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author | Paul Cercueil <paul@crapouillou.net> | 2024-01-30 13:23:40 +0100 |
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committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2024-02-17 17:00:09 +0100 |
commit | d2f4831eafbaba63dc79c4f0512f11822b24c3e7 (patch) | |
tree | 871d98a851168227e0b5b57f631a3ec3ce127452 /Documentation/usb | |
parent | 7b07a2a7ca02a20124b552be96c5a56910795488 (diff) | |
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Documentation: usb: Document FunctionFS DMABUF API
Add documentation for the three ioctls used to attach or detach
externally-created DMABUFs, and to request transfers from/to previously
attached DMABUFs.
Signed-off-by: Paul Cercueil <paul@crapouillou.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240130122340.54813-5-paul@crapouillou.net
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/usb')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/usb/functionfs.rst | 36 |
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/usb/functionfs.rst b/Documentation/usb/functionfs.rst index a3054bea38f3..d05a775bc45b 100644 --- a/Documentation/usb/functionfs.rst +++ b/Documentation/usb/functionfs.rst @@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ How FunctionFS works ==================== +Overview +======== + From kernel point of view it is just a composite function with some unique behaviour. It may be added to an USB configuration only after the user space driver has registered by writing descriptors and @@ -66,3 +69,36 @@ have been written to their ep0's. Conversely, the gadget is unregistered after the first USB function closes its endpoints. + +DMABUF interface +================ + +FunctionFS additionally supports a DMABUF based interface, where the +userspace can attach DMABUF objects (externally created) to an endpoint, +and subsequently use them for data transfers. + +A userspace application can then use this interface to share DMABUF +objects between several interfaces, allowing it to transfer data in a +zero-copy fashion, for instance between IIO and the USB stack. + +As part of this interface, three new IOCTLs have been added. These three +IOCTLs have to be performed on a data endpoint (ie. not ep0). They are: + + ``FUNCTIONFS_DMABUF_ATTACH(int)`` + Attach the DMABUF object, identified by its file descriptor, to the + data endpoint. Returns zero on success, and a negative errno value + on error. + + ``FUNCTIONFS_DMABUF_DETACH(int)`` + Detach the given DMABUF object, identified by its file descriptor, + from the data endpoint. Returns zero on success, and a negative + errno value on error. Note that closing the endpoint's file + descriptor will automatically detach all attached DMABUFs. + + ``FUNCTIONFS_DMABUF_TRANSFER(struct usb_ffs_dmabuf_transfer_req *)`` + Enqueue the previously attached DMABUF to the transfer queue. + The argument is a structure that packs the DMABUF's file descriptor, + the size in bytes to transfer (which should generally correspond to + the size of the DMABUF), and a 'flags' field which is unused + for now. Returns zero on success, and a negative errno value on + error. |