[PATCH 0/3] drm: rename CMA helpers to DMA helpers

Thomas Zimmermann tzimmermann at suse.de
Wed Jul 6 09:31:30 UTC 2022


Hi

Am 06.07.22 um 11:06 schrieb Laurent Pinchart:
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> On Wed, Jul 06, 2022 at 10:34:13AM +0200, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
>> Am 05.07.22 um 23:26 schrieb Danilo Krummrich:
>>> This patch series renames all CMA helpers to DMA helpers - considering the
>>> hierarchy of APIs (mm/cma -> dma -> gem/fb dma helpers) calling them DMA
>>> helpers seems to be more applicable.
>>
>> Ok, why not.
>>
>> Acked-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de>
>>
>> for the series.
>>
>> Sometimes allocation fails because there's no CMA memory left.
>> Increasing that value on boot usually fixes the problem. Should we note
>> somewhere in the docs that the allocator is backed by pages in CMA memory?
> 
> CMA is only one of the backends that can be used here. For instance, if
> the device performs DMA through an IOMMU, then CMA won't be used.

Ok, thanks for clarifying. My understanding was that it's all CMA. So 
renaming makes even more sense.

> 
> This being said, helping users who may face a problem with too little
> CMA memory is useful, but I'm not sure where the best place to put that
> information would be.

Me neither.

Best regards
Thomas

> 
>>> Additionally, commit e57924d4ae80 ("drm/doc: Task to rename CMA helpers")
>>> requests to rename the CMA helpers and implies that people seem to be confused
>>> about the naming.
>>>
>>> The patches are compile-time tested building a x86_64 kernel with
>>> `make allyesconfig && make drivers/gpu/drm`.
>>>
>>> Danilo Krummrich (3):
>>>     drm/fb: rename FB CMA helpers to FB DMA helpers
>>>     drm/gem: rename GEM CMA helpers to GEM DMA helpers
>>>     drm/todo: remove task to rename CMA helpers
>>>
>>>    Documentation/gpu/drm-kms-helpers.rst         |   8 +-
>>>    Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst                  |  16 +-
>>>    Documentation/gpu/todo.rst                    |  13 -
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig                       |   4 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile                      |   6 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/arm/Kconfig                   |   4 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/arm/display/Kconfig           |   2 +-
>>>    .../arm/display/komeda/komeda_framebuffer.c   |  10 +-
>>>    .../gpu/drm/arm/display/komeda/komeda_kms.c   |  10 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/arm/hdlcd_crtc.c              |   6 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/arm/hdlcd_drv.c               |   8 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_drv.c              |  10 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_mw.c               |   6 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_planes.c           |  24 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/armada/armada_gem.c           |   6 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/aspeed/Kconfig                |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/aspeed/aspeed_gfx_crtc.c      |   8 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/aspeed/aspeed_gfx_drv.c       |   8 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/Kconfig           |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_dc.c  |   6 +-
>>>    .../gpu/drm/atmel-hlcdc/atmel_hlcdc_plane.c   |   6 +-
>>>    ...rm_fb_cma_helper.c => drm_fb_dma_helper.c} |  52 +--
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/drm_file.c                    |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/drm_format_helper.c           |   4 +-
>>>    ..._gem_cma_helper.c => drm_gem_dma_helper.c} | 296 +++++++++---------
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mipi_dbi.c                |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/fsl-dcu/Kconfig               |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/fsl-dcu/fsl_dcu_drm_drv.c     |   8 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/fsl-dcu/fsl_dcu_drm_kms.c     |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/fsl-dcu/fsl_dcu_drm_plane.c   |   8 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/hisilicon/kirin/Kconfig       |   2 +-
>>>    .../gpu/drm/hisilicon/kirin/kirin_drm_ade.c   |  10 +-
>>>    .../gpu/drm/hisilicon/kirin/kirin_drm_drv.c   |   4 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/imx/Kconfig                   |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dcss/Kconfig              |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dcss/dcss-kms.c           |   6 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/imx/dcss/dcss-plane.c         |  18 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/imx/imx-drm-core.c            |  10 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/imx/imx-drm.h                 |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/imx/ipuv3-crtc.c              |   4 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/imx/ipuv3-plane.c             |  28 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/ingenic/Kconfig               |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/ingenic/ingenic-drm-drv.c     |  14 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/ingenic/ingenic-ipu.c         |  12 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/kmb/Kconfig                   |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/kmb/kmb_drv.c                 |   6 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/kmb/kmb_plane.c               |  10 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/Kconfig                  |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_display.c           |   8 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/mcde/mcde_drv.c               |  10 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/Kconfig              |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_drm_drv.c        |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_drm_gem.c        |   4 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/meson/Kconfig                 |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/meson/meson_drv.c             |  10 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/meson/meson_overlay.c         |  12 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/meson/meson_plane.c           |   8 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c                 |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/Kconfig                 |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_drv.c             |   6 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/mxsfb/mxsfb_kms.c             |  10 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/panel/Kconfig                 |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-ilitek-ili9341.c  |   6 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/Kconfig                 |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/pl111_display.c         |   8 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/pl111_drv.c             |  10 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/Kconfig               |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_crtc.c        |   4 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_drv.c         |   6 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_kms.c         |  38 +--
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_plane.c       |   8 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_vsp.c         |   6 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/Kconfig              |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_drv.c   |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_gem.c   |   4 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/shmobile/Kconfig              |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/shmobile/shmob_drm_crtc.c     |  10 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/shmobile/shmob_drm_drv.c      |   6 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/shmobile/shmob_drm_kms.c      |   4 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/shmobile/shmob_drm_kms.h      |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/shmobile/shmob_drm_plane.c    |  10 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/solomon/ssd130x.c             |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/sprd/Kconfig                  |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/sprd/sprd_dpu.c               |  10 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/sprd/sprd_drm.c               |   6 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/sti/Kconfig                   |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_cursor.c              |  14 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_drv.c                 |   8 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_gdp.c                 |  18 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_hqvdp.c               |  18 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_plane.c               |   4 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/stm/Kconfig                   |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/stm/drv.c                     |  12 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/stm/ltdc.c                    |  16 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/Kconfig                 |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_backend.c         |   6 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_drv.c             |  10 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_frontend.c        |  10 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun8i_mixer.c           |   4 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun8i_ui_layer.c        |   8 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun8i_vi_layer.c        |   8 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/fb.c                    |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/tidss/Kconfig                 |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/tidss/tidss_crtc.c            |   4 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/tidss/tidss_dispc.c           |  12 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/tidss/tidss_drv.c             |   6 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/tidss/tidss_kms.c             |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/tidss/tidss_plane.c           |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/Kconfig                |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_crtc.c          |   8 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/tilcdc_drv.c           |   6 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/Kconfig                  |  22 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/arcpgu.c                 |  12 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/hx8357d.c                |   6 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/ili9163.c                |   6 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/ili9225.c                |  12 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/ili9341.c                |   6 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/ili9486.c                |   6 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/mi0283qt.c               |   6 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/panel-mipi-dbi.c         |   6 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/repaper.c                |  12 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/st7586.c                 |  12 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/st7735r.c                |   6 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/tve200/Kconfig                |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/tve200/tve200_display.c       |  12 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/tve200/tve200_drv.c           |   8 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_drv.c                 |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_gem.c                 |   4 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/Kconfig                   |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_bo.c                  |  44 +--
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_crtc.c                |  10 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_drv.c                 |   8 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_drv.h                 |  18 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_gem.c                 |   4 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_plane.c               |  10 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_render_cl.c           |  26 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_txp.c                 |   6 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_v3d.c                 |   4 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_validate.c            |  16 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_validate_shaders.c    |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/xlnx/Kconfig                  |   2 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/xlnx/zynqmp_disp.c            |   4 +-
>>>    drivers/gpu/drm/xlnx/zynqmp_dpsub.c           |   8 +-
>>>    ...rm_fb_cma_helper.h => drm_fb_dma_helper.h} |  10 +-
>>>    include/drm/drm_gem.h                         |   2 +-
>>>    ..._gem_cma_helper.h => drm_gem_dma_helper.h} | 154 ++++-----
>>>    146 files changed, 777 insertions(+), 790 deletions(-)
>>>    rename drivers/gpu/drm/{drm_fb_cma_helper.c => drm_fb_dma_helper.c} (68%)
>>>    rename drivers/gpu/drm/{drm_gem_cma_helper.c => drm_gem_dma_helper.c} (60%)
>>>    rename include/drm/{drm_fb_cma_helper.h => drm_fb_dma_helper.h} (56%)
>>>    rename include/drm/{drm_gem_cma_helper.h => drm_gem_dma_helper.h} (53%)
> 

-- 
Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
(HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)
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