On 05.01.2026 09:23, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> When multiple small DMA_FROM_DEVICE or DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL buffers share a
> cacheline, and DMA_API_DEBUG is enabled, we get this warning:
>       cacheline tracking EEXIST, overlapping mappings aren't supported.
>
> This is because when one of the mappings is removed, while another one
> is active, CPU might write into the buffer.
>
> Add an attribute for the driver to promise not to do this, making the
> overlapping safe, and suppressing the warning.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <[email protected]>

It is somehow similar to DMA_ATTR_SKIP_CPU_SYNC in its concept, so I see 
no reason not to accept it.

Acked-by: Marek Szyprowski <[email protected]>

> ---
>   include/linux/dma-mapping.h | 7 +++++++
>   kernel/dma/debug.c          | 3 ++-
>   2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
> index 29ad2ce700f0..29973baa0581 100644
> --- a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
> +++ b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
> @@ -79,6 +79,13 @@
>    */
>   #define DMA_ATTR_MMIO               (1UL << 10)
>   
> +/*
> + * DMA_ATTR_CPU_CACHE_CLEAN: Indicates the CPU will not dirty any cacheline
> + * overlapping this buffer while it is mapped for DMA. All mappings sharing
> + * a cacheline must have this attribute for this to be considered safe.
> + */
> +#define DMA_ATTR_CPU_CACHE_CLEAN     (1UL << 11)
> +
>   /*
>    * A dma_addr_t can hold any valid DMA or bus address for the platform.  It 
> can
>    * be given to a device to use as a DMA source or target.  It is specific 
> to a
> diff --git a/kernel/dma/debug.c b/kernel/dma/debug.c
> index 138ede653de4..7e66d863d573 100644
> --- a/kernel/dma/debug.c
> +++ b/kernel/dma/debug.c
> @@ -595,7 +595,8 @@ static void add_dma_entry(struct dma_debug_entry *entry, 
> unsigned long attrs)
>       if (rc == -ENOMEM) {
>               pr_err_once("cacheline tracking ENOMEM, dma-debug disabled\n");
>               global_disable = true;
> -     } else if (rc == -EEXIST && !(attrs & DMA_ATTR_SKIP_CPU_SYNC) &&
> +     } else if (rc == -EEXIST &&
> +                !(attrs & (DMA_ATTR_SKIP_CPU_SYNC | 
> DMA_ATTR_CPU_CACHE_CLEAN)) &&
>                  !(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DMA_BOUNCE_UNALIGNED_KMALLOC) &&
>                    is_swiotlb_active(entry->dev))) {
>               err_printk(entry->dev, entry,

Best regards
-- 
Marek Szyprowski, PhD
Samsung R&D Institute Poland


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