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authorDave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>2022-04-22 06:43:52 +1000
committerDave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>2022-04-22 11:15:30 +1000
commit19df0cfa258cd42f7f106f6085f1e625f26283db (patch)
treebe212959c494f95279fd160ba04e9b498d60be8d /include/linux/dma-buf.h
parentc54b39a565227538c52ead2349eb17d54aadd6f7 (diff)
parent40d8d4bd06720aed6c1125bab7296c57de4f1157 (diff)
Merge tag 'drm-misc-next-2022-04-21' of git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm-misc into drm-next
drm-misc-next for 5.19-rc1 UAPI Changes: Cross-subsystem Changes: - of: Create a platform_device for offb Core Changes: - edid: block read refactoring - ttm: Add common debugfs code for resource managers Driver Changes: - bridges: - adv7611: Enable DRM_BRIDGE_OP_HPD if there's an interrupt - anx7625: Fill ELD if no monitor is connected - dw_hdmi: Add General Parallel Audio support - icn6211: Add data-lanes DT property - new driver: Lontium LT9211 - nouveau: make some structures static - tidss: Reset DISPC on startup - solomon: SPI Support and DT bindings improvements Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com> From: Maxime Ripard <maxime@cerno.tech> Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20220421065948.2pyp3j7acxtl6pz5@houat
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/dma-buf.h')
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diff --git a/include/linux/dma-buf.h b/include/linux/dma-buf.h
index 6fb91956ab8d..71731796c8c3 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma-buf.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-buf.h
@@ -393,27 +393,30 @@ struct dma_buf {
* e.g. exposed in `Implicit Fence Poll Support`_ must follow the
* below rules.
*
- * - Drivers must add a shared fence through dma_resv_add_shared_fence()
- * for anything the userspace API considers a read access. This highly
- * depends upon the API and window system.
+ * - Drivers must add a read fence through dma_resv_add_fence() with the
+ * DMA_RESV_USAGE_READ flag for anything the userspace API considers a
+ * read access. This highly depends upon the API and window system.
*
- * - Similarly drivers must set the exclusive fence through
- * dma_resv_add_excl_fence() for anything the userspace API considers
- * write access.
+ * - Similarly drivers must add a write fence through
+ * dma_resv_add_fence() with the DMA_RESV_USAGE_WRITE flag for
+ * anything the userspace API considers write access.
*
- * - Drivers may just always set the exclusive fence, since that only
+ * - Drivers may just always add a write fence, since that only
* causes unecessarily synchronization, but no correctness issues.
*
* - Some drivers only expose a synchronous userspace API with no
* pipelining across drivers. These do not set any fences for their
* access. An example here is v4l.
*
+ * - Driver should use dma_resv_usage_rw() when retrieving fences as
+ * dependency for implicit synchronization.
+ *
* DYNAMIC IMPORTER RULES:
*
* Dynamic importers, see dma_buf_attachment_is_dynamic(), have
* additional constraints on how they set up fences:
*
- * - Dynamic importers must obey the exclusive fence and wait for it to
+ * - Dynamic importers must obey the write fences and wait for them to
* signal before allowing access to the buffer's underlying storage
* through the device.
*
@@ -423,8 +426,9 @@ struct dma_buf {
*
* IMPORTANT:
*
- * All drivers must obey the struct dma_resv rules, specifically the
- * rules for updating and obeying fences.
+ * All drivers and memory management related functions must obey the
+ * struct dma_resv rules, specifically the rules for updating and
+ * obeying fences. See enum dma_resv_usage for further descriptions.
*/
struct dma_resv *resv;