i2c: add helpers to ease DMA handling

One helper checks if DMA is suitable and optionally creates a bounce
buffer, if not. The other function returns the bounce buffer and makes
sure the data is properly copied back to the message.

Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>
Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>

2 files changed, 49 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
index bf52cca87363..b6ca97f0322b 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
@@ -2200,6 +2200,52 @@ void i2c_put_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2c_put_adapter);
 
+/**
+ * i2c_get_dma_safe_msg_buf() - get a DMA safe buffer for the given i2c_msg
+ * @msg: the message to be checked
+ * @threshold: the minimum number of bytes for which using DMA makes sense
+ *
+ * Return: NULL if a DMA safe buffer was not obtained. Use msg->buf with PIO.
+ *         Or a valid pointer to be used with DMA. After use, release it by
+ *         calling i2c_release_dma_safe_msg_buf().
+ *
+ * This function must only be called from process context!
+ */
+u8 *i2c_get_dma_safe_msg_buf(struct i2c_msg *msg, unsigned int threshold)
+{
+        if (msg->len < threshold)
+                return NULL;
+
+        if (msg->flags & I2C_M_DMA_SAFE)
+                return msg->buf;
+
+        pr_debug("using bounce buffer for addr=0x%02x, len=%d\n",
+                 msg->addr, msg->len);
+
+        if (msg->flags & I2C_M_RD)
+                return kzalloc(msg->len, GFP_KERNEL);
+        else
+                return kmemdup(msg->buf, msg->len, GFP_KERNEL);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_get_dma_safe_msg_buf);
+
+/**
+ * i2c_release_dma_safe_msg_buf - release DMA safe buffer and sync with i2c_msg
+ * @msg: the message to be synced with
+ * @buf: the buffer obtained from i2c_get_dma_safe_msg_buf(). May be NULL.
+ */
+void i2c_release_dma_safe_msg_buf(struct i2c_msg *msg, u8 *buf)
+{
+        if (!buf || buf == msg->buf)
+                return;
+
+        if (msg->flags & I2C_M_RD)
+                memcpy(msg->buf, buf, msg->len);
+
+        kfree(buf);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i2c_release_dma_safe_msg_buf);
+
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Simon G. Vogl <simon@tk.uni-linz.ac.at>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("I2C-Bus main module");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/include/linux/i2c.h b/include/linux/i2c.h
index a556db976fc6..9d9d379b5a15 100644
--- a/include/linux/i2c.h
+++ b/include/linux/i2c.h
@@ -768,6 +768,9 @@ static inline u8 i2c_8bit_addr_from_msg(const struct i2c_msg *msg)
         return (msg->addr << 1) | (msg->flags & I2C_M_RD ? 1 : 0);
 }
 
+u8 *i2c_get_dma_safe_msg_buf(struct i2c_msg *msg, unsigned int threshold);
+void i2c_release_dma_safe_msg_buf(struct i2c_msg *msg, u8 *buf);
+
 int i2c_handle_smbus_host_notify(struct i2c_adapter *adap, unsigned short addr);
 /**
  * module_i2c_driver() - Helper macro for registering a modular I2C driver