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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-08-28 10:30:25 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-08-28 10:30:25 -0700
commitdaf543b177835e42a806439346d367dafeb3a1d3 (patch)
tree66d14e77194681abaa6ae9ec36fa2ea86f547885 /Documentation
parent521bd5e4d9e6eb7e3c76c615d650a2b5ad0f03f5 (diff)
parent1f58d9465c568eb47cab939bbc4f30ae51863295 (diff)
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Merge tag 'for-3.17-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sumits/dma-buf
Pull dma-buf fixes from Sumit Semwal: "The major changes for 3.17 already went via Greg-KH's tree this time as well; this is a small pull request for dma-buf - all documentation related" * tag 'for-3.17-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sumits/dma-buf: dma-buf/fence: Fix one more kerneldoc warning dma-buf/fence: Fix a kerneldoc warning Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt: update API descriptions
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt14
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt b/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt
index 67a4087d53f9..bb9753b635a3 100644
--- a/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ The dma_buf buffer sharing API usage contains the following steps:
size_t size, int flags,
const char *exp_name)
- If this succeeds, dma_buf_export allocates a dma_buf structure, and returns a
- pointer to the same. It also associates an anonymous file with this buffer,
- so it can be exported. On failure to allocate the dma_buf object, it returns
- NULL.
+ If this succeeds, dma_buf_export_named allocates a dma_buf structure, and
+ returns a pointer to the same. It also associates an anonymous file with this
+ buffer, so it can be exported. On failure to allocate the dma_buf object,
+ it returns NULL.
'exp_name' is the name of exporter - to facilitate information while
debugging.
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ The dma_buf buffer sharing API usage contains the following steps:
drivers and/or processes.
Interface:
- int dma_buf_fd(struct dma_buf *dmabuf)
+ int dma_buf_fd(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, int flags)
This API installs an fd for the anonymous file associated with this buffer;
returns either 'fd', or error.
@@ -157,7 +157,9 @@ to request use of buffer for allocation.
"dma_buf->ops->" indirection from the users of this interface.
In struct dma_buf_ops, unmap_dma_buf is defined as
- void (*unmap_dma_buf)(struct dma_buf_attachment *, struct sg_table *);
+ void (*unmap_dma_buf)(struct dma_buf_attachment *,
+ struct sg_table *,
+ enum dma_data_direction);
unmap_dma_buf signifies the end-of-DMA for the attachment provided. Like
map_dma_buf, this API also must be implemented by the exporter.