[PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: interrupt-controller: arm,gic-v3: Add dma-noncoherent property

Lorenzo Pieralisi lpieralisi at kernel.org
Wed Sep 6 02:41:38 PDT 2023


The GIC v3 specifications allow redistributors and ITSes interconnect
ports used to access memory to be wired up in a way that makes the
respective initiators/memory observers non-coherent.

Add the standard dma-noncoherent property to the GICv3 bindings to
allow firmware to describe the redistributors/ITSes components and
interconnect ports behaviour in system designs where the redistributors
and ITSes are not coherent with the CPU.

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lpieralisi at kernel.org>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh at kernel.org>
---
 .../bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,gic-v3.yaml    | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,gic-v3.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,gic-v3.yaml
index 39e64c7f6360..c9bc9aad93f1 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,gic-v3.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/arm,gic-v3.yaml
@@ -106,6 +106,12 @@ properties:
     $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
     maximum: 4096
 
+  dma-noncoherent:
+    description:
+      Present if the GIC redistributors permit programming shareability
+      and cacheability attributes but are connected to a non-coherent
+      downstream interconnect.
+
   msi-controller:
     description:
       Only present if the Message Based Interrupt functionality is
@@ -193,6 +199,12 @@ patternProperties:
       compatible:
         const: arm,gic-v3-its
 
+      dma-noncoherent:
+        description:
+          Present if the GIC ITS permits programming shareability and
+          cacheability attributes but are connected to a non-coherent
+          downstream interconnect.
+
       msi-controller: true
 
       "#msi-cells":
-- 
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