Hello,
This is a third version of my proposal for device tree integration for Contiguous Memory Allocator. Over 2 month has passed from the time I've posted the second version, but now some things about using /chosen device tree node has been clarified, so I expect to get this code merged soon this time.
Just a few words for those who see this code for the first time:
The proposed bindings allows to define contiguous memory regions of specified base address and size. Then, the defined regions can be assigned to the given device(s) by adding a property with a phanle to the defined contiguous memory region. From the device tree perspective that's all. Once the bindings are added, all the memory allocations from dma-mapping subsystem will be served from the defined contiguous memory regions.
Contiguous Memory Allocator is a framework, which lets to provide a large contiguous memory buffers for (usually a multimedia) devices. The contiguous memory is reserved during early boot and then shared with kernel, which is allowed to allocate it for movable pages. Then, when device driver requests a contigouous buffer, the framework migrates movable pages out of contiguous region and gives it to the driver. When device driver frees the buffer, it is added to kernel memory pool again. For more information, please refer to commit c64be2bb1c6eb43c838b2c6d57 ("drivers: add Contiguous Memory Allocator") and d484864dd96e1830e76895 (CMA merge commit).
Why we need device tree bindings for CMA at all?
Older ARM kernels used so called board-based initialization. Those board files contained a definition of all hardware blocks available on the target system and particular kernel and driver software configuration selected by the board maintainer.
In the new approach the board files will be removed completely and Device Tree approach is used to describe all hardware blocks available on the target system. By definition, the bindings should be software independent, so at least in theory it should be possible to use those bindings with other operating systems than Linux kernel.
However we also need to pass somehow the information about kernel and device driver software-only configuration data, which were earlier encoded in the board file. For such data I decided to use /chosen node, where kernel command line has been already stored. Future bootloaders will allow to modify or replace particular nodes and one will be able to use custom /chosen node to configure his system. The proposed patches introduce /chosen/contiguous-memory node and related bindings, to avoid complicated encoding of CMA related configuration to kernel command line.
Some rationale for using /chosen/ node for kernel configuration entities has been already suggested by Grant Likely in the following thread: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot/155296/focus=34363
Best regards Marek Szyprowski Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Changelog:
v3: - fixed issues pointed by Laura and updated documentation
v2: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.devicetree/34075 - moved contiguous-memory bindings from /memory to /chosen/contiguous-memory/ node to avoid spreading Linux specific parameters over the whole device tree definitions - added support for autoconfigured regions (use zero base) - fixes minor bugs
v1: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.devicetree/30111/ - initial proposal
Patch summary:
Marek Szyprowski (2): drivers: dma-contiguous: clean source code and prepare for device tree drivers: dma-contiguous: add initialization from device tree
.../devicetree/bindings/contiguous-memory.txt | 94 ++++++ arch/arm/boot/dts/skeleton.dtsi | 7 +- drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c | 325 +++++++++++++------- include/asm-generic/dma-contiguous.h | 2 - include/linux/dma-contiguous.h | 32 +- 5 files changed, 352 insertions(+), 108 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/contiguous-memory.txt
This patch cleans the initialization of dma contiguous framework. The all-in-one dma_declare_contiguous() function is now separated into dma_contiguous_reserve_area() which only steals the the memory from memblock allocator and dma_contiguous_add_device() function, which assigns given device to the specified reserved memory area. This improves the flexibility in defining contiguous memory areas and assigning device to them, because now it is possible to assign more than one device to the given contiguous memory area. Such split in initialization procedure is also required for upcoming device tree support.
Signed-off-by: Marek Szyprowski m.szyprowski@samsung.com Acked-by: Kyungmin Park kyungmin.park@samsung.com --- drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c | 211 ++++++++++++++++------------------ include/asm-generic/dma-contiguous.h | 2 - include/linux/dma-contiguous.h | 32 +++++- 3 files changed, 129 insertions(+), 116 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c b/drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c index 0ca5442..01fe743 100644 --- a/drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c +++ b/drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c @@ -39,8 +39,15 @@ struct cma { unsigned long *bitmap; };
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(cma_mutex); + +static struct cma cma_areas[MAX_CMA_AREAS]; +static unsigned cma_area_count; + struct cma *dma_contiguous_default_area;
+/*****************************************************************************/ + #ifdef CONFIG_CMA_SIZE_MBYTES #define CMA_SIZE_MBYTES CONFIG_CMA_SIZE_MBYTES #else @@ -95,51 +102,20 @@ static inline __maybe_unused phys_addr_t cma_early_percent_memory(void)
#endif
-/** - * dma_contiguous_reserve() - reserve area for contiguous memory handling - * @limit: End address of the reserved memory (optional, 0 for any). - * - * This function 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) -{ - phys_addr_t selected_size = 0; - - pr_debug("%s(limit %08lx)\n", __func__, (unsigned long)limit); - - if (size_cmdline != -1) { - selected_size = size_cmdline; - } else { -#ifdef CONFIG_CMA_SIZE_SEL_MBYTES - selected_size = size_bytes; -#elif defined(CONFIG_CMA_SIZE_SEL_PERCENTAGE) - selected_size = cma_early_percent_memory(); -#elif defined(CONFIG_CMA_SIZE_SEL_MIN) - selected_size = min(size_bytes, cma_early_percent_memory()); -#elif defined(CONFIG_CMA_SIZE_SEL_MAX) - selected_size = max(size_bytes, cma_early_percent_memory()); -#endif - } - - if (selected_size) { - pr_debug("%s: reserving %ld MiB for global area\n", __func__, - (unsigned long)selected_size / SZ_1M); - - dma_declare_contiguous(NULL, selected_size, 0, limit); - } -}; - -static DEFINE_MUTEX(cma_mutex); +/*************************************************************************/
-static __init int cma_activate_area(unsigned long base_pfn, unsigned long count) +static __init int cma_activate_area(struct cma *cma) { - unsigned long pfn = base_pfn; - unsigned i = count >> pageblock_order; + int bitmap_size = BITS_TO_LONGS(cma->count) * sizeof(long); + unsigned long base_pfn = cma->base_pfn, pfn = base_pfn; + unsigned i = cma->count >> pageblock_order; struct zone *zone;
+ cma->bitmap = kzalloc(bitmap_size, GFP_KERNEL); + + if (!cma->bitmap) + return -ENOMEM; + WARN_ON_ONCE(!pfn_valid(pfn)); zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(pfn));
@@ -153,92 +129,74 @@ static __init int cma_activate_area(unsigned long base_pfn, unsigned long count) } init_cma_reserved_pageblock(pfn_to_page(base_pfn)); } while (--i); + return 0; }
-static __init struct cma *cma_create_area(unsigned long base_pfn, - unsigned long count) +/** + * dma_contiguous_reserve() - reserve area(s) for contiguous memory handling + * @limit: End address of the reserved memory (optional, 0 for any). + * + * This function 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. It reserves contiguous areas for global, device independent + * allocations and (optionally) all areas defined in device tree structures. + */ +void __init dma_contiguous_reserve(phys_addr_t limit) { - 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); + phys_addr_t sel_size = 0;
- 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; + pr_debug("%s(limit %08lx)\n", __func__, (unsigned long)limit);
-static int __init cma_init_reserved_areas(void) -{ - struct cma_reserved *r = cma_reserved; - unsigned i = cma_reserved_count; + if (size_cmdline != -1) { + sel_size = size_cmdline; + } else { +#ifdef CONFIG_CMA_SIZE_SEL_MBYTES + sel_size = size_bytes; +#elif defined(CONFIG_CMA_SIZE_SEL_PERCENTAGE) + sel_size = cma_early_percent_memory(); +#elif defined(CONFIG_CMA_SIZE_SEL_MIN) + sel_size = min(size_bytes, cma_early_percent_memory()); +#elif defined(CONFIG_CMA_SIZE_SEL_MAX) + sel_size = max(size_bytes, cma_early_percent_memory()); +#endif + }
- pr_debug("%s()\n", __func__); + if (sel_size && !dma_contiguous_default_area) { + pr_debug("%s: reserving %ld MiB for global area\n", __func__, + (unsigned long)sel_size / SZ_1M);
- 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); + dma_contiguous_reserve_area(sel_size, 0, limit, + &dma_contiguous_default_area); } - 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. - * @base: Start address of the reserved memory (optional, 0 for any). + * dma_contiguous_reserve_area() - reserve custom contiguous area + * @size: Size of the reserved area (in bytes), + * @base: Base address of the reserved area optional, use 0 for any * @limit: End address of the reserved memory (optional, 0 for any). + * @res_cma: Pointer to store the created cma region. * - * This function reserves memory for specified device. It should be - * called by board specific code when early allocator (memblock or bootmem) - * is still activate. + * This function 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. This function allows to create custom reserved areas for specific + * devices. */ -int __init dma_declare_contiguous(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t size, - phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t limit) +int __init dma_contiguous_reserve_area(phys_addr_t size, phys_addr_t base, + phys_addr_t limit, struct cma **res_cma) { - struct cma_reserved *r = &cma_reserved[cma_reserved_count]; phys_addr_t alignment; + int ret = 0;
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)) { + if (cma_area_count == ARRAY_SIZE(cma_areas)) { pr_err("Not enough slots for CMA reserved regions!\n"); return -ENOSPC; } @@ -256,7 +214,7 @@ int __init dma_declare_contiguous(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t size, if (base) { if (memblock_is_region_reserved(base, size) || memblock_reserve(base, size) < 0) { - base = -EBUSY; + ret = -EBUSY; goto err; } } else { @@ -266,7 +224,7 @@ int __init dma_declare_contiguous(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t size, */ phys_addr_t addr = __memblock_alloc_base(size, alignment, limit); if (!addr) { - base = -ENOMEM; + ret = -ENOMEM; goto err; } else { base = addr; @@ -277,10 +235,11 @@ int __init dma_declare_contiguous(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t size, * 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++; + cma_areas[cma_area_count].base_pfn = PFN_DOWN(base); + cma_areas[cma_area_count].count = size >> PAGE_SHIFT; + *res_cma = &cma_areas[cma_area_count]; + cma_area_count++; + pr_info("CMA: reserved %ld MiB at %08lx\n", (unsigned long)size / SZ_1M, (unsigned long)base);
@@ -289,10 +248,38 @@ int __init dma_declare_contiguous(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t size, return 0; err: pr_err("CMA: failed to reserve %ld MiB\n", (unsigned long)size / SZ_1M); - return base; + return ret; }
/** + * dma_contiguous_add_device() - add device to custom contiguous reserved area + * @dev: Pointer to device structure. + * @cma: Pointer to the cma structure for the reserved area + * + * This function assigns the given device to the contiguous memory area + * reserved earlier by dma_contiguous_reserve_area() function. + */ +int __init dma_contiguous_add_device(struct device *dev, struct cma *cma) +{ + dev_set_cma_area(dev, cma); + return 0; +} + +static int __init cma_init_reserved_areas(void) +{ + int i; + + for (i = 0; i < cma_area_count; i++) { + int ret = cma_activate_area(&cma_areas[i]); + if (ret) + return ret; + } + + return 0; +} +core_initcall(cma_init_reserved_areas); + +/** * dma_alloc_from_contiguous() - allocate pages from contiguous area * @dev: Pointer to device for which the allocation is performed. * @count: Requested number of pages. diff --git a/include/asm-generic/dma-contiguous.h b/include/asm-generic/dma-contiguous.h index 294b1e7..8979f86 100644 --- a/include/asm-generic/dma-contiguous.h +++ b/include/asm-generic/dma-contiguous.h @@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ static inline void dev_set_cma_area(struct device *dev, struct cma *cma) { if (dev) dev->cma_area = cma; - if (!dev && !dma_contiguous_default_area) - dma_contiguous_default_area = cma; }
#endif diff --git a/include/linux/dma-contiguous.h b/include/linux/dma-contiguous.h index 01b5c84..28c31fe 100644 --- a/include/linux/dma-contiguous.h +++ b/include/linux/dma-contiguous.h @@ -68,8 +68,36 @@ struct device; extern struct cma *dma_contiguous_default_area;
void dma_contiguous_reserve(phys_addr_t addr_limit); -int dma_declare_contiguous(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t size, - phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t limit); + +int __init dma_contiguous_reserve_area(phys_addr_t size, phys_addr_t base, + phys_addr_t limit, struct cma **res_cma); + +int dma_contiguous_add_device(struct device *dev, struct cma *cma); + +/** + * dma_declare_contiguous() - reserve area for contiguous memory handling + * for particular device + * @dev: Pointer to device structure. + * @size: Size of the reserved memory. + * @base: Start address of the reserved memory (optional, 0 for any). + * @limit: End address of the reserved memory (optional, 0 for any). + * + * This function reserves memory for specified device. It should be + * called by board specific code when early allocator (memblock or bootmem) + * is still activate. + */ + +static inline int dma_declare_contiguous(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t size, + phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t limit) +{ + struct cma *cma; + int ret; + ret = dma_contiguous_reserve_area(size, base, limit, &cma); + if (ret == 0) + dma_contiguous_add_device(dev, cma); + + return ret; +}
struct page *dma_alloc_from_contiguous(struct device *dev, int count, unsigned int order);
Add device tree support for contiguous memory regions defined in device tree. Initialization is done in 2 steps. First, the contiguous memory is reserved, what happens very early when only flattened device tree is available. Then on device initialization the corresponding cma regions are assigned to each device structure.
Signed-off-by: Marek Szyprowski m.szyprowski@samsung.com Acked-by: Kyungmin Park kyungmin.park@samsung.com --- .../devicetree/bindings/contiguous-memory.txt | 94 ++++++++++++++ arch/arm/boot/dts/skeleton.dtsi | 7 +- drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c | 132 ++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 232 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/contiguous-memory.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/contiguous-memory.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/contiguous-memory.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a733df2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/contiguous-memory.txt @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ +*** Contiguous Memory binding *** + +The /chosen/contiguous-memory node provides runtime configuration of +contiguous memory regions for Linux kernel. Such regions can be created +for special usage by various device drivers. A good example are +contiguous memory allocations or memory sharing with other operating +system(s) on the same hardware board. Those special memory regions might +depend on the selected board configuration and devices used on the target +system. + +Parameters for each memory region can be encoded into the device tree +with the following convention: + +contiguous-memory { + + (name): region@(base-address) { + reg = <(baseaddr) (size)>; + (linux,default-contiguous-region); + device = <&device_0 &device_1 ...> + }; +}; + +name: an name given to the defined region; +base-address: the base address of the defined region; +size: the size of the memory region (bytes); +linux,default-contiguous-region: property indicating that the region + is the default region for all contiguous memory + allocations, Linux specific (optional); +device: array of phandles to the client device nodes, which + will use the defined contiguous region. + +Each defined region must use unique name. It is optional to specify the +base address, so if one wants to use autoconfiguration of the base +address, he must specify the '0' as base address in the 'reg' property +and assign ann uniqe name to such regions, following the convention: +'region@0', 'region@1', 'region@2', ... + + +*** Example *** + +This example defines a memory configuration containing 2 contiguous +regions for Linux kernel, one default of all device drivers (named +contig_mem, autoconfigured at boot time, 64MiB) and one dedicated to the +framebuffer device (named display_mem, placed at 0x78000000, 64MiB). The +display_mem region is then assigned to fb@12300000, scaller@12500000 and +codec@12600000 devices for contiguous memory allocation with Linux +kernel drivers. + +The reason for creating a separate region for framebuffer device is to +match the framebuffer base address to the one configured by bootloader, +so once Linux kernel drivers starts no glitches on the displayed boot +logo appears. Scaller and codec drivers should share the memory +allocations with framebuffer driver. + +/ { + /* ... */ + + chosen { + bootargs = /* ... */ + + contiguous-memory { + + /* + * global autoconfigured region + * for contiguous allocations + */ + contig_mem: region@0 { + reg = <0x0 0x4000000>; + linux,default-contiguous-region; + }; + + /* + * special region for framebuffer and + * multimedia processing devices + */ + display_mem: region@78000000 { + reg = <0x78000000 0x4000000>; + device = <&fb0 &scaller &codec>; + }; + }; + }; + + /* ... */ + + fb0: fb@12300000 { + status = "okay"; + }; + scaller: scaller@12500000 { + status = "okay"; + }; + codec: codec@12600000 { + status = "okay"; + }; +}; diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/skeleton.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/skeleton.dtsi index b41d241..cadc3b9 100644 --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/skeleton.dtsi +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/skeleton.dtsi @@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ / { #address-cells = <1>; #size-cells = <1>; - chosen { }; + chosen { + contiguous-memory { + #address-cells = <1>; + #size-cells = <1>; + }; + }; aliases { }; memory { device_type = "memory"; reg = <0 0>; }; }; diff --git a/drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c b/drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c index 01fe743..ce5f5d1 100644 --- a/drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c +++ b/drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c @@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
#include <linux/memblock.h> #include <linux/err.h> +#include <linux/of.h> +#include <linux/of_fdt.h> +#include <linux/of_platform.h> #include <linux/mm.h> #include <linux/mutex.h> #include <linux/page-isolation.h> @@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ struct cma { unsigned long base_pfn; unsigned long count; unsigned long *bitmap; + char full_name[32]; };
static DEFINE_MUTEX(cma_mutex); @@ -133,6 +137,52 @@ static __init int cma_activate_area(struct cma *cma) return 0; }
+/*****************************************************************************/ + +#ifdef CONFIG_OF +int __init cma_fdt_scan(unsigned long node, const char *uname, + int depth, void *data) +{ + static int level; + phys_addr_t base, size; + unsigned long len; + struct cma *cma; + __be32 *prop; + int ret; + + if (depth == 1 && strcmp(uname, "chosen") == 0) { + level = depth; + return 0; + } + + if (depth == 2 && strcmp(uname, "contiguous-memory") == 0) { + level = depth; + return 0; + } + + if (level != 2 || depth != 3 || strncmp(uname, "region@", 7) != 0) + return 0; + + prop = of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "reg", &len); + if (!prop || (len != 2 * sizeof(unsigned long))) + return 0; + + base = be32_to_cpu(prop[0]); + size = be32_to_cpu(prop[1]); + + pr_info("Found %s, memory base %lx, size %ld MiB\n", uname, + (unsigned long)base, (unsigned long)size / SZ_1M); + + ret = dma_contiguous_reserve_area(size, base, 0, &cma); + if (ret == 0) { + strcpy(cma->full_name, uname); + if (of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "linux,default-contiguous-region", NULL)) + dma_contiguous_default_area = cma; + } + return 0; +} +#endif + /** * dma_contiguous_reserve() - reserve area(s) for contiguous memory handling * @limit: End address of the reserved memory (optional, 0 for any). @@ -149,6 +199,10 @@ void __init dma_contiguous_reserve(phys_addr_t limit)
pr_debug("%s(limit %08lx)\n", __func__, (unsigned long)limit);
+#ifdef CONFIG_OF + of_scan_flat_dt(cma_fdt_scan, NULL); +#endif + if (size_cmdline != -1) { sel_size = size_cmdline; } else { @@ -265,6 +319,80 @@ int __init dma_contiguous_add_device(struct device *dev, struct cma *cma) return 0; }
+#ifdef CONFIG_OF + +#define MAX_CMA_MAPS 64 + +static struct cma_map { + struct cma *cma; + struct device_node *node; +} cma_maps[MAX_CMA_MAPS]; +static unsigned cma_map_count; + +static void cma_assign_device_from_dt(struct device *dev) +{ + int i; + for (i = 0; i < cma_map_count; i++) { + if (cma_maps[i].node == dev->of_node) { + dev_set_cma_area(dev, cma_maps[i].cma); + pr_info("Assigned CMA %s to %s device\n", + cma_maps[i].cma->full_name, + dev_name(dev)); + } + } +} + +static int cma_device_init_notifier_call(struct notifier_block *nb, + unsigned long event, void *data) +{ + struct device *dev = data; + if (event == BUS_NOTIFY_ADD_DEVICE && dev->of_node) + cma_assign_device_from_dt(dev); + return NOTIFY_DONE; +} + +static struct notifier_block cma_dev_init_nb = { + .notifier_call = cma_device_init_notifier_call, +}; + +void scan_cma_nodes(void) +{ + struct device_node *parent = of_find_node_by_path("/chosen/contiguous-memory"); + struct device_node *child; + + if (!parent) + return; + + for_each_child_of_node(parent, child) { + struct cma *cma = NULL; + int i; + + for (i = 0; i < cma_area_count; i++) { + char *p = strrchr(child->full_name, '/') + 1; + if (strcmp(p, cma_areas[i].full_name) == 0) + cma = &cma_areas[i]; + } + if (!cma) + continue; + + for (i = 0;; i++) { + struct device_node *node; + node = of_parse_phandle(child, "device", i); + if (!node) + break; + + if (cma_map_count < MAX_CMA_MAPS) { + cma_maps[cma_map_count].cma = cma; + cma_maps[cma_map_count].node = node; + cma_map_count++; + } else { + pr_err("CMA error: too many devices defined\n"); + } + } + } +} +#endif + static int __init cma_init_reserved_areas(void) { int i; @@ -275,6 +403,10 @@ static int __init cma_init_reserved_areas(void) return ret; }
+#ifdef CONFIG_OF + scan_cma_nodes(); + bus_register_notifier(&platform_bus_type, &cma_dev_init_nb); +#endif return 0; } core_initcall(cma_init_reserved_areas);
Hi,
FWIW overall the patch looks good to me, few minor nits below.
On Wednesday, June 26, 2013 03:40:09 PM Marek Szyprowski wrote:
Add device tree support for contiguous memory regions defined in device tree. Initialization is done in 2 steps. First, the contiguous memory is reserved, what happens very early when only flattened device tree is available. Then on device initialization the corresponding cma regions are assigned to each device structure.
Signed-off-by: Marek Szyprowski m.szyprowski@samsung.com Acked-by: Kyungmin Park kyungmin.park@samsung.com
.../devicetree/bindings/contiguous-memory.txt | 94 ++++++++++++++ arch/arm/boot/dts/skeleton.dtsi | 7 +- drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c | 132 ++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 232 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/contiguous-memory.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/contiguous-memory.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/contiguous-memory.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a733df2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/contiguous-memory.txt @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ +*** Contiguous Memory binding ***
+The /chosen/contiguous-memory node provides runtime configuration of +contiguous memory regions for Linux kernel. Such regions can be created +for special usage by various device drivers. A good example are +contiguous memory allocations or memory sharing with other operating +system(s) on the same hardware board. Those special memory regions might +depend on the selected board configuration and devices used on the target +system.
+Parameters for each memory region can be encoded into the device tree +with the following convention:
+contiguous-memory {
- (name): region@(base-address) {
reg = <(baseaddr) (size)>;
(linux,default-contiguous-region);
device = <&device_0 &device_1 ...>
- };
+};
+name: an name given to the defined region; +base-address: the base address of the defined region; +size: the size of the memory region (bytes); +linux,default-contiguous-region: property indicating that the region
is the default region for all contiguous memory
allocations, Linux specific (optional);
+device: array of phandles to the client device nodes, which
will use the defined contiguous region.
+Each defined region must use unique name. It is optional to specify the +base address, so if one wants to use autoconfiguration of the base +address, he must specify the '0' as base address in the 'reg' property +and assign ann uniqe name to such regions, following the convention: +'region@0', 'region@1', 'region@2', ...
+*** Example ***
+This example defines a memory configuration containing 2 contiguous +regions for Linux kernel, one default of all device drivers (named +contig_mem, autoconfigured at boot time, 64MiB) and one dedicated to the +framebuffer device (named display_mem, placed at 0x78000000, 64MiB). The +display_mem region is then assigned to fb@12300000, scaller@12500000 and +codec@12600000 devices for contiguous memory allocation with Linux +kernel drivers.
+The reason for creating a separate region for framebuffer device is to +match the framebuffer base address to the one configured by bootloader, +so once Linux kernel drivers starts no glitches on the displayed boot +logo appears. Scaller and codec drivers should share the memory +allocations with framebuffer driver.
+/ {
- /* ... */
- chosen {
bootargs = /* ... */
contiguous-memory {
/*
* global autoconfigured region
* for contiguous allocations
*/
contig_mem: region@0 {
reg = <0x0 0x4000000>;
linux,default-contiguous-region;
};
/*
* special region for framebuffer and
* multimedia processing devices
*/
display_mem: region@78000000 {
reg = <0x78000000 0x4000000>;
device = <&fb0 &scaller &codec>;
};
};
- };
- /* ... */
- fb0: fb@12300000 {
status = "okay";
- };
- scaller: scaller@12500000 {
status = "okay";
- };
- codec: codec@12600000 {
status = "okay";
- };
+}; diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/skeleton.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/skeleton.dtsi index b41d241..cadc3b9 100644 --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/skeleton.dtsi +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/skeleton.dtsi @@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ / { #address-cells = <1>; #size-cells = <1>;
- chosen { };
- chosen {
contiguous-memory {
#address-cells = <1>;
#size-cells = <1>;
};
- }; aliases { }; memory { device_type = "memory"; reg = <0 0>; };
}; diff --git a/drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c b/drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c index 01fe743..ce5f5d1 100644 --- a/drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c +++ b/drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c @@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ #include <linux/memblock.h> #include <linux/err.h> +#include <linux/of.h> +#include <linux/of_fdt.h> +#include <linux/of_platform.h> #include <linux/mm.h> #include <linux/mutex.h> #include <linux/page-isolation.h> @@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ struct cma { unsigned long base_pfn; unsigned long count; unsigned long *bitmap;
- char full_name[32];
}; static DEFINE_MUTEX(cma_mutex); @@ -133,6 +137,52 @@ static __init int cma_activate_area(struct cma *cma) return 0; } +/*****************************************************************************/
+#ifdef CONFIG_OF
+int __init cma_fdt_scan(unsigned long node, const char *uname,
int depth, void *data)
It can be made static.
Also some documentation to this function on why it always returns 0 would be nice because it is not obvious (even if device tree description for one memory base contains errors or fails dma_contiguous_reserve_area() init the function will still try to parse descriptions for all other memory bases).
+{
- static int level;
- phys_addr_t base, size;
- unsigned long len;
- struct cma *cma;
- __be32 *prop;
- int ret;
- if (depth == 1 && strcmp(uname, "chosen") == 0) {
level = depth;
return 0;
- }
- if (depth == 2 && strcmp(uname, "contiguous-memory") == 0) {
level = depth;
return 0;
- }
- if (level != 2 || depth != 3 || strncmp(uname, "region@", 7) != 0)
return 0;
- prop = of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "reg", &len);
- if (!prop || (len != 2 * sizeof(unsigned long)))
return 0;
Maybe it would be good to print an error on hitting this condition.
- base = be32_to_cpu(prop[0]);
- size = be32_to_cpu(prop[1]);
I'm not sure whether this is correct on 64-bit architectures which would want to use 64-bit base and size (of_get_flat_dt_prop() returns void * not __be32 *).
Shouldn't it be something like:
if (sizeof(unsigned long) == 4) { base = be32_to_cpu(prop[0]); size = be32_to_cpu(prop[1]); } else { base = be64_to_cpu(prop[0]); size = be64_to_cpu(prop[1]); }
?
- pr_info("Found %s, memory base %lx, size %ld MiB\n", uname,
(unsigned long)base, (unsigned long)size / SZ_1M);
- ret = dma_contiguous_reserve_area(size, base, 0, &cma);
- if (ret == 0) {
strcpy(cma->full_name, uname);
if (of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "linux,default-contiguous-region", NULL))
dma_contiguous_default_area = cma;
- }
- return 0;
+} +#endif
/**
- dma_contiguous_reserve() - reserve area(s) for contiguous memory handling
- @limit: End address of the reserved memory (optional, 0 for any).
@@ -149,6 +199,10 @@ void __init dma_contiguous_reserve(phys_addr_t limit) pr_debug("%s(limit %08lx)\n", __func__, (unsigned long)limit); +#ifdef CONFIG_OF
- of_scan_flat_dt(cma_fdt_scan, NULL);
+#endif
- if (size_cmdline != -1) { sel_size = size_cmdline; } else {
@@ -265,6 +319,80 @@ int __init dma_contiguous_add_device(struct device *dev, struct cma *cma) return 0; } +#ifdef CONFIG_OF
+#define MAX_CMA_MAPS 64
+static struct cma_map {
- struct cma *cma;
- struct device_node *node;
+} cma_maps[MAX_CMA_MAPS]; +static unsigned cma_map_count;
+static void cma_assign_device_from_dt(struct device *dev) +{
- int i;
- for (i = 0; i < cma_map_count; i++) {
if (cma_maps[i].node == dev->of_node) {
dev_set_cma_area(dev, cma_maps[i].cma);
pr_info("Assigned CMA %s to %s device\n",
cma_maps[i].cma->full_name,
dev_name(dev));
}
- }
+}
+static int cma_device_init_notifier_call(struct notifier_block *nb,
unsigned long event, void *data)
+{
- struct device *dev = data;
- if (event == BUS_NOTIFY_ADD_DEVICE && dev->of_node)
cma_assign_device_from_dt(dev);
- return NOTIFY_DONE;
+}
+static struct notifier_block cma_dev_init_nb = {
- .notifier_call = cma_device_init_notifier_call,
+};
+void scan_cma_nodes(void)
It can be made:
static void __init scan_cma_nodes(void)
+{
- struct device_node *parent = of_find_node_by_path("/chosen/contiguous-memory");
- struct device_node *child;
- if (!parent)
return;
- for_each_child_of_node(parent, child) {
struct cma *cma = NULL;
int i;
for (i = 0; i < cma_area_count; i++) {
char *p = strrchr(child->full_name, '/') + 1;
if (strcmp(p, cma_areas[i].full_name) == 0)
cma = &cma_areas[i];
}
if (!cma)
continue;
for (i = 0;; i++) {
struct device_node *node;
node = of_parse_phandle(child, "device", i);
if (!node)
break;
if (cma_map_count < MAX_CMA_MAPS) {
cma_maps[cma_map_count].cma = cma;
cma_maps[cma_map_count].node = node;
cma_map_count++;
} else {
pr_err("CMA error: too many devices defined\n");
}
}
- }
+} +#endif
static int __init cma_init_reserved_areas(void) { int i; @@ -275,6 +403,10 @@ static int __init cma_init_reserved_areas(void) return ret; } +#ifdef CONFIG_OF
- scan_cma_nodes();
- bus_register_notifier(&platform_bus_type, &cma_dev_init_nb);
+#endif return 0; } core_initcall(cma_init_reserved_areas);
Best regards, -- Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Samsung R&D Institute Poland Samsung Electronics
Hi Marek,
Thanks for working on this. Comments below...
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Marek Szyprowski m.szyprowski@samsung.com wrote:
Add device tree support for contiguous memory regions defined in device tree. Initialization is done in 2 steps. First, the contiguous memory is reserved, what happens very early when only flattened device tree is available. Then on device initialization the corresponding cma regions are assigned to each device structure.
Signed-off-by: Marek Szyprowski m.szyprowski@samsung.com Acked-by: Kyungmin Park kyungmin.park@samsung.com
.../devicetree/bindings/contiguous-memory.txt | 94 ++++++++++++++ arch/arm/boot/dts/skeleton.dtsi | 7 +- drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c | 132 ++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 232 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/contiguous-memory.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/contiguous-memory.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/contiguous-memory.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a733df2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/contiguous-memory.txt @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ +*** Contiguous Memory binding ***
+The /chosen/contiguous-memory node provides runtime configuration of +contiguous memory regions for Linux kernel. Such regions can be created +for special usage by various device drivers. A good example are +contiguous memory allocations or memory sharing with other operating +system(s) on the same hardware board. Those special memory regions might +depend on the selected board configuration and devices used on the target +system.
+Parameters for each memory region can be encoded into the device tree +with the following convention:
+contiguous-memory {
(name): region@(base-address) {
reg = <(baseaddr) (size)>;
(linux,default-contiguous-region);
device = <&device_0 &device_1 ...>
};
+};
Okay, I've gone and read all of the backlog on the 3 versions of the patch series, and I think I understand the issues. I actually think it was better off to have the regions specified as children of the memory node. I understand the argument about how would firmware know what size the kernel wants and that it would be better to have a kernel parameter to override the default. However, it is also reasonable for the kernel to be provided with a default amount of CMA based on the usage profile of the device. In that regard it is absolutely appropriate to put the CMA region data into the memory node. I don't think /chosen is the right place for that.
+name: an name given to the defined region;
In the above node example, "name:" is a label used for creating phandles. That information doesn't appear in the resulting .dtb output. The label is actually optional It should instead be: [(label):] (name)@(address) { }
+base-address: the base address of the defined region; +size: the size of the memory region (bytes);
The reg property should follow the normal reg rules which are well defined. That also means that a memory region could have multiple reg entries if appropriate.
+linux,default-contiguous-region: property indicating that the region
is the default region for all contiguous memory
allocations, Linux specific (optional);
+device: array of phandles to the client device nodes, which
will use the defined contiguous region.
This is backwards compared to the way device references usually work. It would be more consistent for each device node to have a "dma-memory-region" property with phandles to one or more memory regions that it cares about.
+Each defined region must use unique name. It is optional to specify the +base address, so if one wants to use autoconfiguration of the base +address, he must specify the '0' as base address in the 'reg' property +and assign ann uniqe name to such regions, following the convention: +'region@0', 'region@1', 'region@2', ...
Drop the use of 'region'. "name@0" is more typical. It would be appropriate to have compatible = "reserved-memory-region" in each of the reserved regions. That would avoid the problem of two regions based at the same address having a conflict in name.
+*** Example ***
+This example defines a memory configuration containing 2 contiguous +regions for Linux kernel, one default of all device drivers (named +contig_mem, autoconfigured at boot time, 64MiB) and one dedicated to the +framebuffer device (named display_mem, placed at 0x78000000, 64MiB). The +display_mem region is then assigned to fb@12300000, scaller@12500000 and +codec@12600000 devices for contiguous memory allocation with Linux +kernel drivers.
+The reason for creating a separate region for framebuffer device is to +match the framebuffer base address to the one configured by bootloader, +so once Linux kernel drivers starts no glitches on the displayed boot +logo appears. Scaller and codec drivers should share the memory +allocations with framebuffer driver.
+/ {
/* ... */
chosen {
bootargs = /* ... */
contiguous-memory {
/*
* global autoconfigured region
* for contiguous allocations
*/
contig_mem: region@0 {
reg = <0x0 0x4000000>;
linux,default-contiguous-region;
};
/*
* special region for framebuffer and
* multimedia processing devices
*/
display_mem: region@78000000 {
reg = <0x78000000 0x4000000>;
device = <&fb0 &scaller &codec>;
};
};
};
/* ... */
fb0: fb@12300000 {
status = "okay";
};
scaller: scaller@12500000 {
status = "okay";
};
codec: codec@12600000 {
status = "okay";
};
+}; diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/skeleton.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/skeleton.dtsi index b41d241..cadc3b9 100644 --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/skeleton.dtsi +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/skeleton.dtsi @@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ / { #address-cells = <1>; #size-cells = <1>;
chosen { };
chosen {
contiguous-memory {
#address-cells = <1>;
#size-cells = <1>;
};
}; aliases { }; memory { device_type = "memory"; reg = <0 0>; };
}; diff --git a/drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c b/drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c index 01fe743..ce5f5d1 100644 --- a/drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c +++ b/drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c @@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
#include <linux/memblock.h> #include <linux/err.h> +#include <linux/of.h> +#include <linux/of_fdt.h> +#include <linux/of_platform.h> #include <linux/mm.h> #include <linux/mutex.h> #include <linux/page-isolation.h> @@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ struct cma { unsigned long base_pfn; unsigned long count; unsigned long *bitmap;
char full_name[32];
};
static DEFINE_MUTEX(cma_mutex); @@ -133,6 +137,52 @@ static __init int cma_activate_area(struct cma *cma) return 0; }
+/*****************************************************************************/
+#ifdef CONFIG_OF +int __init cma_fdt_scan(unsigned long node, const char *uname,
int depth, void *data)
+{
static int level;
phys_addr_t base, size;
unsigned long len;
struct cma *cma;
__be32 *prop;
int ret;
if (depth == 1 && strcmp(uname, "chosen") == 0) {
level = depth;
return 0;
}
if (depth == 2 && strcmp(uname, "contiguous-memory") == 0) {
level = depth;
return 0;
}
if (level != 2 || depth != 3 || strncmp(uname, "region@", 7) != 0)
return 0;
prop = of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "reg", &len);
if (!prop || (len != 2 * sizeof(unsigned long)))
return 0;
base = be32_to_cpu(prop[0]);
size = be32_to_cpu(prop[1]);
pr_info("Found %s, memory base %lx, size %ld MiB\n", uname,
(unsigned long)base, (unsigned long)size / SZ_1M);
ret = dma_contiguous_reserve_area(size, base, 0, &cma);
if (ret == 0) {
strcpy(cma->full_name, uname);
if (of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "linux,default-contiguous-region", NULL))
dma_contiguous_default_area = cma;
}
return 0;
+} +#endif
/**
- dma_contiguous_reserve() - reserve area(s) for contiguous memory handling
- @limit: End address of the reserved memory (optional, 0 for any).
@@ -149,6 +199,10 @@ void __init dma_contiguous_reserve(phys_addr_t limit)
pr_debug("%s(limit %08lx)\n", __func__, (unsigned long)limit);
+#ifdef CONFIG_OF
of_scan_flat_dt(cma_fdt_scan, NULL);
+#endif
if (size_cmdline != -1) { sel_size = size_cmdline; } else {
@@ -265,6 +319,80 @@ int __init dma_contiguous_add_device(struct device *dev, struct cma *cma) return 0; }
+#ifdef CONFIG_OF
+#define MAX_CMA_MAPS 64
+static struct cma_map {
struct cma *cma;
struct device_node *node;
+} cma_maps[MAX_CMA_MAPS]; +static unsigned cma_map_count;
+static void cma_assign_device_from_dt(struct device *dev) +{
int i;
for (i = 0; i < cma_map_count; i++) {
if (cma_maps[i].node == dev->of_node) {
dev_set_cma_area(dev, cma_maps[i].cma);
pr_info("Assigned CMA %s to %s device\n",
cma_maps[i].cma->full_name,
dev_name(dev));
}
}
+}
+static int cma_device_init_notifier_call(struct notifier_block *nb,
unsigned long event, void *data)
+{
struct device *dev = data;
if (event == BUS_NOTIFY_ADD_DEVICE && dev->of_node)
cma_assign_device_from_dt(dev);
return NOTIFY_DONE;
+}
+static struct notifier_block cma_dev_init_nb = {
.notifier_call = cma_device_init_notifier_call,
+};
+void scan_cma_nodes(void) +{
struct device_node *parent = of_find_node_by_path("/chosen/contiguous-memory");
struct device_node *child;
if (!parent)
return;
for_each_child_of_node(parent, child) {
struct cma *cma = NULL;
int i;
for (i = 0; i < cma_area_count; i++) {
char *p = strrchr(child->full_name, '/') + 1;
if (strcmp(p, cma_areas[i].full_name) == 0)
cma = &cma_areas[i];
}
if (!cma)
continue;
for (i = 0;; i++) {
struct device_node *node;
node = of_parse_phandle(child, "device", i);
if (!node)
break;
if (cma_map_count < MAX_CMA_MAPS) {
cma_maps[cma_map_count].cma = cma;
cma_maps[cma_map_count].node = node;
cma_map_count++;
} else {
pr_err("CMA error: too many devices defined\n");
}
}
}
+} +#endif
static int __init cma_init_reserved_areas(void) { int i; @@ -275,6 +403,10 @@ static int __init cma_init_reserved_areas(void) return ret; }
+#ifdef CONFIG_OF
scan_cma_nodes();
bus_register_notifier(&platform_bus_type, &cma_dev_init_nb);
+#endif return 0; } core_initcall(cma_init_reserved_areas); -- 1.7.9.5
Hello Grant,
On 7/11/2013 4:56 PM, Grant Likely wrote:
Hi Marek,
Thanks for working on this. Comments below...
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Marek Szyprowski m.szyprowski@samsung.com wrote:
Add device tree support for contiguous memory regions defined in device tree. Initialization is done in 2 steps. First, the contiguous memory is reserved, what happens very early when only flattened device tree is available. Then on device initialization the corresponding cma regions are assigned to each device structure.
Signed-off-by: Marek Szyprowski m.szyprowski@samsung.com Acked-by: Kyungmin Park kyungmin.park@samsung.com
.../devicetree/bindings/contiguous-memory.txt | 94 ++++++++++++++ arch/arm/boot/dts/skeleton.dtsi | 7 +- drivers/base/dma-contiguous.c | 132 ++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 232 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/contiguous-memory.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/contiguous-memory.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/contiguous-memory.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a733df2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/contiguous-memory.txt @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ +*** Contiguous Memory binding ***
+The /chosen/contiguous-memory node provides runtime configuration of +contiguous memory regions for Linux kernel. Such regions can be created +for special usage by various device drivers. A good example are +contiguous memory allocations or memory sharing with other operating +system(s) on the same hardware board. Those special memory regions might +depend on the selected board configuration and devices used on the target +system.
+Parameters for each memory region can be encoded into the device tree +with the following convention:
+contiguous-memory {
(name): region@(base-address) {
reg = <(baseaddr) (size)>;
(linux,default-contiguous-region);
device = <&device_0 &device_1 ...>
};
+};
Okay, I've gone and read all of the backlog on the 3 versions of the patch series, and I think I understand the issues. I actually think it was better off to have the regions specified as children of the memory node. I understand the argument about how would firmware know what size the kernel wants and that it would be better to have a kernel parameter to override the default. However, it is also reasonable for the kernel to be provided with a default amount of CMA based on the usage profile of the device. In that regard it is absolutely appropriate to put the CMA region data into the memory node. I don't think /chosen is the right place for that.
Thanks for your comments! I will prepare a new version, which will use /memory node as it was in the first version. I hope that with Your ack such version can be finally merged.
+name: an name given to the defined region;
In the above node example, "name:" is a label used for creating phandles. That information doesn't appear in the resulting .dtb output. The label is actually optional It should instead be: [(label):] (name)@(address) { }
+base-address: the base address of the defined region; +size: the size of the memory region (bytes);
The reg property should follow the normal reg rules which are well defined. That also means that a memory region could have multiple reg entries if appropriate.
Well, I'm not sure if it really makes sense to support multiple reg entries. I also wonder how to provide entries for LPAE systems. They are 32-bit systems, but physical addresses can be up to 36bit. How to specify them in device tree?
+linux,default-contiguous-region: property indicating that the region
is the default region for all contiguous memory
allocations, Linux specific (optional);
+device: array of phandles to the client device nodes, which
will use the defined contiguous region.
This is backwards compared to the way device references usually work. It would be more consistent for each device node to have a "dma-memory-region" property with phandles to one or more memory regions that it cares about.
+Each defined region must use unique name. It is optional to specify the +base address, so if one wants to use autoconfiguration of the base +address, he must specify the '0' as base address in the 'reg' property +and assign ann uniqe name to such regions, following the convention: +'region@0', 'region@1', 'region@2', ...
Drop the use of 'region'. "name@0" is more typical. It would be appropriate to have compatible = "reserved-memory-region" in each of the reserved regions. That would avoid the problem of two regions based at the same address having a conflict in name.
Ok.
...
Best regards
On Thu, 2013-07-11 at 15:56 +0100, Grant Likely wrote:
+contiguous-memory {
(name): region@(base-address) {
reg = <(baseaddr) (size)>;
(linux,default-contiguous-region);
device = <&device_0 &device_1 ...>
};
+};
Okay, I've gone and read all of the backlog on the 3 versions of the patch series, and I think I understand the issues. I actually think it was better off to have the regions specified as children of the memory node. I understand the argument about how would firmware know what size the kernel wants and that it would be better to have a kernel parameter to override the default. However, it is also reasonable for the kernel to be provided with a default amount of CMA based on the usage profile of the device. In that regard it is absolutely appropriate to put the CMA region data into the memory node. I don't think /chosen is the right place for that.
Picking up on that old thread after the rant I just posted ... Grant, your proposal is all wrong.
First we already had a proposal for reserved memory, which due to the complete lack of comment, we actually merged support for in powerpc in 3.11, second, do NOT make that a child of "memory". See the email I just posted today for more details about the breakage in that proposal.
I'm advocating a revert at this stage.
Ben.
[resent to the right list this time around]
On Thu, 2013-07-11 at 15:56 +0100, Grant Likely wrote:
+contiguous-memory {
(name): region@(base-address) {
reg = <(baseaddr) (size)>;
(linux,default-contiguous-region);
device = <&device_0 &device_1 ...>
};
+};
Okay, I've gone and read all of the backlog on the 3 versions of the patch series, and I think I understand the issues. I actually think it was better off to have the regions specified as children of the memory node. I understand the argument about how would firmware know what size the kernel wants and that it would be better to have a kernel parameter to override the default. However, it is also reasonable for the kernel to be provided with a default amount of CMA based on the usage profile of the device. In that regard it is absolutely appropriate to put the CMA region data into the memory node. I don't think /chosen is the right place for that.
Picking up on that old thread after the rant I just posted ... Grant, your proposal is all wrong.
First we already had a proposal for reserved memory, which due to the complete lack of comment, we actually merged support for in powerpc in 3.11, second, do NOT make that a child of "memory". See the email I just posted today for more details about the breakage in that proposal.
I'm advocating a revert at this stage.
Ben.
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