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From: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
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Cc: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@mina86.com>,
	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>,
	Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@samsung.com>,
	Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
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	Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard@linaro.org>
Subject: [PATCH 12/15] drivers: add Contiguous Memory Allocator
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:00:54 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1327568457-27734-13-git-send-email-m.szyprowski@samsung.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1327568457-27734-1-git-send-email-m.szyprowski@samsung.com>

The Contiguous Memory Allocator is a set of helper functions for DMA
mapping framework that improves allocations of contiguous memory chunks.

CMA grabs memory on system boot, marks it with CMA_MIGRATE_TYPE and
gives back to the system. Kernel is allowed to allocate movable pages
within CMA's managed memory so that it can be used for example for page
cache when DMA mapping do not use it. On dma_alloc_from_contiguous()
request such pages are migrated out of CMA area to free required
contiguous block and fulfill the request. This allows to allocate large
contiguous chunks of memory at any time assuming that there is enough
free memory available in the system.

This code is heavily based on earlier works by Michal Nazarewicz.

Signed-off-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@samsung.com>
CC: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@mina86.com>
---
 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt  |    5 +
 arch/Kconfig                         |    3 +
 drivers/base/Kconfig                 |   89 ++++++++
 drivers/base/Makefile                |    1 +
 drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c        |  404 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/asm-generic/dma-contiguous.h |   27 +++
 include/linux/device.h               |    4 +
 include/linux/dma-contiguous.h       |  110 +++++++++
 8 files changed, 643 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c
 create mode 100644 include/asm-generic/dma-contiguous.h
 create mode 100644 include/linux/dma-contiguous.h

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 033d4e6..84982e2 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -508,6 +508,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			Also note the kernel might malfunction if you disable
 			some critical bits.
 
+	cma=nn[MG]	[ARM,KNL]
+			Sets the size of kernel global memory area for contiguous
+			memory allocations. For more information, see
+			include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
+
 	cmo_free_hint=	[PPC] Format: { yes | no }
 			Specify whether pages are marked as being inactive
 			when they are freed.  This is used in CMO environments
diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 4f55c73..8ec200c 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ config HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
 config HAVE_DMA_ATTRS
 	bool
 
+config HAVE_DMA_CONTIGUOUS
+	bool
+
 config USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS
 	bool
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
index 7be9f79..f56cb20 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig
@@ -189,4 +189,93 @@ config DMA_SHARED_BUFFER
 	  APIs extension; the file's descriptor can then be passed on to other
 	  driver.
 
+config CMA
+	bool "Contiguous Memory Allocator (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+	depends on HAVE_DMA_CONTIGUOUS && HAVE_MEMBLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
+	select MIGRATION
+	help
+	  This enables the Contiguous Memory Allocator which allows drivers
+	  to allocate big physically-contiguous blocks of memory for use with
+	  hardware components that do not support I/O map nor scatter-gather.
+
+	  For more information see <include/linux/dma-contiguous.h>.
+	  If unsure, say "n".
+
+if CMA
+
+config CMA_DEBUG
+	bool "CMA debug messages (DEVELOPMENT)"
+	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+	help
+	  Turns on debug messages in CMA.  This produces KERN_DEBUG
+	  messages for every CMA call as well as various messages while
+	  processing calls such as dma_alloc_from_contiguous().
+	  This option does not affect warning and error messages.
+
+comment "Default contiguous memory area size:"
+
+config CMA_SIZE_MBYTES
+	int "Size in Mega Bytes"
+	depends on !CMA_SIZE_SEL_PERCENTAGE
+	default 16
+	help
+	  Defines the size (in MiB) of the default memory area for Contiguous
+	  Memory Allocator.
+
+config CMA_SIZE_PERCENTAGE
+	int "Percentage of total memory"
+	depends on !CMA_SIZE_SEL_MBYTES
+	default 10
+	help
+	  Defines the size of the default memory area for Contiguous Memory
+	  Allocator as a percentage of the total memory in the system.
+
+choice
+	prompt "Selected region size"
+	default CMA_SIZE_SEL_ABSOLUTE
+
+config CMA_SIZE_SEL_MBYTES
+	bool "Use mega bytes value only"
+
+config CMA_SIZE_SEL_PERCENTAGE
+	bool "Use percentage value only"
+
+config CMA_SIZE_SEL_MIN
+	bool "Use lower value (minimum)"
+
+config CMA_SIZE_SEL_MAX
+	bool "Use higher value (maximum)"
+
+endchoice
+
+config CMA_ALIGNMENT
+	int "Maximum PAGE_SIZE order of alignment for contiguous buffers"
+	range 4 9
+	default 8
+	help
+	  DMA mapping framework by default aligns all buffers to the smallest
+	  PAGE_SIZE order which is greater than or equal to the requested buffer
+	  size. This works well for buffers up to a few hundreds kilobytes, but
+	  for larger buffers it just a memory waste. With this parameter you can
+	  specify the maximum PAGE_SIZE order for contiguous buffers. Larger
+	  buffers will be aligned only to this specified order. The order is
+	  expressed as a power of two multiplied by the PAGE_SIZE.
+
+	  For example, if your system defaults to 4KiB pages, the order value
+	  of 8 means that the buffers will be aligned up to 1MiB only.
+
+	  If unsure, leave the default value "8".
+
+config CMA_AREAS
+	int "Maximum count of the CMA device-private areas"
+	default 7
+	help
+	  CMA allows to create CMA areas for particular devices. This parameter
+	  sets the maximum number of such device private CMA areas in the
+	  system.
+
+	  If unsure, leave the default value "7".
+
+endif
+
 endmenu
diff --git a/drivers/base/Makefile b/drivers/base/Makefile
index 2c8272d..23ac863 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/base/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ obj-y			:= core.o sys.o bus.o dd.o syscore.o \
 			   attribute_container.o transport_class.o \
 			   topology.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DEVTMPFS)	+= devtmpfs.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CMA) += dma-contiguous.o
 obj-y			+= power/
 obj-$(CONFIG_HAS_DMA)	+= dma-mapping.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_GENERIC_DMA_COHERENT) += dma-coherent.o
diff --git a/drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c b/drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f41e699
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c
@@ -0,0 +1,404 @@
+/*
+ * Contiguous Memory Allocator for DMA mapping framework
+ * Copyright (c) 2010-2011 by Samsung Electronics.
+ * Written by:
+ *	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
+ *	Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@mina86.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ * License or (at your optional) any later version of the license.
+ */
+
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) "cma: " fmt
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CMA_DEBUG
+#ifndef DEBUG
+#  define DEBUG
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#include <asm/page.h>
+#include <asm/dma-contiguous.h>
+
+#include <linux/memblock.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/page-isolation.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/swap.h>
+#include <linux/mm_types.h>
+#include <linux/dma-contiguous.h>
+
+#ifndef SZ_1M
+#define SZ_1M (1 << 20)
+#endif
+
+struct cma {
+	unsigned long	base_pfn;
+	unsigned long	count;
+	unsigned long	*bitmap;
+};
+
+struct cma *dma_contiguous_default_area;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CMA_SIZE_MBYTES
+#define CMA_SIZE_MBYTES CONFIG_CMA_SIZE_MBYTES
+#else
+#define CMA_SIZE_MBYTES 0
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CMA_SIZE_PERCENTAGE
+#define CMA_SIZE_PERCENTAGE CONFIG_CMA_SIZE_PERCENTAGE
+#else
+#define CMA_SIZE_PERCENTAGE 0
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Default global CMA area size can be defined in kernel's .config.
+ * This is usefull mainly for distro maintainers to create a kernel
+ * that works correctly for most supported systems.
+ * The size can be set in bytes or as a percentage of the total memory
+ * in the system.
+ *
+ * Users, who want to set the size of global CMA area for their system
+ * should use cma= kernel parameter.
+ */
+static unsigned long size_bytes = CMA_SIZE_MBYTES * SZ_1M;
+static unsigned long size_percent = CMA_SIZE_PERCENTAGE;
+static long size_cmdline = -1;
+
+static int __init early_cma(char *p)
+{
+	pr_debug("%s(%s)\n", __func__, p);
+	size_cmdline = memparse(p, &p);
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("cma", early_cma);
+
+static unsigned long __init cma_early_get_total_pages(void)
+{
+	struct memblock_region *reg;
+	unsigned long total_pages = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * We cannot use memblock_phys_mem_size() here, because
+	 * memblock_analyze() has not been called yet.
+	 */
+	for_each_memblock(memory, reg)
+		total_pages += memblock_region_memory_end_pfn(reg) -
+			       memblock_region_memory_base_pfn(reg);
+	return total_pages;
+}
+
+/**
+ * dma_contiguous_reserve() - reserve area for contiguous memory handling
+ * @limit: End address of the reserved memory (optional, 0 for any).
+ *
+ * This funtion reserves memory from early allocator. It should be
+ * called by arch specific code once the early allocator (memblock or bootmem)
+ * has been activated and all other subsystems have already allocated/reserved
+ * memory.
+ */
+void __init dma_contiguous_reserve(phys_addr_t limit)
+{
+	unsigned long selected_size = 0;
+	unsigned long total_pages;
+
+	pr_debug("%s(limit %08lx)\n", __func__, (unsigned long)limit);
+
+	total_pages = cma_early_get_total_pages();
+	size_percent *= (total_pages << PAGE_SHIFT) / 100;
+
+	pr_debug("%s: total available: %ld MiB, size absolute: %ld MiB, size percentage: %ld MiB\n",
+		 __func__, (total_pages << PAGE_SHIFT) / SZ_1M,
+		size_bytes / SZ_1M, size_percent / SZ_1M);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CMA_SIZE_SEL_MBYTES
+	selected_size = size_bytes;
+#elif defined(CONFIG_CMA_SIZE_SEL_PERCENTAGE)
+	selected_size = size_percent;
+#elif defined(CONFIG_CMA_SIZE_SEL_MIN)
+	selected_size = min(size_bytes, size_percent);
+#elif defined(CONFIG_CMA_SIZE_SEL_MAX)
+	selected_size = max(size_bytes, size_percent);
+#endif
+
+	if (size_cmdline != -1)
+		selected_size = size_cmdline;
+
+	if (!selected_size)
+		return;
+
+	pr_debug("%s: reserving %ld MiB for global area\n", __func__,
+		 selected_size / SZ_1M);
+
+	dma_declare_contiguous(NULL, selected_size, 0, limit);
+};
+
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(cma_mutex);
+
+static int cma_activate_area(unsigned long base_pfn, unsigned long count)
+{
+	unsigned long pfn = base_pfn;
+	unsigned i = count >> pageblock_order;
+	struct zone *zone;
+
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!pfn_valid(pfn));
+	zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(pfn));
+
+	do {
+		unsigned j;
+		base_pfn = pfn;
+		for (j = pageblock_nr_pages; j; --j, pfn++) {
+			WARN_ON_ONCE(!pfn_valid(pfn));
+			if (page_zone(pfn_to_page(pfn)) != zone)
+				return -EINVAL;
+		}
+		init_cma_reserved_pageblock(pfn_to_page(base_pfn));
+	} while (--i);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct cma *cma_create_area(unsigned long base_pfn,
+				     unsigned long count)
+{
+	int bitmap_size = BITS_TO_LONGS(count) * sizeof(long);
+	struct cma *cma;
+	int ret = -ENOMEM;
+
+	pr_debug("%s(base %08lx, count %lx)\n", __func__, base_pfn, count);
+
+	cma = kmalloc(sizeof *cma, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!cma)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	cma->base_pfn = base_pfn;
+	cma->count = count;
+	cma->bitmap = kzalloc(bitmap_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	if (!cma->bitmap)
+		goto no_mem;
+
+	ret = cma_activate_area(base_pfn, count);
+	if (ret)
+		goto error;
+
+	pr_debug("%s: returned %p\n", __func__, (void *)cma);
+	return cma;
+
+error:
+	kfree(cma->bitmap);
+no_mem:
+	kfree(cma);
+	return ERR_PTR(ret);
+}
+
+static struct cma_reserved {
+	phys_addr_t start;
+	unsigned long size;
+	struct device *dev;
+} cma_reserved[MAX_CMA_AREAS] __initdata;
+static unsigned cma_reserved_count __initdata;
+
+static int __init cma_init_reserved_areas(void)
+{
+	struct cma_reserved *r = cma_reserved;
+	unsigned i = cma_reserved_count;
+
+	pr_debug("%s()\n", __func__);
+
+	for (; i; --i, ++r) {
+		struct cma *cma;
+		cma = cma_create_area(PFN_DOWN(r->start),
+				      r->size >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+		if (!IS_ERR(cma))
+			dev_set_cma_area(r->dev, cma);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+core_initcall(cma_init_reserved_areas);
+
+/**
+ * dma_declare_contiguous() - reserve area for contiguous memory handling
+ *			      for particular device
+ * @dev:   Pointer to device structure.
+ * @size:  Size of the reserved memory.
+ * @start: Start address of the reserved memory (optional, 0 for any).
+ * @limit: End address of the reserved memory (optional, 0 for any).
+ *
+ * This funtion reserves memory for specified device. It should be
+ * called by board specific code when early allocator (memblock or bootmem)
+ * is still activate.
+ */
+int __init dma_declare_contiguous(struct device *dev, unsigned long size,
+				  phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t limit)
+{
+	struct cma_reserved *r = &cma_reserved[cma_reserved_count];
+	unsigned long alignment;
+
+	pr_debug("%s(size %lx, base %08lx, limit %08lx)\n", __func__,
+		 (unsigned long)size, (unsigned long)base,
+		 (unsigned long)limit);
+
+	/* Sanity checks */
+	if (cma_reserved_count == ARRAY_SIZE(cma_reserved)) {
+		pr_err("Not enough slots for CMA reserved regions!\n");
+		return -ENOSPC;
+	}
+
+	if (!size)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* Sanitise input arguments */
+	alignment = PAGE_SIZE << max(MAX_ORDER, pageblock_order);
+	base = ALIGN(base, alignment);
+	size = ALIGN(size, alignment);
+	limit &= ~(alignment - 1);
+
+	/* Reserve memory */
+	if (base) {
+		if (memblock_is_region_reserved(base, size) ||
+		    memblock_reserve(base, size) < 0) {
+			base = -EBUSY;
+			goto err;
+		}
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * Use __memblock_alloc_base() since
+		 * memblock_alloc_base() panic()s.
+		 */
+		phys_addr_t addr = __memblock_alloc_base(size, alignment, limit);
+		if (!addr) {
+			base = -ENOMEM;
+			goto err;
+		} else if (addr + size > ~(unsigned long)0) {
+			memblock_free(addr, size);
+			base = -EINVAL;
+			goto err;
+		} else {
+			base = addr;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Each reserved area must be initialised later, when more kernel
+	 * subsystems (like slab allocator) are available.
+	 */
+	r->start = base;
+	r->size = size;
+	r->dev = dev;
+	cma_reserved_count++;
+	pr_info("CMA: reserved %ld MiB at %08lx\n", size / SZ_1M,
+		(unsigned long)base);
+
+	/*
+	 * Architecture specific contiguous memory fixup.
+	 */
+	dma_contiguous_early_fixup(base, size);
+	return 0;
+err:
+	pr_err("CMA: failed to reserve %ld MiB\n", size / SZ_1M);
+	return base;
+}
+
+/**
+ * dma_alloc_from_contiguous() - allocate pages from contiguous area
+ * @dev:   Pointer to device for which the allocation is performed.
+ * @count: Requested number of pages.
+ * @align: Requested alignment of pages (in PAGE_SIZE order).
+ *
+ * This funtion allocates memory buffer for specified device. It uses
+ * device specific contiguous memory area if available or the default
+ * global one. Requires architecture specific get_dev_cma_area() helper
+ * function.
+ */
+struct page *dma_alloc_from_contiguous(struct device *dev, int count,
+				       unsigned int align)
+{
+	struct cma *cma = dev_get_cma_area(dev);
+	unsigned long pfn, pageno, start = 0;
+	unsigned long mask = (1 << align) - 1;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!cma || !cma->count)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (align > CONFIG_CMA_ALIGNMENT)
+		align = CONFIG_CMA_ALIGNMENT;
+
+	pr_debug("%s(cma %p, count %d, align %d)\n", __func__, (void *)cma,
+		 count, align);
+
+	if (!count)
+		return NULL;
+
+	mutex_lock(&cma_mutex);
+
+	for (;;) {
+		pageno = bitmap_find_next_zero_area(cma->bitmap, cma->count,
+						    start, count, mask);
+		if (pageno >= cma->count) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto error;
+		}
+
+		pfn = cma->base_pfn + pageno;
+		ret = alloc_contig_range(pfn, pfn + count, MIGRATE_CMA);
+		if (ret == 0) {
+			bitmap_set(cma->bitmap, pageno, count);
+			break;
+		} else if (ret != -EBUSY) {
+			goto error;
+		}
+		pr_debug("%s(): memory range at %p is busy, retrying\n",
+			 __func__, pfn_to_page(pfn));
+		/* try again with a bit different memory target */
+		start = pageno + mask + 1;
+	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&cma_mutex);
+
+	pr_debug("%s(): returned %p\n", __func__, pfn_to_page(pfn));
+	return pfn_to_page(pfn);
+error:
+	mutex_unlock(&cma_mutex);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * dma_release_from_contiguous() - release allocated pages
+ * @dev:   Pointer to device for which the pages were allocated.
+ * @pages: Allocated pages.
+ * @count: Number of allocated pages.
+ *
+ * This funtion releases memory allocated by dma_alloc_from_contiguous().
+ * It return 0 when provided pages doen't belongs to contiguous area and
+ * 1 on success.
+ */
+int dma_release_from_contiguous(struct device *dev, struct page *pages,
+				int count)
+{
+	struct cma *cma = dev_get_cma_area(dev);
+	unsigned long pfn;
+
+	if (!cma || !pages)
+		return 0;
+
+	pr_debug("%s(page %p)\n", __func__, (void *)pages);
+
+	pfn = page_to_pfn(pages);
+
+	if (pfn < cma->base_pfn || pfn >= cma->base_pfn + cma->count)
+		return 0;
+
+	mutex_lock(&cma_mutex);
+
+	bitmap_clear(cma->bitmap, pfn - cma->base_pfn, count);
+	free_contig_range(pfn, count);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&cma_mutex);
+	return 1;
+}
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/dma-contiguous.h b/include/asm-generic/dma-contiguous.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf2bccc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asm-generic/dma-contiguous.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#ifndef ASM_DMA_CONTIGUOUS_H
+#define ASM_DMA_CONTIGUOUS_H
+
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/dma-contiguous.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CMA
+
+static inline struct cma *dev_get_cma_area(struct device *dev)
+{
+	if (dev && dev->cma_area)
+		return dev->cma_area;
+	return dma_contiguous_default_area;
+}
+
+static inline void dev_set_cma_area(struct device *dev, struct cma *cma)
+{
+	if (dev)
+		dev->cma_area = cma;
+	dma_contiguous_default_area = cma;
+}
+
+#endif
+#endif
+#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 5b3adb8..020c095 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -666,6 +666,10 @@ struct device {
 
 	struct dma_coherent_mem	*dma_mem; /* internal for coherent mem
 					     override */
+#ifdef CONFIG_CMA
+	struct cma *cma_area;		/* contiguous memory area for dma
+					   allocations */
+#endif
 	/* arch specific additions */
 	struct dev_archdata	archdata;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/dma-contiguous.h b/include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffb4b40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+#ifndef __LINUX_CMA_H
+#define __LINUX_CMA_H
+
+/*
+ * Contiguous Memory Allocator for DMA mapping framework
+ * Copyright (c) 2010-2011 by Samsung Electronics.
+ * Written by:
+ *	Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
+ *	Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@mina86.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ * License or (at your optional) any later version of the license.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Contiguous Memory Allocator
+ *
+ *   The Contiguous Memory Allocator (CMA) makes it possible to
+ *   allocate big contiguous chunks of memory after the system has
+ *   booted.
+ *
+ * Why is it needed?
+ *
+ *   Various devices on embedded systems have no scatter-getter and/or
+ *   IO map support and require contiguous blocks of memory to
+ *   operate.  They include devices such as cameras, hardware video
+ *   coders, etc.
+ *
+ *   Such devices often require big memory buffers (a full HD frame
+ *   is, for instance, more then 2 mega pixels large, i.e. more than 6
+ *   MB of memory), which makes mechanisms such as kmalloc() or
+ *   alloc_page() ineffective.
+ *
+ *   At the same time, a solution where a big memory region is
+ *   reserved for a device is suboptimal since often more memory is
+ *   reserved then strictly required and, moreover, the memory is
+ *   inaccessible to page system even if device drivers don't use it.
+ *
+ *   CMA tries to solve this issue by operating on memory regions
+ *   where only movable pages can be allocated from.  This way, kernel
+ *   can use the memory for pagecache and when device driver requests
+ *   it, allocated pages can be migrated.
+ *
+ * Driver usage
+ *
+ *   CMA should not be used by the device drivers directly. It is
+ *   only a helper framework for dma-mapping subsystem.
+ *
+ *   For more information, see kernel-docs in drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c
+ */
+
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+
+struct cma;
+struct page;
+struct device;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CMA
+
+/*
+ * There is always at least global CMA area and a few optional device
+ * private areas configured in kernel .config.
+ */
+#define MAX_CMA_AREAS	(1 + CONFIG_CMA_AREAS)
+
+extern struct cma *dma_contiguous_default_area;
+
+void dma_contiguous_reserve(phys_addr_t addr_limit);
+int dma_declare_contiguous(struct device *dev, unsigned long size,
+			   phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t limit);
+
+struct page *dma_alloc_from_contiguous(struct device *dev, int count,
+				       unsigned int order);
+int dma_release_from_contiguous(struct device *dev, struct page *pages,
+				int count);
+
+#else
+
+#define MAX_CMA_AREAS	(0)
+
+static inline void dma_contiguous_reserve(phys_addr_t limit) { }
+
+static inline
+int dma_declare_contiguous(struct device *dev, unsigned long size,
+			   phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t limit)
+{
+	return -ENOSYS;
+}
+
+static inline
+struct page *dma_alloc_from_contiguous(struct device *dev, int count,
+				       unsigned int order)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static inline
+int dma_release_from_contiguous(struct device *dev, struct page *pages,
+				int count)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#endif
+
+#endif
+
+#endif
-- 
1.7.1.569.g6f426


  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-01-26  9:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-01-26  9:00 [PATCHv19 00/15] Contiguous Memory Allocator Marek Szyprowski
2012-01-26  9:00 ` [PATCH 01/15] mm: page_alloc: remove trailing whitespace Marek Szyprowski
2012-01-30 10:59   ` Mel Gorman
2012-01-26  9:00 ` [PATCH 02/15] mm: page_alloc: update migrate type of pages on pcp when isolating Marek Szyprowski
2012-01-30 11:15   ` Mel Gorman
2012-01-30 15:41     ` Michal Nazarewicz
2012-01-30 16:14       ` Mel Gorman
2012-01-31 16:23         ` Marek Szyprowski
2012-02-02 12:47           ` Mel Gorman
2012-02-02 19:53             ` Michal Nazarewicz
2012-02-03  9:31               ` Marek Szyprowski
2012-02-03 11:27               ` Mel Gorman
2012-01-26  9:00 ` [PATCH 03/15] mm: compaction: introduce isolate_migratepages_range() Marek Szyprowski
2012-01-30 11:24   ` Mel Gorman
2012-01-30 12:42     ` Michal Nazarewicz
2012-01-30 13:25       ` Mel Gorman
2012-01-26  9:00 ` [PATCH 04/15] mm: compaction: introduce isolate_freepages_range() Marek Szyprowski
2012-01-30 11:48   ` Mel Gorman
2012-01-30 11:55     ` Mel Gorman
2012-01-26  9:00 ` [PATCH 05/15] mm: compaction: export some of the functions Marek Szyprowski
2012-01-30 11:57   ` Mel Gorman
2012-01-30 12:33     ` Michal Nazarewicz
2012-01-26  9:00 ` [PATCH 06/15] mm: page_alloc: introduce alloc_contig_range() Marek Szyprowski
2012-01-30 12:11   ` Mel Gorman
2012-01-26  9:00 ` [PATCH 07/15] mm: page_alloc: change fallbacks array handling Marek Szyprowski
2012-01-30 12:12   ` Mel Gorman
2012-01-26  9:00 ` [PATCH 08/15] mm: mmzone: MIGRATE_CMA migration type added Marek Szyprowski
2012-01-30 12:35   ` Mel Gorman
2012-01-30 13:06     ` Michal Nazarewicz
2012-01-30 14:52       ` Mel Gorman
2012-01-26  9:00 ` [PATCH 09/15] mm: page_isolation: MIGRATE_CMA isolation functions added Marek Szyprowski
2012-01-26  9:00 ` [PATCH 10/15] mm: extract reclaim code from __alloc_pages_direct_reclaim() Marek Szyprowski
2012-01-30 12:42   ` Mel Gorman
2012-01-26  9:00 ` [PATCH 11/15] mm: trigger page reclaim in alloc_contig_range() to stabilize watermarks Marek Szyprowski
2012-01-30 13:05   ` Mel Gorman
2012-01-31 17:15     ` Marek Szyprowski
2012-01-26  9:00 ` Marek Szyprowski [this message]
2012-01-27  9:44   ` [Linaro-mm-sig] [PATCH 12/15] drivers: add Contiguous Memory Allocator Ohad Ben-Cohen
2012-01-27 10:53     ` Marek Szyprowski
2012-01-27 14:27       ` Clark, Rob
2012-01-27 14:51         ` Marek Szyprowski
2012-01-27 14:59           ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2012-01-27 15:17             ` Marek Szyprowski
2012-01-28 18:57               ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2012-01-30  7:43                 ` Marek Szyprowski
2012-01-30  9:16                   ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2012-01-27 14:56       ` Ohad Ben-Cohen
2012-01-26  9:00 ` [PATCH 13/15] X86: integrate CMA with DMA-mapping subsystem Marek Szyprowski
2012-01-26  9:00 ` [PATCH 14/15] ARM: " Marek Szyprowski
2012-01-26  9:00 ` [PATCH 15/15] ARM: Samsung: use CMA for 2 memory banks for s5p-mfc device Marek Szyprowski
2012-01-26 15:31 ` [PATCHv19 00/15] Contiguous Memory Allocator Arnd Bergmann
2012-01-26 15:38   ` Michal Nazarewicz
2012-01-26 15:48   ` Marek Szyprowski
2012-01-28  0:26   ` Andrew Morton
2012-01-29 18:09     ` Rob Clark
2012-01-29 20:32       ` Anca Emanuel
2012-01-29 20:51     ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-01-30 13:25     ` Mel Gorman
2012-01-30 15:43       ` Michal Nazarewicz
     [not found]         ` <CA+M3ks7h1t6DbPSAhPN6LJ5Dw84hSukfWG16avh2eZL+o4caJg@mail.gmail.com>
2012-02-01  8:47           ` Marek Szyprowski
2012-02-10 18:10     ` Marek Szyprowski
2012-02-03 12:18 [PATCHv20 " Marek Szyprowski
2012-02-03 12:18 ` [PATCH 12/15] drivers: add " Marek Szyprowski
2012-02-05  4:25   ` Hillf Danton
2012-02-05 14:33     ` Michal Nazarewicz
2012-02-06 12:51       ` Hillf Danton

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