* [PATCH v3 1/2] alpha: parse early parameters before reserving contiguous memory
2026-11-15 10:37 [PATCH v3 0/2] alpha: enable DMA CMA support Magnus Lindholm
@ 2026-11-15 10:37 ` Magnus Lindholm
2026-11-15 10:37 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] alpha: enable contiguous memory allocation for coherent DMA Magnus Lindholm
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From: Magnus Lindholm @ 2026-11-15 10:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: richard.henderson, mattst88, linux-kernel, linux-alpha; +Cc: linmag7
Run parse_early_param() in setup_arch(), after machine initialization
and before further memory reservations. This lets the subsequent CMA
reservation honor cma= before start_kernel() reaches its normal call.
Initialize jump labels first so early handlers can safely change static
keys. The later jump_label_init() call in start_kernel() is harmless.
The parser uses boot_command_line and guards against repeated calls.
This moves all early parameter handlers, not just the CMA handler.
Signed-off-by: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
---
arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c
index 9fda01b73b18..f21a7c8f5213 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
#include <linux/cpu.h>
#include <linux/errno.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/jump_label.h>
#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/ioport.h>
#include <linux/panic_notifier.h>
@@ -579,6 +580,10 @@ setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
if (alpha_mv.init_arch)
alpha_mv.init_arch();
+ /* Early options may change static keys and configure DMA CMA. */
+ jump_label_init();
+ parse_early_param();
+
/* Reserve standard resources. */
reserve_std_resources();
--
2.43.0
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* [PATCH v3 2/2] alpha: enable contiguous memory allocation for coherent DMA
2026-11-15 10:37 [PATCH v3 0/2] alpha: enable DMA CMA support Magnus Lindholm
2026-11-15 10:37 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] alpha: parse early parameters before reserving contiguous memory Magnus Lindholm
@ 2026-11-15 10:37 ` Magnus Lindholm
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From: Magnus Lindholm @ 2026-11-15 10:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: richard.henderson, mattst88, linux-kernel, linux-alpha; +Cc: linmag7
Select HAVE_DMA_CONTIGUOUS and reserve a default CMA area after the
machine has initialized its DMA windows. Prefer top-down placement
below the direct-map and usable RAM limits. Skip the default reservation
when no direct-map window exists. Explicit cma= ranges retain their
generic override semantics; top-down placement is a preference, not a
hard lower bound excluding the first 16 MiB.
Use dma_alloc_contiguous(), which rejects non-blocking callers, before
falling back to alloc_pages_exact(). Pair both paths with
dma_free_contiguous(), whose buddy fallback uses free_pages_exact().
Skip CMA on the GFP_DMA retry after a mapping failure so it cannot
return the same unsuitable CMA pages. Retain zeroing for CMA memory.
Round the size up to a page boundary in both allocation and free. CMA
allocates size >> PAGE_SHIFT pages, so an unaligned size could otherwise
allocate too few pages and overrun the allocation during zeroing. Keep
the mapping and unmapping lengths consistent with the aligned size.
With CONFIG_DMA_CMA=y, the default CMA_SIZE_MBYTES setting reserves
16 MiB without a cma= argument. cma=0 disables the default area.
Signed-off-by: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@gmail.com>
---
.../io/dma-contiguous/arch-support.txt | 2 +-
arch/alpha/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/alpha/kernel/pci_iommu.c | 19 +++++++++++++------
arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/features/io/dma-contiguous/arch-support.txt b/Documentation/features/io/dma-contiguous/arch-support.txt
index 3c6ce35d704f..6cd205a991f6 100644
--- a/Documentation/features/io/dma-contiguous/arch-support.txt
+++ b/Documentation/features/io/dma-contiguous/arch-support.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
-----------------------
| arch |status|
-----------------------
- | alpha: | TODO |
+ | alpha: | ok |
| arc: | TODO |
| arm: | ok |
| arm64: | ok |
diff --git a/arch/alpha/Kconfig b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
index 6ccb2d230326..cddc1f3af209 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ config ALPHA
select HAVE_ARCH_COMPILER_H
select HAVE_ASM_MODVERSIONS
select HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
+ select HAVE_DMA_CONTIGUOUS
select HAVE_GUP_FAST
select HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2
select HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/pci_iommu.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/pci_iommu.c
index 955b6ca61627..19aa5c05de2b 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/pci_iommu.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/pci_iommu.c
@@ -408,15 +408,20 @@ static void *alpha_pci_alloc_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
{
struct pci_dev *pdev = alpha_gendev_to_pci(dev);
void *cpu_addr;
- long order = get_order(size);
+ struct page *page;
+ size = PAGE_ALIGN(size);
gfp &= ~GFP_DMA;
try_again:
- cpu_addr = (void *)__get_free_pages(gfp | __GFP_ZERO, order);
+ /* A low-memory retry must not return the same unsuitable CMA pages. */
+ page = (gfp & GFP_DMA) ? NULL : dma_alloc_contiguous(dev, size, gfp);
+ if (page)
+ cpu_addr = page_address(page);
+ else
+ cpu_addr = alloc_pages_exact(size, gfp | __GFP_ZERO);
if (! cpu_addr) {
- printk(KERN_INFO "pci_alloc_consistent: "
- "get_free_pages failed from %ps\n",
+ pr_info("pci_alloc_consistent: allocation failed from %ps\n",
__builtin_return_address(0));
/* ??? Really atomic allocation? Otherwise we could play
with vmalloc and sg if we can't find contiguous memory. */
@@ -426,7 +431,7 @@ static void *alpha_pci_alloc_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
*dma_addrp = pci_map_single_1(pdev, virt_to_phys(cpu_addr), size, 0);
if (*dma_addrp == DMA_MAPPING_ERROR) {
- free_pages((unsigned long)cpu_addr, order);
+ dma_free_contiguous(dev, virt_to_page(cpu_addr), size);
if (alpha_mv.mv_pci_tbi || (gfp & GFP_DMA))
return NULL;
/* The address doesn't fit required mask and we
@@ -452,8 +457,10 @@ static void alpha_pci_free_coherent(struct device *dev, size_t size,
unsigned long attrs)
{
struct pci_dev *pdev = alpha_gendev_to_pci(dev);
+
+ size = PAGE_ALIGN(size);
dma_unmap_single(&pdev->dev, dma_addr, size, DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
- free_pages((unsigned long)cpu_addr, get_order(size));
+ dma_free_contiguous(dev, virt_to_page(cpu_addr), size);
DBGA2("pci_free_consistent: [%llx,%zx] from %ps\n",
dma_addr, size, __builtin_return_address(0));
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c
index f21a7c8f5213..f40a87b30a7c 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/setup.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
#include <linux/panic_notifier.h>
#include <linux/platform_device.h>
#include <linux/memblock.h>
+#include <linux/dma-map-ops.h>
#include <linux/pci.h>
#include <linux/seq_file.h>
#include <linux/root_dev.h>
@@ -584,6 +585,20 @@ setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
jump_label_init();
parse_early_param();
+ /*
+ * Prefer higher memory within the direct-map window, rather than
+ * consuming scarce low memory with a bottom-up CMA reservation.
+ * Explicit cma= ranges retain the generic command-line semantics.
+ */
+ if (__direct_map_size) {
+ bool bottom_up = memblock_bottom_up();
+
+ memblock_set_bottom_up(false);
+ dma_contiguous_reserve(min_t(phys_addr_t, __direct_map_size,
+ PFN_PHYS(max_low_pfn)));
+ memblock_set_bottom_up(bottom_up);
+ }
+
/* Reserve standard resources. */
reserve_std_resources();
--
2.43.0
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