ALSA: docs: Update documentation about SG- and vmalloc-buffers
The recent changes simplified the required setup for SG- and vmalloc- buffers. Update the documentation accordingly. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191105080138.1260-5-tiwai@suse.de Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
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@ -2095,10 +2095,12 @@ This callback is atomic as default.
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page callback
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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This callback is optional too. This callback is used mainly for
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non-contiguous buffers. The mmap calls this callback to get the page
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address. Some examples will be explained in the later section `Buffer
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and Memory Management`_, too.
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This callback is optional too. The mmap calls this callback to get the
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page fault address.
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Since the recent changes, you need no special callback any longer for
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the standard SG-buffer or vmalloc-buffer. Hence this callback should
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be rarely used.
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mmap calllback
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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@ -3700,8 +3702,15 @@ For creating the SG-buffer handler, call
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``SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV_SG`` in the PCM constructor like other PCI
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pre-allocator. You need to pass ``snd_dma_pci_data(pci)``, where pci is
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the :c:type:`struct pci_dev <pci_dev>` pointer of the chip as
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well. The ``struct snd_sg_buf`` instance is created as
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``substream->dma_private``. You can cast the pointer like:
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well.
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::
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snd_pcm_lib_preallocate_pages_for_all(pcm, SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV_SG,
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snd_dma_pci_data(pci), size, max);
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The ``struct snd_sg_buf`` instance is created as
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``substream->dma_private`` in turn. You can cast the pointer like:
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::
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@ -3717,10 +3726,6 @@ physically non-contiguous. The physical address table is set up in
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``sgbuf->table``. You can get the physical address at a certain offset
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via :c:func:`snd_pcm_sgbuf_get_addr()`.
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When a SG-handler is used, you need to set
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:c:func:`snd_pcm_sgbuf_ops_page()` as the ``page`` callback. (See
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`page callback`_ section.)
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To release the data, call :c:func:`snd_pcm_lib_free_pages()` in
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the ``hw_free`` callback as usual.
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@ -3728,30 +3733,33 @@ Vmalloc'ed Buffers
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------------------
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It's possible to use a buffer allocated via :c:func:`vmalloc()`, for
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example, for an intermediate buffer. Since the allocated pages are not
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contiguous, you need to set the ``page`` callback to obtain the physical
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address at every offset.
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The easiest way to achieve it would be to use
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:c:func:`snd_pcm_lib_alloc_vmalloc_buffer()` for allocating the buffer
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via :c:func:`vmalloc()`, and set :c:func:`snd_pcm_sgbuf_ops_page()` to
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the ``page`` callback. At release, you need to call
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:c:func:`snd_pcm_lib_free_vmalloc_buffer()`.
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If you want to implementation the ``page`` manually, it would be like
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this:
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example, for an intermediate buffer. In the recent version of kernel,
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you can simply allocate it via standard
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:c:func:`snd_pcm_lib_malloc_pages()` and co after setting up the
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buffer preallocation with ``SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_VMALLOC`` type.
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::
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#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
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snd_pcm_lib_preallocate_pages_for_all(pcm, SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_VMALLOC,
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NULL, 0, 0);
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/* get the physical page pointer on the given offset */
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static struct page *mychip_page(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
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unsigned long offset)
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{
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void *pageptr = substream->runtime->dma_area + offset;
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return vmalloc_to_page(pageptr);
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}
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The NULL is passed to the device pointer argument, which indicates
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that the default pages (GFP_KERNEL and GFP_HIGHMEM) will be
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allocated.
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Also, note that zero is passed to both the size and the max size
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arguments here. Since each vmalloc call should succeed at any time,
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we don't need to pre-allocate the buffers like other continuous
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pages.
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If you need the 32bit DMA allocation, pass the device pointer encoded
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by :c:func:`snd_dma_continuous_data()` with ``GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_DMA32``
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argument.
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::
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snd_pcm_lib_preallocate_pages_for_all(pcm, SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_VMALLOC,
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snd_dma_continuous_data(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_DMA32), 0, 0);
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Proc Interface
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==============
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