[PATCH v4 05/14] swiotlb: Add DMA_RESTRICTED_POOL

Claire Chang tientzu at chromium.org
Tue Feb 9 17:21:22 AEDT 2021


Add a new kconfig symbol, DMA_RESTRICTED_POOL, for restricted DMA pool.

Signed-off-by: Claire Chang <tientzu at chromium.org>
---
 kernel/dma/Kconfig | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/dma/Kconfig b/kernel/dma/Kconfig
index 479fc145acfc..97ff9f8dd3c8 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/dma/Kconfig
@@ -83,6 +83,20 @@ config SWIOTLB
 	bool
 	select NEED_DMA_MAP_STATE
 
+config DMA_RESTRICTED_POOL
+	bool "DMA Restricted Pool"
+	depends on OF && OF_RESERVED_MEM
+	select SWIOTLB
+	help
+	  This enables support for restricted DMA pools which provide a level of
+	  DMA memory protection on systems with limited hardware protection
+	  capabilities, such as those lacking an IOMMU.
+
+	  For more information see
+	  <Documentation/devicetree/bindings/reserved-memory/reserved-memory.txt>
+	  and <kernel/dma/swiotlb.c>.
+	  If unsure, say "n".
+
 #
 # Should be selected if we can mmap non-coherent mappings to userspace.
 # The only thing that is really required is a way to set an uncached bit
-- 
2.30.0.478.g8a0d178c01-goog



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