On 03-04-23, 17:47, Paul Cercueil wrote:
> This function can be used to initiate a scatter-gather DMA transfer
> where the DMA addresses and lengths are located inside arrays.
>
> The major difference with dmaengine_prep_slave_sg() is that it supports
> specifying the lengths of each DMA transfer; as trying to override the
> length of the transfer with dmaengine_prep_slave_sg() is a very tedious
> process. The introduction of a new API function is also justified by the
> fact that scatterlists are on their way out.
Do we need a new API for this? why not use device_prep_interleaved_dma?
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Cercueil <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> v3: New patch
> ---
> include/linux/dmaengine.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/dmaengine.h b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
> index c3656e590213..62efa28c009a 100644
> --- a/include/linux/dmaengine.h
> +++ b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
> @@ -912,6 +912,11 @@ struct dma_device {
> struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *(*device_prep_dma_interrupt)(
> struct dma_chan *chan, unsigned long flags);
>
> + struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *(*device_prep_slave_dma_array)(
> + struct dma_chan *chan, dma_addr_t *addrs,
> + size_t *lengths, size_t nb,
> + enum dma_transfer_direction direction,
> + unsigned long flags);
> struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *(*device_prep_slave_sg)(
> struct dma_chan *chan, struct scatterlist *sgl,
> unsigned int sg_len, enum dma_transfer_direction direction,
> @@ -974,6 +979,17 @@ static inline struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *dmaengine_prep_slave_single(
> dir, flags, NULL);
> }
>
> +static inline struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *dmaengine_prep_slave_dma_array(
> + struct dma_chan *chan, dma_addr_t *addrs, size_t *lengths,
> + size_t nb, enum dma_transfer_direction dir, unsigned long flags)
> +{
> + if (!chan || !chan->device || !chan->device->device_prep_slave_dma_array)
> + return NULL;
> +
> + return chan->device->device_prep_slave_dma_array(chan, addrs, lengths,
> + nb, dir, flags);
> +}
> +
> static inline struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *dmaengine_prep_slave_sg(
> struct dma_chan *chan, struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int sg_len,
> enum dma_transfer_direction dir, unsigned long flags)
> --
> 2.39.2
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