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From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
To: "Marek Szyprowski" <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>,
	"Robin Murphy" <robin.murphy@arm.com>,
	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>,
	"Petr Tesarik" <ptesarik@suse.com>,
	"Jonathan Corbet" <corbet@lwn.net>,
	"Shuah Khan" <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
	"Jason Wang" <jasowang@redhat.com>,
	"Xuan Zhuo" <xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com>,
	"Eugenio Pérez" <eperezma@redhat.com>,
	"Jason Gunthorpe" <jgg@ziepe.ca>,
	"Leon Romanovsky" <leon@kernel.org>,
	"Steven Rostedt" <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	"Masami Hiramatsu" <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
	"Mathieu Desnoyers" <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
	"Joerg Roedel" <joro@8bytes.org>, "Will Deacon" <will@kernel.org>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: iommu@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux.dev,
	linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/8] dma-mapping: Clarify valid conditions for CPU cache line overlap
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:08:46 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260311-dma-debug-overlap-v2-3-e00bc2ca346d@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260311-dma-debug-overlap-v2-0-e00bc2ca346d@nvidia.com>

From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>

Rename the DMA_ATTR_CPU_CACHE_CLEAN attribute to better reflect that it
is debugging aid to inform DMA core code that CPU cache line overlaps are
allowed, and refine the documentation describing its use.

Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
---
 Documentation/core-api/dma-attributes.rst | 22 ++++++++++++++--------
 drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c              | 10 +++++-----
 include/linux/dma-mapping.h               |  8 ++++----
 include/trace/events/dma.h                |  2 +-
 kernel/dma/debug.c                        |  2 +-
 5 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/dma-attributes.rst b/Documentation/core-api/dma-attributes.rst
index 1d7bfad73b1c7..48cfe86cc06d7 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/dma-attributes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/dma-attributes.rst
@@ -149,11 +149,17 @@ For architectures that require cache flushing for DMA coherence
 DMA_ATTR_MMIO will not perform any cache flushing. The address
 provided must never be mapped cacheable into the CPU.
 
-DMA_ATTR_CPU_CACHE_CLEAN
-------------------------
-
-This attribute indicates the CPU will not dirty any cacheline overlapping this
-DMA_FROM_DEVICE/DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL buffer while it is mapped. This allows
-multiple small buffers to safely share a cacheline without risk of data
-corruption, suppressing DMA debug warnings about overlapping mappings.
-All mappings sharing a cacheline should have this attribute.
+DMA_ATTR_DEBUGGING_IGNORE_CACHELINES
+------------------------------------
+
+This attribute indicates that CPU cache lines may overlap for buffers mapped
+with DMA_FROM_DEVICE or DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL.
+
+Such overlap may occur when callers map multiple small buffers that reside
+within the same cache line. In this case, callers must guarantee that the CPU
+will not dirty these cache lines after the mappings are established. When this
+condition is met, multiple buffers can safely share a cache line without risking
+data corruption.
+
+All mappings that share a cache line must set this attribute to suppress DMA
+debug warnings about overlapping mappings.
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index 335692d41617a..fbca7ce1c6bf0 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -2912,10 +2912,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtqueue_add_inbuf);
  * @data: the token identifying the buffer.
  * @gfp: how to do memory allocations (if necessary).
  *
- * Same as virtqueue_add_inbuf but passes DMA_ATTR_CPU_CACHE_CLEAN to indicate
- * that the CPU will not dirty any cacheline overlapping this buffer while it
- * is available, and to suppress overlapping cacheline warnings in DMA debug
- * builds.
+ * Same as virtqueue_add_inbuf but passes DMA_ATTR_DEBUGGING_IGNORE_CACHELINES
+ * to indicate that the CPU will not dirty any cacheline overlapping this buffer
+ * while it is available, and to suppress overlapping cacheline warnings in DMA
+ * debug builds.
  *
  * Caller must ensure we don't call this with other virtqueue operations
  * at the same time (except where noted).
@@ -2928,7 +2928,7 @@ int virtqueue_add_inbuf_cache_clean(struct virtqueue *vq,
 				    gfp_t gfp)
 {
 	return virtqueue_add(vq, &sg, num, 0, 1, data, NULL, false, gfp,
-			     DMA_ATTR_CPU_CACHE_CLEAN);
+			     DMA_ATTR_DEBUGGING_IGNORE_CACHELINES);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtqueue_add_inbuf_cache_clean);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
index 29973baa05816..da44394b3a1a7 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
@@ -80,11 +80,11 @@
 #define DMA_ATTR_MMIO		(1UL << 10)
 
 /*
- * DMA_ATTR_CPU_CACHE_CLEAN: Indicates the CPU will not dirty any cacheline
- * overlapping this buffer while it is mapped for DMA. All mappings sharing
- * a cacheline must have this attribute for this to be considered safe.
+ * DMA_ATTR_DEBUGGING_IGNORE_CACHELINES: Indicates the CPU cache line can be
+ * overlapped. All mappings sharing a cacheline must have this attribute for
+ * this to be considered safe.
  */
-#define DMA_ATTR_CPU_CACHE_CLEAN	(1UL << 11)
+#define DMA_ATTR_DEBUGGING_IGNORE_CACHELINES	(1UL << 11)
 
 /*
  * A dma_addr_t can hold any valid DMA or bus address for the platform.  It can
diff --git a/include/trace/events/dma.h b/include/trace/events/dma.h
index 69cb3805ee81c..8c64bc0721fe4 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/dma.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/dma.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(DMA_NONE);
 		{ DMA_ATTR_NO_WARN, "NO_WARN" }, \
 		{ DMA_ATTR_PRIVILEGED, "PRIVILEGED" }, \
 		{ DMA_ATTR_MMIO, "MMIO" }, \
-		{ DMA_ATTR_CPU_CACHE_CLEAN, "CACHE_CLEAN" })
+		{ DMA_ATTR_DEBUGGING_IGNORE_CACHELINES, "CACHELINES_OVERLAP" })
 
 DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(dma_map,
 	TP_PROTO(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t phys_addr, dma_addr_t dma_addr,
diff --git a/kernel/dma/debug.c b/kernel/dma/debug.c
index be207be749968..83e1cfe05f08d 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/debug.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/debug.c
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ static void add_dma_entry(struct dma_debug_entry *entry, unsigned long attrs)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int rc;
 
-	entry->is_cache_clean = !!(attrs & DMA_ATTR_CPU_CACHE_CLEAN);
+	entry->is_cache_clean = attrs & DMA_ATTR_DEBUGGING_IGNORE_CACHELINES;
 
 	bucket = get_hash_bucket(entry, &flags);
 	hash_bucket_add(bucket, entry);

-- 
2.53.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-03-11 19:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-11 19:08 [PATCH v2 0/8] RDMA: Enable operation with DMA debug enabled Leon Romanovsky
2026-03-11 19:08 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] dma-debug: Allow multiple invocations of overlapping entries Leon Romanovsky
2026-03-11 19:08 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] dma-mapping: handle DMA_ATTR_CPU_CACHE_CLEAN in trace output Leon Romanovsky
2026-03-11 19:08 ` Leon Romanovsky [this message]
2026-03-11 19:08 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] dma-mapping: Introduce DMA require coherency attribute Leon Romanovsky
2026-03-12 12:19   ` Jason Gunthorpe
2026-03-12 16:46     ` Leon Romanovsky
2026-03-11 19:08 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] dma-direct: prevent SWIOTLB path when DMA_ATTR_REQUIRE_COHERENT is set Leon Romanovsky
2026-03-12 12:20   ` Jason Gunthorpe
2026-03-12 16:47     ` Leon Romanovsky
2026-03-11 19:08 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] iommu/dma: add support for DMA_ATTR_REQUIRE_COHERENT attribute Leon Romanovsky
2026-03-11 19:08 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] RDMA/umem: Tell DMA mapping that UMEM requires coherency Leon Romanovsky
2026-03-12 12:22   ` Jason Gunthorpe
2026-03-12 12:34   ` Jason Gunthorpe
2026-03-11 19:08 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] mm/hmm: Indicate that HMM requires DMA coherency Leon Romanovsky
2026-03-12 12:26   ` Jason Gunthorpe
2026-03-12 16:50     ` Leon Romanovsky

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