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diff --git a/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt b/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt index e31a2a9d2b07..505e71172ae7 100644 --- a/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt +++ b/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt | |||
@@ -407,6 +407,18 @@ Being able to mmap an export dma-buf buffer object has 2 main use-cases: | |||
407 | interesting ways depending upong the exporter (if userspace starts depending | 407 | interesting ways depending upong the exporter (if userspace starts depending |
408 | upon this implicit synchronization). | 408 | upon this implicit synchronization). |
409 | 409 | ||
410 | Other Interfaces Exposed to Userspace on the dma-buf FD | ||
411 | ------------------------------------------------------ | ||
412 | |||
413 | - Since kernel 3.12 the dma-buf FD supports the llseek system call, but only | ||
414 | with offset=0 and whence=SEEK_END|SEEK_SET. SEEK_SET is supported to allow | ||
415 | the usual size discover pattern size = SEEK_END(0); SEEK_SET(0). Every other | ||
416 | llseek operation will report -EINVAL. | ||
417 | |||
418 | If llseek on dma-buf FDs isn't support the kernel will report -ESPIPE for all | ||
419 | cases. Userspace can use this to detect support for discovering the dma-buf | ||
420 | size using llseek. | ||
421 | |||
410 | Miscellaneous notes | 422 | Miscellaneous notes |
411 | ------------------- | 423 | ------------------- |
412 | 424 | ||