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[PATCH v3 0/6] dma-buf: heaps: add coherent reserved-memory heap

by Albert Esteve

This patch series adds a new dma-buf heap driver that exposes coherent, non‑reusable reserved-memory regions as named heaps, so userspace can explicitly allocate buffers from those device‑specific pools. Motivation: we want cgroup accounting for all userspace‑visible buffer allocations (DRM, v4l2, dma‑buf heaps, etc.). That’s hard to do when drivers call dma_alloc_attrs() directly because the accounting controller (memcg vs dmem) is ambiguous. The long‑term plan is to steer those paths toward dma‑buf heaps, where each heap can unambiguously charge a single controller. To reach that goal, we need a heap backend for each dma_alloc_attrs() memory type. CMA and system heaps already exist; coherent reserved‑memory was the missing piece, since many SoCs define dedicated, device‑local coherent pools in DT under /reserved-memory using "shared-dma-pool" with non‑reusable regions (i.e., not CMA) that are carved out exclusively for coherent DMA and are currently only usable by in‑kernel drivers. Because these regions are device‑dependent, each heap instance binds a heap device to its reserved‑mem region via a newly introduced helper function -namely, of_reserved_mem_device_init_with_mem()- so coherent allocations use the correct dev->dma_mem. Charging to cgroups for these buffers is intentionally left out to keep review focused on the new heap; I plan to follow up based on Eric’s [1] and Maxime’s [2] work on dmem charging from userspace. This series also makes the new heap driver modular, in line with the CMA heap change in [3]. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260218-dmabuf-heap-cma-dmem-v2-0-b249886fb7b2… [2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250310-dmem-cgroups-v1-0-2984c1bc9312@kernel.… [3] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260303-dma-buf-heaps-as-modules-v3-0-24344812… Signed-off-by: Albert Esteve <aesteve(a)redhat.com> --- Changes in v3: - Reorganized changesets among patches to ensure bisectability - Removed unused dma_heap_coherent_register() leftover - Removed fallback when setting mask in coherent heap dev, since dma_set_mask() already truncates to supported masks - Moved struct rmem_assigned_device (rd) logic to of_reserved_mem_device_init_with_mem() to allow listing the device - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260303-b4-dmabuf-heap-coherent-rmem-v2-0-65a465… Changes in v2: - Removed dmem charging parts - Moved coherent heap registering logic to coherent.c - Made heap device a member of struct dma_heap - Split dma_heap_add logic into create/register, to be able to access the stored heap device before registered. - Avoid platform device in favour of heap device - Added a wrapper to rmem device_init() op - Switched from late_initcall() to module_init() - Made the coherent heap driver modular - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260224-b4-dmabuf-heap-coherent-rmem-v1-1-dffef4… --- Albert Esteve (5): dma-buf: dma-heap: split dma_heap_add of_reserved_mem: add a helper for rmem device_init op dma: coherent: store reserved memory coherent regions dma-buf: heaps: Add Coherent heap to dmabuf heaps dma-buf: heaps: coherent: Turn heap into a module John Stultz (1): dma-buf: dma-heap: Keep track of the heap device struct drivers/dma-buf/dma-heap.c | 138 +++++++++-- drivers/dma-buf/heaps/Kconfig | 9 + drivers/dma-buf/heaps/Makefile | 1 + drivers/dma-buf/heaps/coherent_heap.c | 417 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ drivers/of/of_reserved_mem.c | 68 ++++-- include/linux/dma-heap.h | 5 + include/linux/dma-map-ops.h | 7 + include/linux/of_reserved_mem.h | 8 + kernel/dma/coherent.c | 34 +++ 9 files changed, 640 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-) --- base-commit: 6de23f81a5e08be8fbf5e8d7e9febc72a5b5f27f change-id: 20260223-b4-dmabuf-heap-coherent-rmem-91fd3926afe9 Best regards, -- Albert Esteve <aesteve(a)redhat.com>

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Can I Safely Explore Leh Ladakh?

by Emma Stone

I often get this question in my mind when I think about visiting the mountains — is Leh Ladakh safe for visitors like me? The place looks absolutely beautiful in photos, with huge mountains, quiet monasteries, and those long scenic roads. But at the same time, I always wonder about the altitude, weather, and road conditions. Since it’s a high-altitude region, I feel it’s important to understand how the body reacts there and how much time I should give myself to adjust. From what I’ve learned so far, many travelers visit every year and most of them have a wonderful experience. Still, I always prefer to read carefully and plan things before going anywhere new. I like checking routes, the best months to visit, and what kind of preparations I should make. That’s why I started looking through a Leh Ladakh travel guide, because it answers many of the small questions I have in my mind. I also feel safer knowing that tourism is common there and local people are welcoming to visitors. So maybe the real question for me is not just safety, but how well I plan my trip. With the right preparation, the journey can be amazing. 🏔️✨ More details: https://www.indiahighlight.com/destination/leh-ladakh 📧 emmastone(a)yzcalo.com 📞 19707840507

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[PATCH] udmabuf: fix DMA direction mismatch in release_udmabuf()

by Mikhail Gavrilov

begin_cpu_udmabuf() maps the sg_table with the caller-provided direction (e.g., DMA_TO_DEVICE for a write-only sync), and caches it in ubuf->sg for reuse. However, release_udmabuf() always unmaps this sg_table with a hardcoded DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL, regardless of the direction that was originally used for the mapping. With CONFIG_DMA_API_DEBUG=y this produces: DMA-API: misc udmabuf: device driver frees DMA memory with different direction [device address=0x000000044a123000] [size=4096 bytes] [mapped with DMA_TO_DEVICE] [unmapped with DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL] The issue was found during video playback when GStreamer performed a write-only DMA_BUF_IOCTL_SYNC on a udmabuf. It can be reproduced with CONFIG_DMA_API_DEBUG=y by creating a udmabuf from a memfd, performing a write-only sync (DMA_BUF_SYNC_WRITE without DMA_BUF_SYNC_READ), and closing the file descriptor. Fix this by storing the DMA direction used when the sg_table is first created in begin_cpu_udmabuf(), and passing that same direction to put_sg_table() in release_udmabuf(). Fixes: 284562e1f348 ("udmabuf: implement begin_cpu_access/end_cpu_access hooks") Cc: stable(a)vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Mikhail Gavrilov <mikhail.v.gavrilov(a)gmail.com> --- drivers/dma-buf/udmabuf.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/udmabuf.c b/drivers/dma-buf/udmabuf.c index 94b8ecb892bb..d0836febefdd 100644 --- a/drivers/dma-buf/udmabuf.c +++ b/drivers/dma-buf/udmabuf.c @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ struct udmabuf { struct folio **pinned_folios; struct sg_table *sg; + enum dma_data_direction sg_dir; struct miscdevice *device; pgoff_t *offsets; }; @@ -235,7 +236,7 @@ static void release_udmabuf(struct dma_buf *buf) struct device *dev = ubuf->device->this_device; if (ubuf->sg) - put_sg_table(dev, ubuf->sg, DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL); + put_sg_table(dev, ubuf->sg, ubuf->sg_dir); deinit_udmabuf(ubuf); kfree(ubuf); @@ -253,6 +254,8 @@ static int begin_cpu_udmabuf(struct dma_buf *buf, if (IS_ERR(ubuf->sg)) { ret = PTR_ERR(ubuf->sg); ubuf->sg = NULL; + } else { + ubuf->sg_dir = direction; } } else { dma_sync_sgtable_for_cpu(dev, ubuf->sg, direction); -- 2.53.0

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