On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 03:09:18PM -0500, Frank Li wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 18, 2026 at 10:54:13PM +0900, Koichiro Den wrote:
> > Not all NTB implementations are able to naturally do DMA mapping through
> > the NTB PCI device itself (e.g. due to IOMMU topology or non-PCI backing
> > devices).
> >
> > Add an optional .get_dma_dev() callback and helper so clients can use
> > the appropriate struct device for DMA API allocations and mappings.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Koichiro Den <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >  include/linux/ntb.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/ntb.h b/include/linux/ntb.h
> > index aa888219732a..7ac8cb13e90d 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/ntb.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/ntb.h
> > @@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ struct ntb_mw_subrange {
> >   * @msg_clear_mask:        See ntb_msg_clear_mask().
> >   * @msg_read:              See ntb_msg_read().
> >   * @peer_msg_write:        See ntb_peer_msg_write().
> > + * @get_dma_dev:   See ntb_get_dma_dev().
> >   * @get_private_data:      See ntb_get_private_data().
> >   */
> >  struct ntb_dev_ops {
> > @@ -339,6 +340,7 @@ struct ntb_dev_ops {
> >     int (*msg_clear_mask)(struct ntb_dev *ntb, u64 mask_bits);
> >     u32 (*msg_read)(struct ntb_dev *ntb, int *pidx, int midx);
> >     int (*peer_msg_write)(struct ntb_dev *ntb, int pidx, int midx, u32 msg);
> > +   struct device *(*get_dma_dev)(struct ntb_dev *ntb);
> >     void *(*get_private_data)(struct ntb_dev *ntb);
> >  };
> >
> > @@ -405,6 +407,7 @@ static inline int ntb_dev_ops_is_valid(const struct 
> > ntb_dev_ops *ops)
> >             !ops->peer_msg_write == !ops->msg_count         &&
> >
> >             /* Miscellaneous optional callbacks */
> > +           /* ops->get_dma_dev                             && */
> >             /* ops->get_private_data                        && */
> >             1;
> >  }
> > @@ -1614,6 +1617,21 @@ static inline int ntb_peer_msg_write(struct ntb_dev 
> > *ntb, int pidx, int midx,
> >     return ntb->ops->peer_msg_write(ntb, pidx, midx, msg);
> >  }
> >
> > +/**
> > + * ntb_get_dma_dev() - get the device suitable for DMA mapping
> > + * @ntb:   NTB device context.
> > + *
> > + * Retrieve a struct device which is suitable for DMA mapping.
> > + *
> > + * Return: Pointer to struct device.
> > + */
> > +static inline struct device __maybe_unused *ntb_get_dma_dev(struct ntb_dev 
> > *ntb)
> 
> I remember if there are inline,  needn't __maybe_unused.

My bad, I'll drop it.

Thanks,
Koichiro

> 
> Reviewed-by: Frank Li <[email protected]>
> > +{
> > +   if (!ntb->ops->get_dma_dev)
> > +           return ntb->dev.parent;
> > +   return ntb->ops->get_dma_dev(ntb);
> > +}
> > +
> >  /**
> >   * ntb_get_private_data() - get private data specific to the hardware 
> > driver
> >   * @ntb:   NTB device context.
> > --
> > 2.51.0
> >

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