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authorChristoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>2017-05-22 10:58:49 +0200
committerChristoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>2017-06-28 06:54:37 -0700
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tree952177b59b16ae4b935105c825f7831bb57254ec /Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt
parent9eef8b8cc26559fe5f2575daf7d08c6a17e81ff8 (diff)
dma-mapping: remove DMA_ERROR_CODE
And update the documentation - dma_mapping_error has been supported everywhere for a long time. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
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@@ -550,32 +550,11 @@ and to unmap it:
dma_unmap_single(dev, dma_handle, size, direction);
You should call dma_mapping_error() as dma_map_single() could fail and return
-error. Not all DMA implementations support the dma_mapping_error() interface.
-However, it is a good practice to call dma_mapping_error() interface, which
-will invoke the generic mapping error check interface. Doing so will ensure
-that the mapping code will work correctly on all DMA implementations without
-any dependency on the specifics of the underlying implementation. Using the
-returned address without checking for errors could result in failures ranging
-from panics to silent data corruption. A couple of examples of incorrect ways
-to check for errors that make assumptions about the underlying DMA
-implementation are as follows and these are applicable to dma_map_page() as
-well.
-
-Incorrect example 1:
- dma_addr_t dma_handle;
-
- dma_handle = dma_map_single(dev, addr, size, direction);
- if ((dma_handle & 0xffff != 0) || (dma_handle >= 0x1000000)) {
- goto map_error;
- }
-
-Incorrect example 2:
- dma_addr_t dma_handle;
-
- dma_handle = dma_map_single(dev, addr, size, direction);
- if (dma_handle == DMA_ERROR_CODE) {
- goto map_error;
- }
+error. Doing so will ensure that the mapping code will work correctly on all
+DMA implementations without any dependency on the specifics of the underlying
+implementation. Using the returned address without checking for errors could
+result in failures ranging from panics to silent data corruption. The same
+applies to dma_map_page() as well.
You should call dma_unmap_single() when the DMA activity is finished, e.g.,
from the interrupt which told you that the DMA transfer is done.