[RFC PATCH 1/2] dma-buf: Fix pin callback comment

Christian König christian.koenig at amd.com
Thu Oct 7 10:44:59 UTC 2021



Am 07.10.21 um 12:42 schrieb Gal Pressman:
> The pin callback does not necessarily have to move the memory to system
> memory, remove the sentence from the comment.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gal Pressman <galpress at amazon.com>
> ---
>   include/linux/dma-buf.h | 4 +---
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/dma-buf.h b/include/linux/dma-buf.h
> index efdc56b9d95f..93830731a9a3 100644
> --- a/include/linux/dma-buf.h
> +++ b/include/linux/dma-buf.h
> @@ -86,9 +86,7 @@ struct dma_buf_ops {
>   	 * @pin:
>   	 *
>   	 * This is called by dma_buf_pin() and lets the exporter know that the
> -	 * DMA-buf can't be moved any more. The exporter should pin the buffer
> -	 * into system memory to make sure it is generally accessible by other
> -	 * devices.

Maybe change that to something like "Ideally the exporter should pin the 
buffer so that it is generally accessible by all devices".

Christian.

> +	 * DMA-buf can't be moved any more.
>   	 *
>   	 * This is called with the &dmabuf.resv object locked and is mutual
>   	 * exclusive with @cache_sgt_mapping.



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