dma-buf: cleanup dma_buf_export() to make it easily extensible
At present, dma_buf_export() takes a series of parameters, which
makes it difficult to add any new parameters for exporters, if required.
Make it simpler by moving all these parameters into a struct, and pass
the struct * as parameter to dma_buf_export().
While at it, unite dma_buf_export_named() with dma_buf_export(), and
change all callers accordingly.
Reviewed-by: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@canonical.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@osg.samsung.com>
Acked-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@linaro.org>
diff --git a/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt b/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt
index bb9753b..480c8de 100644
--- a/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt
@@ -49,25 +49,26 @@
The buffer exporter announces its wish to export a buffer. In this, it
connects its own private buffer data, provides implementation for operations
that can be performed on the exported dma_buf, and flags for the file
- associated with this buffer.
+ associated with this buffer. All these fields are filled in struct
+ dma_buf_export_info, defined via the DEFINE_DMA_BUF_EXPORT_INFO macro.
Interface:
- struct dma_buf *dma_buf_export_named(void *priv, struct dma_buf_ops *ops,
- size_t size, int flags,
- const char *exp_name)
+ DEFINE_DMA_BUF_EXPORT_INFO(exp_info)
+ struct dma_buf *dma_buf_export(struct dma_buf_export_info *exp_info)
- If this succeeds, dma_buf_export_named allocates a dma_buf structure, and
+ If this succeeds, dma_buf_export allocates a dma_buf structure, and
returns a pointer to the same. It also associates an anonymous file with this
buffer, so it can be exported. On failure to allocate the dma_buf object,
it returns NULL.
- 'exp_name' is the name of exporter - to facilitate information while
- debugging.
+ 'exp_name' in struct dma_buf_export_info is the name of exporter - to
+ facilitate information while debugging. It is set to KBUILD_MODNAME by
+ default, so exporters don't have to provide a specific name, if they don't
+ wish to.
- Exporting modules which do not wish to provide any specific name may use the
- helper define 'dma_buf_export()', with the same arguments as above, but
- without the last argument; a KBUILD_MODNAME pre-processor directive will be
- inserted in place of 'exp_name' instead.
+ DEFINE_DMA_BUF_EXPORT_INFO macro defines the struct dma_buf_export_info,
+ zeroes it out and pre-populates exp_name in it.
+
2. Userspace gets a handle to pass around to potential buffer-users