@@ -586,30 +586,6 @@ the DMA_ATTR_NON_CONSISTENT flag starting at virtual address vaddr and
continuing on for size. Again, you *must* observe the cache line
boundaries when doing this.
-::
-
- int
- dma_declare_coherent_memory(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t phys_addr,
- dma_addr_t device_addr, size_t size);
-
-Declare region of memory to be handed out by dma_alloc_coherent() when
-it's asked for coherent memory for this device.
-
-phys_addr is the CPU physical address to which the memory is currently
-assigned (this will be ioremapped so the CPU can access the region).
-
-device_addr is the DMA address the device needs to be programmed
-with to actually address this memory (this will be handed out as the
-dma_addr_t in dma_alloc_coherent()).
-
-size is the size of the area (must be multiples of PAGE_SIZE).
-
-As a simplification for the platforms, only *one* such region of
-memory may be declared per device.
-
-For reasons of efficiency, most platforms choose to track the declared
-region only at the granularity of a page. For smaller allocations,
-you should use the dma_pool() API.
Part III - Debug drivers use of the DMA-API
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@@ -107,6 +107,23 @@ static int dma_assign_coherent_memory(struct device *dev,
return 0;
}
+/*
+ * Declare a region of memory to be handed out by dma_alloc_coherent() when it
+ * is asked for coherent memory for this device. This shall only be used
+ * from platform code, usually based on the device tree description.
+ *
+ * phys_addr is the CPU physical address to which the memory is currently
+ * assigned (this will be ioremapped so the CPU can access the region).
+ *
+ * device_addr is the DMA address the device needs to be programmed with to
+ * actually address this memory (this will be handed out as the dma_addr_t in
+ * dma_alloc_coherent()).
+ *
+ * size is the size of the area (must be a multiple of PAGE_SIZE).
+ *
+ * As a simplification for the platforms, only *one* such region of memory may
+ * be declared per device.
+ */
int dma_declare_coherent_memory(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t phys_addr,
dma_addr_t device_addr, size_t size)
{
dma_declare_coherent_memory should not be in a DMA API guide aimed at driver writers (that is consumers of the API). Move it to a comment near the function instead. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> --- Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst | 24 ------------------------ kernel/dma/coherent.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)