We have reoccurring requests on this so better document that this approach doesn't work and dma_buf_mmap() needs to be used instead. Signed-off-by: Christian König <christian.koenig@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpu/drm/drm_prime.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_prime.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_prime.c index 4910c446db83..16fa2bfc271e 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_prime.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_prime.c @@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_gem_prime_import); /** * drm_prime_sg_to_page_addr_arrays - convert an sg table into a page array * @sgt: scatter-gather table to convert - * @pages: optional array of page pointers to store the page array in + * @pages: deprecated array of page pointers to store the page array in * @addrs: optional array to store the dma bus address of each page * @max_entries: size of both the passed-in arrays * @@ -965,6 +965,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_gem_prime_import); * * Drivers can use this in their &drm_driver.gem_prime_import_sg_table * implementation. + * + * Specifying the pages array is deprecated and strongly discouraged for new + * drivers. The pages array is only useful for page faults and those can + * corrupt fields in the struct page if they are not handled by the exporting + * driver. */ int drm_prime_sg_to_page_addr_arrays(struct sg_table *sgt, struct page **pages, dma_addr_t *addrs, int max_entries) -- 2.17.1
