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diff --git a/include/linux/platform_device.h b/include/linux/platform_device.h
index 17fde717df68..b3d9c744f1e5 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_device.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_device.h
@@ -210,6 +210,14 @@ struct platform_driver {
struct device_driver driver;
const struct platform_device_id *id_table;
bool prevent_deferred_probe;
+ /*
+ * For most device drivers, no need to care about this flag as long as
+ * all DMAs are handled through the kernel DMA API. For some special
+ * ones, for example VFIO drivers, they know how to manage the DMA
+ * themselves and set this flag so that the IOMMU layer will allow them
+ * to setup and manage their own I/O address space.
+ */
+ bool driver_managed_dma;
};
#define to_platform_driver(drv) (container_of((drv), struct platform_driver, \