On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 05:41:11PM +0900, Koichiro Den wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 10:38:53AM +0900, Koichiro Den wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 18, 2026 at 12:05:47PM -0500, Frank Li wrote:
> > > On Sun, Jan 18, 2026 at 10:54:07PM +0900, Koichiro Den wrote:
> > > > A remote eDMA provider may need to expose the linked-list (LL) memory
> > > > region that was configured by platform glue (typically at boot), so the
> > > > peer (host) can map it and operate the remote view of the controller.
> > > >
> > > > Export dw_edma_chan_get_ll_region() to return the LL region associated
> > > > with a given dma_chan.
> > >
> > > This informaiton passed from dwc epc driver. Is it possible to get it from
> > > EPC driver.
> >
> > That makes sense, from an API cleanness perspective, thanks.
> > I'll add a helper function dw_pcie_edma_get_ll_region() in
> > drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-designware.c, instead of the current
> > dw_edma_chan_get_ll_region() in dw-edma-core.c.
>
> Hi Frank,
>
> I looked into exposing LL regions from the EPC driver side, but the key
> issue is channel identification under possibly concurrent dmaengine users.
> In practice, the only stable handle a consumer has is a pointer to struct
> dma_chan, and the only reliable way to map that to the eDMA hardware
> channel is via dw_edma_chan->id.

If possible, I suggest change to one page pre-channel. So there are a fixed
ll mapping.

> I think an EPC-facing API would still need
> that mapping in any case, so keeping the helper in dw-edma seems simpler
> and more robust.
> If you have another idea, I'd appreciate your insights.

I suggest add generally DMA engine API to get such property, some likes
a kind ioctrl \ dma_get_config().

Frank

>
> Regards,
> Koichiro
>
> >
> > Thanks for the review,
> > Koichiro
> >
> > >
> > > Frank
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Koichiro Den <[email protected]>
> > > > ---
> > > >  drivers/dma/dw-edma/dw-edma-core.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > >  include/linux/dma/edma.h           | 14 ++++++++++++++
> > > >  2 files changed, 40 insertions(+)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/dma/dw-edma/dw-edma-core.c 
> > > > b/drivers/dma/dw-edma/dw-edma-core.c
> > > > index 0eb8fc1dcc34..c4fb66a9b5f5 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/dma/dw-edma/dw-edma-core.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/dma/dw-edma/dw-edma-core.c
> > > > @@ -1209,6 +1209,32 @@ int dw_edma_chan_register_notify(struct dma_chan 
> > > > *dchan,
> > > >  }
> > > >  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dw_edma_chan_register_notify);
> > > >
> > > > +int dw_edma_chan_get_ll_region(struct dma_chan *dchan,
> > > > +                              struct dw_edma_region *region)
> > > > +{
> > > > +       struct dw_edma_chip *chip;
> > > > +       struct dw_edma_chan *chan;
> > > > +
> > > > +       if (!dchan || !region || !dchan->device)
> > > > +               return -ENODEV;
> > > > +
> > > > +       chan = dchan2dw_edma_chan(dchan);
> > > > +       if (!chan)
> > > > +               return -ENODEV;
> > > > +
> > > > +       chip = chan->dw->chip;
> > > > +       if (!(chip->flags & DW_EDMA_CHIP_LOCAL))
> > > > +               return -EINVAL;
> > > > +
> > > > +       if (chan->dir == EDMA_DIR_WRITE)
> > > > +               *region = chip->ll_region_wr[chan->id];
> > > > +       else
> > > > +               *region = chip->ll_region_rd[chan->id];
> > > > +
> > > > +       return 0;
> > > > +}
> > > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dw_edma_chan_get_ll_region);
> > > > +
> > > >  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
> > > >  MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Synopsys DesignWare eDMA controller core driver");
> > > >  MODULE_AUTHOR("Gustavo Pimentel <[email protected]>");
> > > > diff --git a/include/linux/dma/edma.h b/include/linux/dma/edma.h
> > > > index 3c538246de07..c9ec426e27ec 100644
> > > > --- a/include/linux/dma/edma.h
> > > > +++ b/include/linux/dma/edma.h
> > > > @@ -153,6 +153,14 @@ bool dw_edma_chan_ignore_irq(struct dma_chan 
> > > > *chan);
> > > >  int dw_edma_chan_register_notify(struct dma_chan *chan,
> > > >                                  void (*cb)(struct dma_chan *chan, void 
> > > > *user),
> > > >                                  void *user);
> > > > +
> > > > +/**
> > > > + * dw_edma_chan_get_ll_region - get linked list (LL) memory for a 
> > > > dma_chan
> > > > + * @chan: the target DMA channel
> > > > + * @region: output parameter returning the corresponding LL region
> > > > + */
> > > > +int dw_edma_chan_get_ll_region(struct dma_chan *chan,
> > > > +                              struct dw_edma_region *region);
> > > >  #else
> > > >  static inline int dw_edma_probe(struct dw_edma_chip *chip)
> > > >  {
> > > > @@ -182,6 +190,12 @@ static inline int 
> > > > dw_edma_chan_register_notify(struct dma_chan *chan,
> > > >  {
> > > >         return -ENODEV;
> > > >  }
> > > > +
> > > > +static inline int dw_edma_chan_get_ll_region(struct dma_chan *chan,
> > > > +                                            struct dw_edma_region 
> > > > *region)
> > > > +{
> > > > +       return -EINVAL;
> > > > +}
> > > >  #endif /* CONFIG_DW_EDMA */
> > > >
> > > >  struct pci_epc;
> > > > --
> > > > 2.51.0
> > > >

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