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Zhen Lei Oct. 13, 2020, 6:06 a.m. UTC
The following errors occured no matter which YAML file I executed on arm64.
Therefore, it is necessary to eliminate it so that people's time and energy are
not wasted every time.

arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/stingray/stingray-usb.dtsi:7.3-14: Warning (dma_ranges_format): /usb:dma-ranges: empty "dma-ranges" property but its #address-cells (1) differs from / (2)
arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/stingray/stingray-usb.dtsi:7.3-14: Warning (dma_ranges_format): /usb:dma-ranges: empty "dma-ranges" property but its #size-cells (1) differs from / (2)
arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/stingray/stingray-usb.dtsi:7.3-14: Warning (dma_ranges_format): /usb:dma-ranges: empty "dma-ranges" property but its #address-cells (1) differs from / (2)
arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/stingray/stingray-usb.dtsi:7.3-14: Warning (dma_ranges_format): /usb:dma-ranges: empty "dma-ranges" property but its #size-cells (1) differs from / (2)
arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/stingray/stingray-usb.dtsi:7.3-14: Warning (dma_ranges_format): /usb:dma-ranges: empty "dma-ranges" property but its #address-cells (1) differs from / (2)
arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/stingray/stingray-usb.dtsi:7.3-14: Warning (dma_ranges_format): /usb:dma-ranges: empty "dma-ranges" property but its #size-cells (1) differs from / (2)
arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/stingray/stingray-usb.dtsi:7.3-14: Warning (dma_ranges_format): /usb:dma-ranges: empty "dma-ranges" property but its #address-cells (1) differs from / (2)
arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/stingray/stingray-usb.dtsi:7.3-14: Warning (dma_ranges_format): /usb:dma-ranges: empty "dma-ranges" property but its #size-cells (1) differs from / (2)
arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/stingray/stingray-usb.dtsi:7.3-14: Warning (dma_ranges_format): /usb:dma-ranges: empty "dma-ranges" property but its #address-cells (1) differs from / (2)
arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/stingray/stingray-usb.dtsi:7.3-14: Warning (dma_ranges_format): /usb:dma-ranges: empty "dma-ranges" property but its #size-cells (1) differs from / (2)
arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/stingray/stingray-usb.dtsi:7.3-14: Warning (dma_ranges_format): /usb:dma-ranges: empty "dma-ranges" property but its #address-cells (1) differs from / (2)
arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/stingray/stingray-usb.dtsi:7.3-14: Warning (dma_ranges_format): /usb:dma-ranges: empty "dma-ranges" property but its #size-cells (1) differs from / (2)
arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/ipq6018.dtsi:185.3-14: Warning (dma_ranges_format): /soc:dma-ranges: empty "dma-ranges" property but its #address-cells (1) differs from / (2)
arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/ipq6018.dtsi:185.3-14: Warning (dma_ranges_format): /soc:dma-ranges: empty "dma-ranges" property but its #size-cells (1) differs from / (2)
arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/ipq6018.dtsi:185.3-14: Warning (dma_ranges_format): /soc:dma-ranges: empty "dma-ranges" property but its #address-cells (1) differs from / (2)
arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/ipq6018.dtsi:185.3-14: Warning (dma_ranges_format): /soc:dma-ranges: empty "dma-ranges" property but its #size-cells (1) differs from / (2)

Zhen Lei (2):
  arm64: dts: broadcom: remove an unused property dma-ranges
  arm64: dts: qcom: remove an unused property dma-ranges

 arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/stingray/stingray-usb.dtsi | 1 -
 arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/ipq6018.dtsi                   | 1 -
 2 files changed, 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Florian Fainelli Oct. 14, 2020, 3:12 a.m. UTC | #1
On 10/12/2020 11:06 PM, Zhen Lei wrote:
> stingray-usb.dtsi is finally included by three dts files:
> bcm958802a802x.dts, bcm958742k.dts and bcm958742t.dts. I searched all
> these three entire expanded dts files, and each of them contains only one
> dma-ranges. No conversion range is specified, so it cannot work properly.
> I think this property "dma-ranges" is added by mistake, just remove it.
> Otherwise, the following error will be reported when any YAML detection
> is performed on arm64.
> 
> arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/stingray/stingray-usb.dtsi:7.3-14: Warning \
> (dma_ranges_format): /usb:dma-ranges: empty "dma-ranges" property but \
> its #address-cells (1) differs from / (2)
> arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/stingray/stingray-usb.dtsi:7.3-14: Warning \
> (dma_ranges_format): /usb:dma-ranges: empty "dma-ranges" property but \
> its #size-cells (1) differs from / (2)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@huawei.com>

This looks fine to me, Scott, Ray do you want to Ack this patch before I 
take it?
Arnd Bergmann Oct. 14, 2020, 7:38 a.m. UTC | #2
On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 5:15 AM Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/12/2020 11:06 PM, Zhen Lei wrote:
> > stingray-usb.dtsi is finally included by three dts files:
> > bcm958802a802x.dts, bcm958742k.dts and bcm958742t.dts. I searched all
> > these three entire expanded dts files, and each of them contains only one
> > dma-ranges. No conversion range is specified, so it cannot work properly.
> > I think this property "dma-ranges" is added by mistake, just remove it.
> > Otherwise, the following error will be reported when any YAML detection
> > is performed on arm64.
> >
> > arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/stingray/stingray-usb.dtsi:7.3-14: Warning \
> > (dma_ranges_format): /usb:dma-ranges: empty "dma-ranges" property but \
> > its #address-cells (1) differs from / (2)
> > arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/stingray/stingray-usb.dtsi:7.3-14: Warning \
> > (dma_ranges_format): /usb:dma-ranges: empty "dma-ranges" property but \
> > its #size-cells (1) differs from / (2)
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@huawei.com>
>
> This looks fine to me, Scott, Ray do you want to Ack this patch before I
> take it?

Does it mean that there are no devices on this bus that can do DMA?

Usually there should be a dma-ranges property to identify that DMA
is possible and what the limits are, though we have failed to enforce
that.

Also note that the #address-cells=<1> means that any device under
this bus is assumed to only support 32-bit addressing, and DMA will
have to go through a slow swiotlb in the absence of an IOMMU.

      Arnd
Zhen Lei Oct. 14, 2020, 1:36 p.m. UTC | #3
On 2020/10/14 15:38, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 5:15 AM Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 10/12/2020 11:06 PM, Zhen Lei wrote:
>>> stingray-usb.dtsi is finally included by three dts files:
>>> bcm958802a802x.dts, bcm958742k.dts and bcm958742t.dts. I searched all
>>> these three entire expanded dts files, and each of them contains only one
>>> dma-ranges. No conversion range is specified, so it cannot work properly.
>>> I think this property "dma-ranges" is added by mistake, just remove it.
>>> Otherwise, the following error will be reported when any YAML detection
>>> is performed on arm64.
>>>
>>> arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/stingray/stingray-usb.dtsi:7.3-14: Warning \
>>> (dma_ranges_format): /usb:dma-ranges: empty "dma-ranges" property but \
>>> its #address-cells (1) differs from / (2)
>>> arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/stingray/stingray-usb.dtsi:7.3-14: Warning \
>>> (dma_ranges_format): /usb:dma-ranges: empty "dma-ranges" property but \
>>> its #size-cells (1) differs from / (2)
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@huawei.com>
>>
>> This looks fine to me, Scott, Ray do you want to Ack this patch before I
>> take it?
> 
> Does it mean that there are no devices on this bus that can do DMA?
> 
> Usually there should be a dma-ranges property to identify that DMA
> is possible and what the limits are, though we have failed to enforce
> that.

Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iommu/iommu.txt +79
When an "iommus" property is specified in a device tree node, the IOMMU will
be used for address translation. If a "dma-ranges" property exists in the
device's parent node it will be ignored. An exception to this rule is if the
referenced IOMMU is disabled, in which case the "dma-ranges" property of the
parent shall take effect.

The dma-ranges is only required by IOMMU disabled case. And should exist in
the parent node of IOMMU device. But this deleted dma-ranges is under the usb
bus node.

> 
> Also note that the #address-cells=<1> means that any device under
> this bus is assumed to only support 32-bit addressing, and DMA will
> have to go through a slow swiotlb in the absence of an IOMMU.

The dma_alloc_coherent() will allocate memory with GFP_DMA32 flag and
try the 0-4G first. The reserved swiotlb buffer memory is used only
when the allocation failed.

 memory@80000000:
    device_type: ["memory"]
    reg: [[0x0, 0x80000000, 0x0, 0x80000000], [0x8, 0x80000000, 0x1, 0x80000000]]

If this is the actual physical memory size, the #address-cells should be set to <1>.

> 
>       Arnd
> 
> .
>
Zhen Lei Oct. 14, 2020, 1:43 p.m. UTC | #4
On 2020/10/14 21:36, Leizhen (ThunderTown) wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2020/10/14 15:38, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 5:15 AM Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 10/12/2020 11:06 PM, Zhen Lei wrote:
>>>> stingray-usb.dtsi is finally included by three dts files:
>>>> bcm958802a802x.dts, bcm958742k.dts and bcm958742t.dts. I searched all
>>>> these three entire expanded dts files, and each of them contains only one
>>>> dma-ranges. No conversion range is specified, so it cannot work properly.
>>>> I think this property "dma-ranges" is added by mistake, just remove it.
>>>> Otherwise, the following error will be reported when any YAML detection
>>>> is performed on arm64.
>>>>
>>>> arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/stingray/stingray-usb.dtsi:7.3-14: Warning \
>>>> (dma_ranges_format): /usb:dma-ranges: empty "dma-ranges" property but \
>>>> its #address-cells (1) differs from / (2)
>>>> arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/stingray/stingray-usb.dtsi:7.3-14: Warning \
>>>> (dma_ranges_format): /usb:dma-ranges: empty "dma-ranges" property but \
>>>> its #size-cells (1) differs from / (2)
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@huawei.com>
>>>
>>> This looks fine to me, Scott, Ray do you want to Ack this patch before I
>>> take it?
>>
>> Does it mean that there are no devices on this bus that can do DMA?
>>
>> Usually there should be a dma-ranges property to identify that DMA
>> is possible and what the limits are, though we have failed to enforce
>> that.
> 
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iommu/iommu.txt +79
> When an "iommus" property is specified in a device tree node, the IOMMU will
> be used for address translation. If a "dma-ranges" property exists in the
> device's parent node it will be ignored. An exception to this rule is if the
> referenced IOMMU is disabled, in which case the "dma-ranges" property of the
> parent shall take effect.
> 
> The dma-ranges is only required by IOMMU disabled case. And should exist in
> the parent node of IOMMU device. But this deleted dma-ranges is under the usb
> bus node.
> 
>>
>> Also note that the #address-cells=<1> means that any device under
>> this bus is assumed to only support 32-bit addressing, and DMA will
>> have to go through a slow swiotlb in the absence of an IOMMU.
> 
> The dma_alloc_coherent() will allocate memory with GFP_DMA32 flag and
> try the 0-4G first. The reserved swiotlb buffer memory is used only
> when the allocation failed.

----- Sorry, my mistake, please ignore the following.

> 
>  memory@80000000:
>     device_type: ["memory"]
>     reg: [[0x0, 0x80000000, 0x0, 0x80000000], [0x8, 0x80000000, 0x1, 0x80000000]]
> 
> If this is the actual physical memory size, the #address-cells should be set to <1>.
> 
>>
>>       Arnd
>>
>> .
>>
Arnd Bergmann Oct. 14, 2020, 2:02 p.m. UTC | #5
On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 3:36 PM Leizhen (ThunderTown)
<thunder.leizhen@huawei.com> wrote:
> On 2020/10/14 15:38, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 5:15 AM Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On 10/12/2020 11:06 PM, Zhen Lei wrote:
> >>> stingray-usb.dtsi is finally included by three dts files:
> >>> bcm958802a802x.dts, bcm958742k.dts and bcm958742t.dts. I searched all
> >>> these three entire expanded dts files, and each of them contains only one
> >>> dma-ranges. No conversion range is specified, so it cannot work properly.
> >>> I think this property "dma-ranges" is added by mistake, just remove it.
> >>> Otherwise, the following error will be reported when any YAML detection
> >>> is performed on arm64.
> >>>
> >>> arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/stingray/stingray-usb.dtsi:7.3-14: Warning \
> >>> (dma_ranges_format): /usb:dma-ranges: empty "dma-ranges" property but \
> >>> its #address-cells (1) differs from / (2)
> >>> arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/stingray/stingray-usb.dtsi:7.3-14: Warning \
> >>> (dma_ranges_format): /usb:dma-ranges: empty "dma-ranges" property but \
> >>> its #size-cells (1) differs from / (2)
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@huawei.com>
> >>
> >> This looks fine to me, Scott, Ray do you want to Ack this patch before I
> >> take it?
> >
> > Does it mean that there are no devices on this bus that can do DMA?
> >
> > Usually there should be a dma-ranges property to identify that DMA
> > is possible and what the limits are, though we have failed to enforce
> > that.
>
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iommu/iommu.txt +79
> When an "iommus" property is specified in a device tree node, the IOMMU will
> be used for address translation. If a "dma-ranges" property exists in the
> device's parent node it will be ignored. An exception to this rule is if the
> referenced IOMMU is disabled, in which case the "dma-ranges" property of the
> parent shall take effect.
>
> The dma-ranges is only required by IOMMU disabled case. And should exist in
> the parent node of IOMMU device. But this deleted dma-ranges is under the usb
> bus node.

The USB hosts here don't use an IOMMU though, right?

> > Also note that the #address-cells=<1> means that any device under
> > this bus is assumed to only support 32-bit addressing, and DMA will
> > have to go through a slow swiotlb in the absence of an IOMMU.
>
> The dma_alloc_coherent() will allocate memory with GFP_DMA32 flag and
> try the 0-4G first. The reserved swiotlb buffer memory is used only
> when the allocation failed.

The swiotlb is primarily about the streaming mappings with dma_map_*(),
which has to copy all data sent to the device. dma_alloc_coherent()
is a rare operation and less impacted by DMA limitations.

      Arnd
Zhen Lei Oct. 16, 2020, 7:06 a.m. UTC | #6
On 2020/10/14 22:02, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 3:36 PM Leizhen (ThunderTown)
> <thunder.leizhen@huawei.com> wrote:
>> On 2020/10/14 15:38, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>>> On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 5:15 AM Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 10/12/2020 11:06 PM, Zhen Lei wrote:
>>>>> stingray-usb.dtsi is finally included by three dts files:
>>>>> bcm958802a802x.dts, bcm958742k.dts and bcm958742t.dts. I searched all
>>>>> these three entire expanded dts files, and each of them contains only one
>>>>> dma-ranges. No conversion range is specified, so it cannot work properly.
>>>>> I think this property "dma-ranges" is added by mistake, just remove it.
>>>>> Otherwise, the following error will be reported when any YAML detection
>>>>> is performed on arm64.
>>>>>
>>>>> arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/stingray/stingray-usb.dtsi:7.3-14: Warning \
>>>>> (dma_ranges_format): /usb:dma-ranges: empty "dma-ranges" property but \
>>>>> its #address-cells (1) differs from / (2)
>>>>> arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/stingray/stingray-usb.dtsi:7.3-14: Warning \
>>>>> (dma_ranges_format): /usb:dma-ranges: empty "dma-ranges" property but \
>>>>> its #size-cells (1) differs from / (2)
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@huawei.com>
>>>>
>>>> This looks fine to me, Scott, Ray do you want to Ack this patch before I
>>>> take it?
>>>
>>> Does it mean that there are no devices on this bus that can do DMA?
>>>
>>> Usually there should be a dma-ranges property to identify that DMA
>>> is possible and what the limits are, though we have failed to enforce
>>> that.
>>
>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iommu/iommu.txt +79
>> When an "iommus" property is specified in a device tree node, the IOMMU will
>> be used for address translation. If a "dma-ranges" property exists in the
>> device's parent node it will be ignored. An exception to this rule is if the
>> referenced IOMMU is disabled, in which case the "dma-ranges" property of the
>> parent shall take effect.
>>
>> The dma-ranges is only required by IOMMU disabled case. And should exist in
>> the parent node of IOMMU device. But this deleted dma-ranges is under the usb
>> bus node.
> 
> The USB hosts here don't use an IOMMU though, right?

Generally, USB devices are accessed through the IOMMU. However, even in this
case, dma-ranges is not necessarily required. There are many examples of this
in arch/arm64/boot/dts/. For example: arch/arm64/boot/dts/arm/juno.dt.yaml.

Not sure, but maybe I found the answer.

vi drivers/of/address.c +457
457                                               Thus we treat the absence of
458          * "ranges" as equivalent to an empty "ranges" property which means
459          * a 1:1 translation at that level.

466          * This quirk also applies for 'dma-ranges' which frequently exist in
467          * child nodes without 'dma-ranges' in the parent nodes. --RobH

475         if (ranges == NULL || rlen == 0) {
476                 offset = of_read_number(addr, na);
477                 memset(addr, 0, pna * 4);
478                 pr_debug("empty ranges; 1:1 translation\n");
479                 goto finish;
480         }

By the way: At first, I thought that these errors was detected by YAML. Now,
I found that it was generated by "make dtbs". That's why it was reported by
any YAML. Thus, the need to fix these errors is even more urgent.


> 
>>> Also note that the #address-cells=<1> means that any device under
>>> this bus is assumed to only support 32-bit addressing, and DMA will
>>> have to go through a slow swiotlb in the absence of an IOMMU.
>>
>> The dma_alloc_coherent() will allocate memory with GFP_DMA32 flag and
>> try the 0-4G first. The reserved swiotlb buffer memory is used only
>> when the allocation failed.
> 
> The swiotlb is primarily about the streaming mappings with dma_map_*(),
> which has to copy all data sent to the device. dma_alloc_coherent()
> is a rare operation and less impacted by DMA limitations.

OK, I got it.

> 
>       Arnd
> 
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> 
> .
>
Zhen Lei Oct. 16, 2020, 7:53 a.m. UTC | #7
On 2020/10/16 15:06, Leizhen (ThunderTown) wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2020/10/14 22:02, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 3:36 PM Leizhen (ThunderTown)
>> <thunder.leizhen@huawei.com> wrote:
>>> On 2020/10/14 15:38, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 5:15 AM Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 10/12/2020 11:06 PM, Zhen Lei wrote:
>>>>>> stingray-usb.dtsi is finally included by three dts files:
>>>>>> bcm958802a802x.dts, bcm958742k.dts and bcm958742t.dts. I searched all
>>>>>> these three entire expanded dts files, and each of them contains only one
>>>>>> dma-ranges. No conversion range is specified, so it cannot work properly.
>>>>>> I think this property "dma-ranges" is added by mistake, just remove it.
>>>>>> Otherwise, the following error will be reported when any YAML detection
>>>>>> is performed on arm64.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/stingray/stingray-usb.dtsi:7.3-14: Warning \
>>>>>> (dma_ranges_format): /usb:dma-ranges: empty "dma-ranges" property but \
>>>>>> its #address-cells (1) differs from / (2)
>>>>>> arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/stingray/stingray-usb.dtsi:7.3-14: Warning \
>>>>>> (dma_ranges_format): /usb:dma-ranges: empty "dma-ranges" property but \
>>>>>> its #size-cells (1) differs from / (2)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@huawei.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> This looks fine to me, Scott, Ray do you want to Ack this patch before I
>>>>> take it?
>>>>
>>>> Does it mean that there are no devices on this bus that can do DMA?
>>>>
>>>> Usually there should be a dma-ranges property to identify that DMA
>>>> is possible and what the limits are, though we have failed to enforce
>>>> that.
>>>
>>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iommu/iommu.txt +79
>>> When an "iommus" property is specified in a device tree node, the IOMMU will
>>> be used for address translation. If a "dma-ranges" property exists in the
>>> device's parent node it will be ignored. An exception to this rule is if the
>>> referenced IOMMU is disabled, in which case the "dma-ranges" property of the
>>> parent shall take effect.
>>>
>>> The dma-ranges is only required by IOMMU disabled case. And should exist in
>>> the parent node of IOMMU device. But this deleted dma-ranges is under the usb
>>> bus node.
>>
>> The USB hosts here don't use an IOMMU though, right?
> 
> Generally, USB devices are accessed through the IOMMU. However, even in this
> case, dma-ranges is not necessarily required. There are many examples of this
> in arch/arm64/boot/dts/. For example: arch/arm64/boot/dts/arm/juno.dt.yaml.
> 
> Not sure, but maybe I found the answer.
> 
> vi drivers/of/address.c +457
> 457                                               Thus we treat the absence of
> 458          * "ranges" as equivalent to an empty "ranges" property which means
> 459          * a 1:1 translation at that level.
> 
> 466          * This quirk also applies for 'dma-ranges' which frequently exist in
> 467          * child nodes without 'dma-ranges' in the parent nodes. --RobH
> 
> 475         if (ranges == NULL || rlen == 0) {
> 476                 offset = of_read_number(addr, na);
> 477                 memset(addr, 0, pna * 4);
> 478                 pr_debug("empty ranges; 1:1 translation\n");
> 479                 goto finish;
> 480         }
> 
> By the way: At first, I thought that these errors was detected by YAML. Now,
> I found that it was generated by "make dtbs". That's why it was reported by
> any YAML. Thus, the need to fix these errors is even more urgent.
> 
> 
>>
>>>> Also note that the #address-cells=<1> means that any device under
>>>> this bus is assumed to only support 32-bit addressing, and DMA will

Hi, Arnd:
  I known what you mean now. I will rewrite the patch. Thanks.

>>>> have to go through a slow swiotlb in the absence of an IOMMU.
>>>
>>> The dma_alloc_coherent() will allocate memory with GFP_DMA32 flag and
>>> try the 0-4G first. The reserved swiotlb buffer memory is used only
>>> when the allocation failed.
>>
>> The swiotlb is primarily about the streaming mappings with dma_map_*(),
>> which has to copy all data sent to the device. dma_alloc_coherent()
>> is a rare operation and less impacted by DMA limitations.
> 
> OK, I got it.
> 
>>
>>       Arnd
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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