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[RFC,v4,02/15] spi: add basic support for SPI offloading

Message ID 20241023-dlech-mainline-spi-engine-offload-2-v4-2-f8125b99f5a1@baylibre.com
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Series spi: axi-spi-engine: add offload support | expand

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David Lechner Oct. 23, 2024, 8:59 p.m. UTC
Add the basic infrastructure to support SPI offload providers and
consumers.

SPI offloading is a feature that allows the SPI controller to perform
transfers without any CPU intervention. This is useful, e.g. for
high-speed data acquisition.

SPI controllers with offload support need to implement the get_offload
callback and can use the devm_spi_offload_alloc() to allocate offload
instances.

SPI peripheral drivers will call devm_spi_offload_get() to get a
reference to the matching offload instance. This offload instance can
then be attached to a SPI message to request offloading that message.

It is expected that SPI controllers with offload support will check for
the offload instance in the SPI message in the optimize_message()
callback and handle it accordingly.

CONFIG_SPI_OFFLOAD is intended to be a select-only option. Both
consumer and provider drivers should `select SPI_OFFLOAD` in their
Kconfig to ensure that the SPI core is built with offload support.

Signed-off-by: David Lechner <dlechner@baylibre.com>
---

v4 changes:
* SPI offload functions moved to a separate file instead of spi.c
  (spi.c is already too long).
* struct spi_offload and devm_spi_offload_get() are back, similar to
  but improved over v1. This avoids having to pass the function ID
  string to every function call and re-lookup the offload instance.
* offload message prepare/unprepare functions are removed. Instead the
  existing optimize/unoptimize functions should be used. Setting
  spi_message::offload pointer is used as a flag to differentiate
  between an offloaded message and a regular message.

v3 changes:
* Minor changes to doc comments.
* Changed to use phandle array for spi-offloads.
* Changed id to string to make use of spi-offload-names.

v2 changes:
* This is a rework of "spi: add core support for controllers with offload
  capabilities" from v1.
* The spi_offload_get() function that Nuno didn't like is gone. Instead,
  there is now a mapping callback that uses the new generic devicetree
  binding to request resources automatically when a SPI device is probed.
* The spi_offload_enable/disable() functions for dealing with hardware
  triggers are deferred to a separate patch.
* This leaves adding spi_offload_prepare/unprepare() which have been
  reworked to be a bit more robust.
---
 drivers/spi/Kconfig             |   3 ++
 drivers/spi/Makefile            |   1 +
 drivers/spi/spi-offload.c       | 104 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/spi/spi-offload.h |  64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/spi/spi.h         |  16 +++++++
 5 files changed, 188 insertions(+)

Comments

Nuno Sá Oct. 25, 2024, 12:59 p.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, 2024-10-23 at 15:59 -0500, David Lechner wrote:
> Add the basic infrastructure to support SPI offload providers and
> consumers.
> 
> SPI offloading is a feature that allows the SPI controller to perform
> transfers without any CPU intervention. This is useful, e.g. for
> high-speed data acquisition.
> 
> SPI controllers with offload support need to implement the get_offload
> callback and can use the devm_spi_offload_alloc() to allocate offload
> instances.
> 
> SPI peripheral drivers will call devm_spi_offload_get() to get a
> reference to the matching offload instance. This offload instance can
> then be attached to a SPI message to request offloading that message.
> 
> It is expected that SPI controllers with offload support will check for
> the offload instance in the SPI message in the optimize_message()
> callback and handle it accordingly.
> 
> CONFIG_SPI_OFFLOAD is intended to be a select-only option. Both
> consumer and provider drivers should `select SPI_OFFLOAD` in their
> Kconfig to ensure that the SPI core is built with offload support.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Lechner <dlechner@baylibre.com>
> ---
> 
> v4 changes:
> * SPI offload functions moved to a separate file instead of spi.c
>   (spi.c is already too long).
> * struct spi_offload and devm_spi_offload_get() are back, similar to
>   but improved over v1. This avoids having to pass the function ID
>   string to every function call and re-lookup the offload instance.
> * offload message prepare/unprepare functions are removed. Instead the
>   existing optimize/unoptimize functions should be used. Setting
>   spi_message::offload pointer is used as a flag to differentiate
>   between an offloaded message and a regular message.
> 
> v3 changes:
> * Minor changes to doc comments.
> * Changed to use phandle array for spi-offloads.
> * Changed id to string to make use of spi-offload-names.
> 
> v2 changes:
> * This is a rework of "spi: add core support for controllers with offload
>   capabilities" from v1.
> * The spi_offload_get() function that Nuno didn't like is gone. Instead,
>   there is now a mapping callback that uses the new generic devicetree
>   binding to request resources automatically when a SPI device is probed.
> * The spi_offload_enable/disable() functions for dealing with hardware
>   triggers are deferred to a separate patch.
> * This leaves adding spi_offload_prepare/unprepare() which have been
>   reworked to be a bit more robust.
> ---
>  drivers/spi/Kconfig             |   3 ++
>  drivers/spi/Makefile            |   1 +
>  drivers/spi/spi-offload.c       | 104 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/spi/spi-offload.h |  64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/spi/spi.h         |  16 +++++++
>  5 files changed, 188 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/spi/Kconfig b/drivers/spi/Kconfig
> index 823797217404..d65074b85f62 100644
> --- a/drivers/spi/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/spi/Kconfig
> @@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ config SPI_MEM
>  	  This extension is meant to simplify interaction with SPI memories
>  	  by providing a high-level interface to send memory-like commands.
>  
> +config SPI_OFFLOAD
> +	bool
> +
>  comment "SPI Master Controller Drivers"
>  
>  config SPI_AIROHA_SNFI
> diff --git a/drivers/spi/Makefile b/drivers/spi/Makefile
> index a9b1bc259b68..6a470eb475a2 100644
> --- a/drivers/spi/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/spi/Makefile
> @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ ccflags-$(CONFIG_SPI_DEBUG) := -DDEBUG
>  obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_MASTER)		+= spi.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_MEM)			+= spi-mem.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_MUX)			+= spi-mux.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_OFFLOAD)		+= spi-offload.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_SPIDEV)		+= spidev.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_LOOPBACK_TEST)		+= spi-loopback-test.o
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-offload.c b/drivers/spi/spi-offload.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..c344cbf50bdb
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-offload.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> +/*
> + * Copyright (C) 2024 Analog Devices Inc.
> + * Copyright (C) 2024 BayLibre, SAS
> + */
> +
> +#define DEFAULT_SYMBOL_NAMESPACE SPI_OFFLOAD
> +
> +#include <linux/cleanup.h>
> +#include <linux/device.h>
> +#include <linux/export.h>
> +#include <linux/mutex.h>
> +#include <linux/property.h>
> +#include <linux/spi/spi-offload.h>
> +#include <linux/spi/spi.h>
> +#include <linux/types.h>
> +
> +/**
> + * devm_spi_offload_alloc() - Allocate offload instances
> + * @dev: Device for devm purposes
> + * @num_offloads: Number of offloads to allocate
> + * @priv_size: Size of private data to allocate for each offload
> + *
> + * Offload providers should use this to allocate offload instances.
> + *
> + * Return: Pointer to array of offloads or error on failure.
> + */
> +struct spi_offload *devm_spi_offload_alloc(struct device *dev,
> +					   size_t num_offloads,
> +					   size_t priv_size)
> +{
> +	struct spi_offload *offloads;
> +	void *privs;
> +	size_t i;
> +
> +	offloads = devm_kcalloc(dev, num_offloads, sizeof(*offloads) + priv_size,
> +				GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!offloads)
> +		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> +
> +	privs = (void *)(offloads + num_offloads);
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < num_offloads; i++) {
> +		struct spi_offload *offload = offloads + i;
> +		void *priv = privs + i * priv_size;
> +
> +		offload->provider_dev = dev;
> +		offload->priv = priv;
> +	}

Hmm looking at the spi_engine implementation, got me thinking about this. I think
like this we might mess up with natural alignments which can be pretty nasty. Maybe
do something like devres [1] (I guess we do not need the flex array though)?

Now that I also look at this better, I would not do it like this. I would keep it
simple and just allocate one spi_offload object and be done with it. In the future
and when we actually support more than one instance you could introduce a
devm_spi_offload_alloc_array() variant and I'm still not sure if it's that useful.
Anyways this is just personal preference I guess...

[1]: https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.12-rc4/source/drivers/base/devres.c#L35

- Nuno Sá
Nuno Sá Oct. 25, 2024, 4:39 p.m. UTC | #2
Oct 25, 2024 14:59:20 Nuno Sá <noname.nuno@gmail.com>:

> On Wed, 2024-10-23 at 15:59 -0500, David Lechner wrote:
>> Add the basic infrastructure to support SPI offload providers and
>> consumers.
>>
>> SPI offloading is a feature that allows the SPI controller to perform
>> transfers without any CPU intervention. This is useful, e.g. for
>> high-speed data acquisition.
>>
>> SPI controllers with offload support need to implement the get_offload
>> callback and can use the devm_spi_offload_alloc() to allocate offload
>> instances.
>>
>> SPI peripheral drivers will call devm_spi_offload_get() to get a
>> reference to the matching offload instance. This offload instance can
>> then be attached to a SPI message to request offloading that message.
>>
>> It is expected that SPI controllers with offload support will check for
>> the offload instance in the SPI message in the optimize_message()
>> callback and handle it accordingly.
>>
>> CONFIG_SPI_OFFLOAD is intended to be a select-only option. Both
>> consumer and provider drivers should `select SPI_OFFLOAD` in their
>> Kconfig to ensure that the SPI core is built with offload support.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: David Lechner <dlechner@baylibre.com>
>> ---
>>
>> v4 changes:
>> * SPI offload functions moved to a separate file instead of spi.c
>>   (spi.c is already too long).
>> * struct spi_offload and devm_spi_offload_get() are back, similar to
>>   but improved over v1. This avoids having to pass the function ID
>>   string to every function call and re-lookup the offload instance.
>> * offload message prepare/unprepare functions are removed. Instead the
>>   existing optimize/unoptimize functions should be used. Setting
>>   spi_message::offload pointer is used as a flag to differentiate
>>   between an offloaded message and a regular message.
>>
>> v3 changes:
>> * Minor changes to doc comments.
>> * Changed to use phandle array for spi-offloads.
>> * Changed id to string to make use of spi-offload-names.
>>
>> v2 changes:
>> * This is a rework of "spi: add core support for controllers with offload
>>   capabilities" from v1.
>> * The spi_offload_get() function that Nuno didn't like is gone. Instead,
>>   there is now a mapping callback that uses the new generic devicetree
>>   binding to request resources automatically when a SPI device is probed.
>> * The spi_offload_enable/disable() functions for dealing with hardware
>>   triggers are deferred to a separate patch.
>> * This leaves adding spi_offload_prepare/unprepare() which have been
>>   reworked to be a bit more robust.
>> ---
>>  drivers/spi/Kconfig             |   3 ++
>>  drivers/spi/Makefile            |   1 +
>>  drivers/spi/spi-offload.c       | 104 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  include/linux/spi/spi-offload.h |  64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  include/linux/spi/spi.h         |  16 +++++++
>>  5 files changed, 188 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/spi/Kconfig b/drivers/spi/Kconfig
>> index 823797217404..d65074b85f62 100644
>> --- a/drivers/spi/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/spi/Kconfig
>> @@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ config SPI_MEM
>>       This extension is meant to simplify interaction with SPI memories
>>       by providing a high-level interface to send memory-like commands.
>>  
>> +config SPI_OFFLOAD
>> +   bool
>> +
>>  comment "SPI Master Controller Drivers"
>>  
>>  config SPI_AIROHA_SNFI
>> diff --git a/drivers/spi/Makefile b/drivers/spi/Makefile
>> index a9b1bc259b68..6a470eb475a2 100644
>> --- a/drivers/spi/Makefile
>> +++ b/drivers/spi/Makefile
>> @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ ccflags-$(CONFIG_SPI_DEBUG) := -DDEBUG
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_MASTER)       += spi.o
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_MEM)          += spi-mem.o
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_MUX)          += spi-mux.o
>> +obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_OFFLOAD)      += spi-offload.o
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_SPIDEV)       += spidev.o
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_LOOPBACK_TEST)        += spi-loopback-test.o
>>  
>> diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-offload.c b/drivers/spi/spi-offload.c
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..c344cbf50bdb
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-offload.c
>> @@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
>> +/*
>> + * Copyright (C) 2024 Analog Devices Inc.
>> + * Copyright (C) 2024 BayLibre, SAS
>> + */
>> +
>> +#define DEFAULT_SYMBOL_NAMESPACE SPI_OFFLOAD
>> +
>> +#include <linux/cleanup.h>
>> +#include <linux/device.h>
>> +#include <linux/export.h>
>> +#include <linux/mutex.h>
>> +#include <linux/property.h>
>> +#include <linux/spi/spi-offload.h>
>> +#include <linux/spi/spi.h>
>> +#include <linux/types.h>
>> +
>> +/**
>> + * devm_spi_offload_alloc() - Allocate offload instances
>> + * @dev: Device for devm purposes
>> + * @num_offloads: Number of offloads to allocate
>> + * @priv_size: Size of private data to allocate for each offload
>> + *
>> + * Offload providers should use this to allocate offload instances.
>> + *
>> + * Return: Pointer to array of offloads or error on failure.
>> + */
>> +struct spi_offload *devm_spi_offload_alloc(struct device *dev,
>> +                      size_t num_offloads,
>> +                      size_t priv_size)
>> +{
>> +   struct spi_offload *offloads;
>> +   void *privs;
>> +   size_t i;
>> +
>> +   offloads = devm_kcalloc(dev, num_offloads, sizeof(*offloads) + priv_size,
>> +               GFP_KERNEL);
>> +   if (!offloads)
>> +       return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>> +
>> +   privs = (void *)(offloads + num_offloads);
>> +
>> +   for (i = 0; i < num_offloads; i++) {
>> +       struct spi_offload *offload = offloads + i;
>> +       void *priv = privs + i * priv_size;
>> +
>> +       offload->provider_dev = dev;
>> +       offload->priv = priv;
>> +   }
>
> Hmm looking at the spi_engine implementation, got me thinking about this. I think
> like this we might mess up with natural alignments which can be pretty nasty. Maybe
> do something like devres [1] (I guess we do not need the flex array though)?
>

Actually we should use the flex array or something similar to what IIO does.

PS: just trying some email client from my phone so hopefully this is not too messed up.

- Nuno Sá
Jonathan Cameron Oct. 26, 2024, 3:05 p.m. UTC | #3
On Wed, 23 Oct 2024 15:59:09 -0500
David Lechner <dlechner@baylibre.com> wrote:

> Add the basic infrastructure to support SPI offload providers and
> consumers.
> 
> SPI offloading is a feature that allows the SPI controller to perform
> transfers without any CPU intervention. This is useful, e.g. for
> high-speed data acquisition.
> 
> SPI controllers with offload support need to implement the get_offload
> callback and can use the devm_spi_offload_alloc() to allocate offload
> instances.
> 
> SPI peripheral drivers will call devm_spi_offload_get() to get a
> reference to the matching offload instance. This offload instance can
> then be attached to a SPI message to request offloading that message.
> 
> It is expected that SPI controllers with offload support will check for
> the offload instance in the SPI message in the optimize_message()
> callback and handle it accordingly.
> 
> CONFIG_SPI_OFFLOAD is intended to be a select-only option. Both
> consumer and provider drivers should `select SPI_OFFLOAD` in their
> Kconfig to ensure that the SPI core is built with offload support.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Lechner <dlechner@baylibre.com>
A few minor additions to what has already been raised.

Jonathan

> diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-offload.c b/drivers/spi/spi-offload.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..c344cbf50bdb
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-offload.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> +/*
> + * Copyright (C) 2024 Analog Devices Inc.
> + * Copyright (C) 2024 BayLibre, SAS
> + */
> +
> +#define DEFAULT_SYMBOL_NAMESPACE SPI_OFFLOAD
> +
> +#include <linux/cleanup.h>
> +#include <linux/device.h>
> +#include <linux/export.h>
> +#include <linux/mutex.h>
> +#include <linux/property.h>
?  If it is needed for later patch bring it in then.


> +#include <linux/spi/spi-offload.h>
> +#include <linux/spi/spi.h>
> +#include <linux/types.h>
>
> +
> +/**
> + * devm_spi_offload_get() - Get an offload instance
> + * @dev: Device for devm purposes
> + * @spi: SPI device to use for the transfers
> + * @config: Offload configuration
> + *
> + * Peripheral drivers call this function to get an offload instance that meets
> + * the requirements specified in @config. If no suitable offload instance is
> + * available, -ENODEV is returned.
> + *
> + * Return: Offload instance or error on failure.
> + */
> +struct spi_offload *devm_spi_offload_get(struct device *dev,
> +					 struct spi_device *spi,
> +					 const struct spi_offload_config *config)
> +{
> +	struct spi_offload *offload;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	if (!spi || !config)
> +		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> +
> +	if (!spi->controller->get_offload)
> +		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
> +
> +	offload = spi->controller->get_offload(spi, config);

Why let this return an offload that is already in use?
Maybe make that a problem for the spi controller
Seems odd to pass it spi then set it later.

I.e. have this return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY);


> +	if (IS_ERR(offload))
> +		return offload;
> +
> +	if (offload->spi)
> +		return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY);
> +
> +	offload->spi = spi;
> +	get_device(offload->provider_dev);
> +
> +	ret = devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, spi_offload_put, offload);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ERR_PTR(ret);
> +
> +	return offload;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_spi_offload_get);
Mark Brown Oct. 30, 2024, 3:55 p.m. UTC | #4
On Wed, Oct 23, 2024 at 03:59:09PM -0500, David Lechner wrote:

> +struct spi_offload *devm_spi_offload_alloc(struct device *dev,
> +					   size_t num_offloads,
> +					   size_t priv_size)

> +	privs = (void *)(offloads + num_offloads);

Casting to or from void * is generally suspicious.

> +		void *priv = privs + i * priv_size;

Can we have some brackets here for clarity please?
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/spi/Kconfig b/drivers/spi/Kconfig
index 823797217404..d65074b85f62 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/spi/Kconfig
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@  config SPI_MEM
 	  This extension is meant to simplify interaction with SPI memories
 	  by providing a high-level interface to send memory-like commands.
 
+config SPI_OFFLOAD
+	bool
+
 comment "SPI Master Controller Drivers"
 
 config SPI_AIROHA_SNFI
diff --git a/drivers/spi/Makefile b/drivers/spi/Makefile
index a9b1bc259b68..6a470eb475a2 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/spi/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@  ccflags-$(CONFIG_SPI_DEBUG) := -DDEBUG
 obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_MASTER)		+= spi.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_MEM)			+= spi-mem.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_MUX)			+= spi-mux.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_OFFLOAD)		+= spi-offload.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_SPIDEV)		+= spidev.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_LOOPBACK_TEST)		+= spi-loopback-test.o
 
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-offload.c b/drivers/spi/spi-offload.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c344cbf50bdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-offload.c
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@ 
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Analog Devices Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 BayLibre, SAS
+ */
+
+#define DEFAULT_SYMBOL_NAMESPACE SPI_OFFLOAD
+
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/property.h>
+#include <linux/spi/spi-offload.h>
+#include <linux/spi/spi.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+/**
+ * devm_spi_offload_alloc() - Allocate offload instances
+ * @dev: Device for devm purposes
+ * @num_offloads: Number of offloads to allocate
+ * @priv_size: Size of private data to allocate for each offload
+ *
+ * Offload providers should use this to allocate offload instances.
+ *
+ * Return: Pointer to array of offloads or error on failure.
+ */
+struct spi_offload *devm_spi_offload_alloc(struct device *dev,
+					   size_t num_offloads,
+					   size_t priv_size)
+{
+	struct spi_offload *offloads;
+	void *privs;
+	size_t i;
+
+	offloads = devm_kcalloc(dev, num_offloads, sizeof(*offloads) + priv_size,
+				GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!offloads)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	privs = (void *)(offloads + num_offloads);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num_offloads; i++) {
+		struct spi_offload *offload = offloads + i;
+		void *priv = privs + i * priv_size;
+
+		offload->provider_dev = dev;
+		offload->priv = priv;
+	}
+
+	return offloads;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_spi_offload_alloc);
+
+static void spi_offload_put(void *data)
+{
+	struct spi_offload *offload = data;
+
+	offload->spi = NULL;
+	put_device(offload->provider_dev);
+}
+
+/**
+ * devm_spi_offload_get() - Get an offload instance
+ * @dev: Device for devm purposes
+ * @spi: SPI device to use for the transfers
+ * @config: Offload configuration
+ *
+ * Peripheral drivers call this function to get an offload instance that meets
+ * the requirements specified in @config. If no suitable offload instance is
+ * available, -ENODEV is returned.
+ *
+ * Return: Offload instance or error on failure.
+ */
+struct spi_offload *devm_spi_offload_get(struct device *dev,
+					 struct spi_device *spi,
+					 const struct spi_offload_config *config)
+{
+	struct spi_offload *offload;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!spi || !config)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	if (!spi->controller->get_offload)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+
+	offload = spi->controller->get_offload(spi, config);
+	if (IS_ERR(offload))
+		return offload;
+
+	if (offload->spi)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY);
+
+	offload->spi = spi;
+	get_device(offload->provider_dev);
+
+	ret = devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, spi_offload_put, offload);
+	if (ret)
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+
+	return offload;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_spi_offload_get);
diff --git a/include/linux/spi/spi-offload.h b/include/linux/spi/spi-offload.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..92a557533b83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/spi/spi-offload.h
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ 
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Analog Devices Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 BayLibre, SAS
+ */
+
+/*
+ * SPI Offloading support.
+ *
+ * Some SPI controllers support offloading of SPI transfers. Essentially, this
+ * is the ability for a SPI controller to perform SPI transfers with minimal
+ * or even no CPU intervention, e.g. via a specialized SPI controller with a
+ * hardware trigger or via a conventional SPI controller using a non-Linux MCU
+ * processor core to offload the work.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __LINUX_SPI_OFFLOAD_H
+#define __LINUX_SPI_OFFLOAD_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS(SPI_OFFLOAD);
+
+struct device;
+struct spi_device;
+
+/* Offload can be triggered by external hardware event. */
+#define SPI_OFFLOAD_CAP_TRIGGER			BIT(0)
+/* Offload can record and then play back TX data when triggered. */
+#define SPI_OFFLOAD_CAP_TX_STATIC_DATA		BIT(1)
+/* Offload can get TX data from an external stream source. */
+#define SPI_OFFLOAD_CAP_TX_STREAM_DMA		BIT(2)
+/* Offload can send RX data to an external stream sink. */
+#define SPI_OFFLOAD_CAP_RX_STREAM_DMA		BIT(3)
+
+/**
+ * struct spi_offload_config - offload configuration
+ *
+ * This is used to request an offload with specific configuration.
+ */
+struct spi_offload_config {
+	/** @capability_flags: required capabilities. See %SPI_OFFLOAD_CAP_* */
+	u32 capability_flags;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct spi_offload - offload instance
+ */
+struct spi_offload {
+	/** @provider_dev: for get/put reference counting */
+	struct device *provider_dev;
+	/** @spi: SPI device that is currently using the offload */
+	struct spi_device *spi;
+	/** @priv: provider driver private data */
+	void *priv;
+};
+
+struct spi_offload *devm_spi_offload_alloc(struct device *dev,
+					   size_t num_offloads,
+					   size_t priv_size);
+struct spi_offload *devm_spi_offload_get(struct device *dev, struct spi_device *spi,
+					 const struct spi_offload_config *config);
+
+#endif /* __LINUX_SPI_OFFLOAD_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/spi/spi.h b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
index 8497f4747e24..c230d6a209ee 100644
--- a/include/linux/spi/spi.h
+++ b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@  struct spi_transfer;
 struct spi_controller_mem_ops;
 struct spi_controller_mem_caps;
 struct spi_message;
+struct spi_controller_offload_ops;
+struct spi_offload;
+struct spi_offload_config;
 
 /*
  * INTERFACES between SPI master-side drivers and SPI slave protocol handlers,
@@ -496,6 +499,9 @@  extern struct spi_device *spi_new_ancillary_device(struct spi_device *spi, u8 ch
  * @mem_ops: optimized/dedicated operations for interactions with SPI memory.
  *	     This field is optional and should only be implemented if the
  *	     controller has native support for memory like operations.
+ * @get_offload: callback for controllers with offload support to get matching
+ *	offload instance. Implementations should return -ENODEV if no match is
+ *	found.
  * @mem_caps: controller capabilities for the handling of memory operations.
  * @unprepare_message: undo any work done by prepare_message().
  * @target_abort: abort the ongoing transfer request on an SPI target controller
@@ -740,6 +746,9 @@  struct spi_controller {
 	const struct spi_controller_mem_ops *mem_ops;
 	const struct spi_controller_mem_caps *mem_caps;
 
+	struct spi_offload *(*get_offload)(struct spi_device *spi,
+					   const struct spi_offload_config *config);
+
 	/* GPIO chip select */
 	struct gpio_desc	**cs_gpiods;
 	bool			use_gpio_descriptors;
@@ -1108,6 +1117,7 @@  struct spi_transfer {
  * @state: for use by whichever driver currently owns the message
  * @opt_state: for use by whichever driver currently owns the message
  * @resources: for resource management when the SPI message is processed
+ * @offload: (optional) offload instance used by this message
  *
  * A @spi_message is used to execute an atomic sequence of data transfers,
  * each represented by a struct spi_transfer.  The sequence is "atomic"
@@ -1168,6 +1178,12 @@  struct spi_message {
 	 */
 	void			*opt_state;
 
+	/*
+	 * Optional offload instance used by this message. This must be set
+	 * by the peripheral driver before calling spi_optimize_message().
+	 */
+	struct spi_offload	*offload;
+
 	/* List of spi_res resources when the SPI message is processed */
 	struct list_head        resources;
 };