[RFC PATCH 5/5] dma-mapping: Allow batched DMA sync operations if supported by the arch

Marek Szyprowski m.szyprowski at samsung.com
Mon Nov 24 10:11:13 PST 2025


On 22.11.2025 00:28, Barry Song wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski at samsung.com> wrote:
> [...]
>> This version looks a bit better to me. Similar batching could be added
>> also to dma_iova_link()/dma_iova_sync() paths.
> Thanks, Marek. I will respin a new version. For dma_iova, I assume you meant
> something like the following?
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c
> index 7944a3af4545..7bb6ed663236 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c
> @@ -1837,7 +1837,7 @@ static int __dma_iova_link(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t addr,
>   	int prot = dma_info_to_prot(dir, coherent, attrs);
>   
>   	if (!coherent && !(attrs & (DMA_ATTR_SKIP_CPU_SYNC | DMA_ATTR_MMIO)))
> -		arch_sync_dma_for_device(phys, size, dir);
> +		arch_sync_dma_for_device_batch_add(phys, size, dir);
>   
>   	return iommu_map_nosync(iommu_get_dma_domain(dev), addr, phys, size,
>   			prot, GFP_ATOMIC);
> @@ -1980,6 +1980,8 @@ int dma_iova_sync(struct device *dev, struct dma_iova_state *state,
>   	dma_addr_t addr = state->addr + offset;
>   	size_t iova_start_pad = iova_offset(iovad, addr);
>   
> +	if (!dev_is_dma_coherent(dev))
> +		arch_sync_dma_batch_flush();
>   	return iommu_sync_map(domain, addr - iova_start_pad,
>   		      iova_align(iovad, size + iova_start_pad));
>   }
>
> If so, I don't really have such hardware to test. I wonder if I can make it as
> patch 6/6 when respinning, and still mark it as RFC v2. Or should I leave it as
> is and expect someone with the hardware to test and send it?

Yes, I meant something like the above diff, also for dma_iova_unlink(). 
It can be an additional, 6th patch with RFC tag, assuming You have no 
way to test it.

Please notice that I've just sent a patch touching the similar code paths:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251124170955.3884351-1-m.szyprowski@samsung.com/

Best regards
-- 
Marek Szyprowski, PhD
Samsung R&D Institute Poland




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