h for a more complete + description of this API. + + This can be used in conjunction with dma_async_is_complete() and + the cookie returned from dmaengine_submit() to check for + completion of a specific DMA transaction. + + .. note:: + + Not all DMA engine drivers can return reliable information for + a running DMA channel. It is recommended that DMA engine users + pause or stop (via dmaengine_terminate_all()) the channel before + using this API. + +5. Synchronize termination API + + .. code-block:: c + + void dmaengine_synchronize(struct dma_chan *chan) + + Synchronize the termination of the DMA channel to the current context. + + This function should be used after dmaengine_terminate_async() to synchronize + the termination of the DMA channel to the current context. The function will + wait for the transfer and any running complete callbacks to finish before it + returns. + + If dmaengine_terminate_async() is used to stop the DMA channel this function + must be called before it is safe to free memory accessed by previously + submitted descriptors or to free any resources accessed within the complete + callback of previously submitted descriptors. + + The behavior of this function is undefined if dma_async_issue_pending() has + been called between dmaengine_terminate_async() and this function. |
