From: Matt Evans matt@ozlabs.org Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2026 11:43 PM
The P2PDMA code currently provides two features under the same CONFIG_PCI_P2PDMA option:
- Locate providers via pcim_p2pdma_provider()
- Manage actual P2P DMA
Some drivers (such as vfio-pci) depend on 1, without having a hard dependency on 2.
A future commit expands the use of DMABUF in vfio-pci for non-P2P scenarios, relying on pcim_p2pdma_provider() always being present. If that depended on CONFIG_PCI_P2PDMA, it would make vfio-pci only available if CONFIG_ZONE_DEVICE is present (e.g. 64-bit systems), even when P2P is not needed.
To resolve this, introduce CONFIG_PCI_P2PDMA_CORE and refactor the basic provider functionality into a new p2pdma_core.c file. This is available even if the CONFIG_PCI_P2PDMA feature is disabled (or unavailable due to !CONFIG_ZONE_DEVICE). Then, drivers can enable any additional P2P features with the original CONFIG_PCI_P2PDMA (available when CONFIG_ZONE_DEVICE is set).
Signed-off-by: Matt Evans matt@ozlabs.org
Reviewed-by: Kevin Tian kevin.tian@intel.com