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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2013-05-01 10:44:37 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2013-05-01 10:44:37 -0400 |
commit | b0ca4d0123608cfec73fc689c74295da89fc934e (patch) | |
tree | 4d79f2b9c3277501637e0dcd6c541416091e4308 /Documentation | |
parent | d70b1e06eb331afe1576ac23bb9523708026ba1f (diff) | |
parent | b89e35636bc75b72d15a1af6d49798802aff77d5 (diff) |
Merge tag 'tag-for-linus-3.10' of git://git.linaro.org/people/sumitsemwal/linux-dma-buf
Pull dma-buf updates from Sumit Semwal:
"Added debugfs support to dma-buf"
* tag 'tag-for-linus-3.10' of git://git.linaro.org/people/sumitsemwal/linux-dma-buf:
dma-buf: Add debugfs support
dma-buf: replace dma_buf_export() with dma_buf_export_named()
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt b/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt index 4966b1be42ac..0b23261561d2 100644 --- a/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt +++ b/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt | |||
@@ -52,14 +52,23 @@ The dma_buf buffer sharing API usage contains the following steps: | |||
52 | associated with this buffer. | 52 | associated with this buffer. |
53 | 53 | ||
54 | Interface: | 54 | Interface: |
55 | struct dma_buf *dma_buf_export(void *priv, struct dma_buf_ops *ops, | 55 | struct dma_buf *dma_buf_export_named(void *priv, struct dma_buf_ops *ops, |
56 | size_t size, int flags) | 56 | size_t size, int flags, |
57 | const char *exp_name) | ||
57 | 58 | ||
58 | If this succeeds, dma_buf_export allocates a dma_buf structure, and returns a | 59 | If this succeeds, dma_buf_export allocates a dma_buf structure, and returns a |
59 | pointer to the same. It also associates an anonymous file with this buffer, | 60 | pointer to the same. It also associates an anonymous file with this buffer, |
60 | so it can be exported. On failure to allocate the dma_buf object, it returns | 61 | so it can be exported. On failure to allocate the dma_buf object, it returns |
61 | NULL. | 62 | NULL. |
62 | 63 | ||
64 | 'exp_name' is the name of exporter - to facilitate information while | ||
65 | debugging. | ||
66 | |||
67 | Exporting modules which do not wish to provide any specific name may use the | ||
68 | helper define 'dma_buf_export()', with the same arguments as above, but | ||
69 | without the last argument; a __FILE__ pre-processor directive will be | ||
70 | inserted in place of 'exp_name' instead. | ||
71 | |||
63 | 2. Userspace gets a handle to pass around to potential buffer-users | 72 | 2. Userspace gets a handle to pass around to potential buffer-users |
64 | 73 | ||
65 | Userspace entity requests for a file-descriptor (fd) which is a handle to the | 74 | Userspace entity requests for a file-descriptor (fd) which is a handle to the |