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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt b/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt index 0188903bc9e1..4966b1be42ac 100644 --- a/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt +++ b/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt @@ -302,7 +302,11 @@ Access to a dma_buf from the kernel context involves three steps: void dma_buf_vunmap(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, void *vaddr) The vmap call can fail if there is no vmap support in the exporter, or if it - runs out of vmalloc space. Fallback to kmap should be implemented. + runs out of vmalloc space. Fallback to kmap should be implemented. Note that + the dma-buf layer keeps a reference count for all vmap access and calls down + into the exporter's vmap function only when no vmapping exists, and only + unmaps it once. Protection against concurrent vmap/vunmap calls is provided + by taking the dma_buf->lock mutex. 3. Finish access |