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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-08-19 10:09:22 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-08-19 10:09:22 -0700 |
| commit | f4cdf7ca9a1fdcca413157df19753f388a5a224e (patch) | |
| tree | 60a31895b2446cd7fa27514e8c2843534a0de0da /Documentation/driver-api/usb/bulk-streams.rst | |
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Merge tag 'media/v7.3-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-mediagrafted
Pull media updates from Mauro Carvalho Chehab:
- v4l2-core: added ISP statistics support and per-block validation
- v4l2-core: Allow unknown HDR10 white point and luminance
- New camera sensors: Sony IMX678 and IMX471m, Himax HM1092 IR sensor
- New codec: Milos: VPU v2.0 codec support
- isp driver: gained support for Dreamchip RPPX1 ISP framework
- vsp1 driver: gained support for RZ/T2H and RZ/N2H
- Novalake driver: gained CVS support for new NVL hardware
- dvb-core: fix feed leak on failed DMX_ADD_PID
- several driver fixes, cleanups and minor improvements
* tag 'media/v7.3-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media: (308 commits)
media: ipu-bridge: check all DMI entries when overriding sensor rotation
media: v4l2-async: avoid deleting unlinked ASC entry on link error
media: rzg2l-cru: Align bytesperline to hardware DMA stride requirement
media: intel/ipu6: fix async notifier cleanup leak on parse error
media: staging/ipu7: fix async notifier UAF on probe error path
media: amd: isp4: fix self-deadlock in isp4sd_pwron_and_init() error path
media: amd: isp4: release partial allocations in isp4if_alloc_fw_gpumem()
media: rcar-isp: Fix VSPX reference leaks
media: rcar-isp: Release ISPCORE resources
media: i2c: imx415: Release runtime PM reference on VBLANK error
media: i2c: imx415: Return test pattern write errors
media: renesas: vsp1: Declare index variables in for loop statement
media: renesas: vsp1: Make reset control optional to support platforms without a reset line
media: dt-bindings: media: renesas,vsp1: Document RZ/T2H and RZ/N2H SoCs
media: dt-bindings: media: renesas,fcp: Document RZ/T2H and RZ/N2H SoCs
media: nxp: imx8-isi: Add additional 32-bit RGB format support
media: nxp: imx8-isi: Add 16-bit raw Bayer format support
media: nxp: imx8-isi: Implement per-stream reference counting for multiplexed streams
media: nxp: imx8-isi: Use BIT_ULL() for 64-bit stream masks
media: nxp: imx8-isi: Correct color map between V4L2 and ISI
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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/usb/bulk-streams.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/usb/bulk-streams.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..eeefe582f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/usb/bulk-streams.rst @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +USB bulk streams +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Background +========== + +Bulk endpoint streams were added in the USB 3.0 specification. Streams allow a +device driver to overload a bulk endpoint so that multiple transfers can be +queued at once. + +Streams are defined in sections 4.4.6.4 and 8.12.1.4 of the Universal Serial Bus +3.0 specification at https://www.usb.org/developers/docs/ The USB Attached SCSI +Protocol, which uses streams to queue multiple SCSI commands, can be found on +the T10 website (https://t10.org/). + + +Device-side implications +======================== + +Once a buffer has been queued to a stream ring, the device is notified (through +an out-of-band mechanism on another endpoint) that data is ready for that stream +ID. The device then tells the host which "stream" it wants to start. The host +can also initiate a transfer on a stream without the device asking, but the +device can refuse that transfer. Devices can switch between streams at any +time. + + +Driver implications +=================== + +:: + + int usb_alloc_streams(struct usb_interface *interface, + struct usb_host_endpoint **eps, unsigned int num_eps, + unsigned int num_streams, gfp_t mem_flags); + +Device drivers will call this API to request that the host controller driver +allocate memory so the driver can use up to num_streams stream IDs. They must +pass an array of usb_host_endpoints that need to be setup with similar stream +IDs. This is to ensure that a UASP driver will be able to use the same stream +ID for the bulk IN and OUT endpoints used in a Bi-directional command sequence. + +The return value is an error condition (if one of the endpoints doesn't support +streams, or the xHCI driver ran out of memory), or the number of streams the +host controller allocated for this endpoint. The xHCI host controller hardware +declares how many stream IDs it can support, and each bulk endpoint on a +SuperSpeed device will say how many stream IDs it can handle. Therefore, +drivers should be able to deal with being allocated less stream IDs than they +requested. + +Do NOT call this function if you have URBs enqueued for any of the endpoints +passed in as arguments. Do not call this function to request less than two +streams. + +Drivers will only be allowed to call this API once for the same endpoint +without calling usb_free_streams(). This is a simplification for the xHCI host +controller driver, and may change in the future. + + +Picking new Stream IDs to use +============================= + +Stream ID 0 is reserved, and should not be used to communicate with devices. If +usb_alloc_streams() returns with a value of N, you may use streams 1 though N. +To queue an URB for a specific stream, set the urb->stream_id value. If the +endpoint does not support streams, an error will be returned. + +Note that new API to choose the next stream ID will have to be added if the xHCI +driver supports secondary stream IDs. + + +Clean up +======== + +If a driver wishes to stop using streams to communicate with the device, it +should call:: + + void usb_free_streams(struct usb_interface *interface, + struct usb_host_endpoint **eps, unsigned int num_eps, + gfp_t mem_flags); + +All stream IDs will be deallocated when the driver releases the interface, to +ensure that drivers that don't support streams will be able to use the endpoint. |
