Re: [PATCH] dma-contiguous: add optional cma_name for cma= kernel parameter

[Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>]

On 2022-09-12 17:38, Nate Drude wrote:
> When cma is defined in the device tree, the device tree node
> name is used as the cma name. In the following example, the cma
> will be named 'linux,cma':
> 
> linux,cma {
> 	compatible = "shared-dma-pool";
> 	reusable;
> 	size = <0 0x3c000000>;
> 	alloc-ranges = <0 0x40000000 0 0xC0000000>;
> 	linux,cma-default;
> };
> 
> And a device /dev/dma_heap/linux,cma is created.
> 
> However, when cma is provided by command line, a default
> name of 'reserved' is used, and the device path changes to
> /dev/dma_heap/reserved.

If userspace expects the CMA heap driver to expose a consistent name for 
CMA heaps, shouldn't it be the CMA heap driver's responsibility to 
expose a consistent name for CMA heaps? Tinkering with the core CMA code 
doesn't feel like the right approach.

Furthermore, given that DT reserved-memory nodes carrying the 
"linux-cma-default" property equally can (and do) have different names 
as well, that or fixing userspace really are the only robust options.

Thanks,
Robin.

> This is problematic because some user space applications,
> like gstreamer plugins, are expecting /dev/dma_heap/linux,cma.
> 
> This parameter allows overriding the default 'reserved' name.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nate Drude <nate.d@variscite.com>
> ---
>   .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt         |  7 +++++++
>   kernel/dma/contiguous.c                       | 21 ++++++++++++++++++-
>   2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index 51397a320f5e..975ec862d071 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -644,6 +644,13 @@
>   			altogether. For more information, see
>   			kernel/dma/contiguous.c
>   
> +	cma_name=	Override the cma heap name
> +			Format: <string>
> +			When passing the cma kernel parameter, the default
> +			cma name is 'reserved'. This parameter allows it to
> +			be overriden to align with the device tree name,
> +			like 'linux,cma'.
> +
>   	cma_pernuma=nn[MG]
>   			[ARM64,KNL,CMA]
>   			Sets the size of kernel per-numa memory area for
> diff --git a/kernel/dma/contiguous.c b/kernel/dma/contiguous.c
> index 3d63d91cba5c..e89819ec183e 100644
> --- a/kernel/dma/contiguous.c
> +++ b/kernel/dma/contiguous.c
> @@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ static const phys_addr_t size_bytes __initconst =
>   static phys_addr_t  size_cmdline __initdata = -1;
>   static phys_addr_t base_cmdline __initdata;
>   static phys_addr_t limit_cmdline __initdata;
> +static char name_cmdline[CMA_MAX_NAME] = "reserved";
>   
>   static int __init early_cma(char *p)
>   {
> @@ -96,6 +97,24 @@ static int __init early_cma(char *p)
>   }
>   early_param("cma", early_cma);
>   
> +static int __init early_cma_name(char *p)
> +{
> +	if (!p) {
> +		pr_err("Config string not provided\n");
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (!strlen(p)) {
> +		pr_err("cma_name must have at least one character\n");
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
> +	snprintf(name_cmdline, CMA_MAX_NAME, p);
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +early_param("cma_name", early_cma_name);
> +
>   #ifdef CONFIG_DMA_PERNUMA_CMA
>   
>   static struct cma *dma_contiguous_pernuma_area[MAX_NUMNODES];
> @@ -231,7 +250,7 @@ int __init dma_contiguous_reserve_area(phys_addr_t size, phys_addr_t base,
>   	int ret;
>   
>   	ret = cma_declare_contiguous(base, size, limit, 0, 0, fixed,
> -					"reserved", res_cma);
> +					name_cmdline, res_cma);
>   	if (ret)
>   		return ret;
>