Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] usb: gadget: functionfs: DMABUF import interface

[Paul Cercueil <paul@crapouillou.net>]

Hi Andrzej,

Le vendredi 31 mars 2023 à 11:40 +0200, Andrzej Pietrasiewicz a écrit :
> Hi Paul,
> 
> W dniu 22.03.2023 o 10:21, Paul Cercueil pisze:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > This small patchset adds three new IOCTLs that can be used to
> > attach,
> > detach, or transfer from/to a DMABUF object.
> > 
> > Changes since v1:
> > - patch [2/3] is new. I had to reuse a piece of code that was
> > already
> >    duplicated in the driver, so I factorized the code.
> > - Make ffs_dma_resv_lock() static
> > - Add MODULE_IMPORT_NS(DMA_BUF);
> > - The attach/detach functions are now performed without locking the
> >    eps_lock spinlock. The transfer function starts with the
> > spinlock
> >    unlocked, then locks it before allocating and queueing the USB
> >    transfer.
> > 
> 
> Can you share an example use case for these new features?
> Is there a userspace that excercises the new ioctls?

We use it at Analog Devices to share buffers between the IIO subsystem
and the USB stack, which makes it possible to stream data samples
between a host computer and high-speed transceivers as fast as
possible, in a zero-copy fashion.

This will be used by Libiio:
https://github.com/analogdevicesinc/libiio/pull/928/commits/dd348137ce371532fd952a2b249cfd96afaef7d1

The code that uses these IOCTLs is not yet merged to the "master"
branch, but will be as soon as this patchset is accepted.

Cheers,
-Paul