ddi_dma_mem_alloc(9F) Kernel Functions for Drivers ddi_dma_mem_alloc(9F)NAMEddi_dma_mem_alloc - allocate memory for DMA transfer
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/ddi.h>
#include <sys/sunddi.h>
int ddi_dma_mem_alloc(ddi_dma_handle_t handle, size_t length,
ddi_device_acc_attr_t *accattrp, uint_t flags,
int (*waitfp) (caddr_t), caddr_t arg, caddr_t *kaddrp,
size_t *real_length, ddi_acc_handle_t *handlep);
INTERFACE LEVEL
Solaris DDI specific (Solaris DDI).
PARAMETERS
handle The DMA handle previously allocated by a call to
ddi_dma_alloc_handle(9F).
length The length in bytes of the desired allocation.
accattrp Pointer to a ddi_device_acc_attr() structure of the
device. See ddi_device_acc_attr(9S). The value in
devacc_attr_dataorder is ignored in the current release.
The value in devacc_attr_endian_flags is meaningful on
the SPARC architecture only.
flags Used to determine the data transfer mode and/or the
cache attribute.
Possible values of the data transfer are:
DDI_DMA_STREAMING Sequential, unidirectional, block-
sized, and block-aligned trans‐
fers.
DDI_DMA_CONSISTENT Nonsequential transfers of small
objects.
Possible values of the cache attribute are:
IOMEM_DATA_CACHED The CPU can cache the data
it fetches and push it to
memory at a later time. This
is the default attribute
that is used if no cache
attributes are specified.
IOMEM_DATA_UC_WR_COMBINE The CPU never caches the
data, but writes can occur
out of order or can be com‐
bined. Reordering is
implied.
If IOMEM_DATA_UC_WR_COMBINE
is specified but not sup‐
ported, IOMEM_DATA_UNCACHED
is used instead.
IOMEM_DATA_UNCACHED The CPU never caches data,
but has uncacheable access
to memory. Strict ordering
is implied.
The cache attributes are mutually exclusive. Any combi‐
nation of the values leads to a failure. On the SPARC
architecture, only IOMEM_DATA_CACHED is meaningful. Oth‐
ers lead to a failure.
waitfp The address of a function to call back later if
resources are not available now. The callback function
indicates how a caller wants to handle the possibility
of resources not being available. If callback is set to
DDI_DMA_DONTWAIT, the caller does not care if the allo‐
cation fails, and can handle an allocation failure
appropriately. If callback is set to DDI_DMA_SLEEP, the
caller wishes to have the allocation routines wait for
resources to become available. If any other value is set
and a DMA resource allocation fails, this value is
assumed to be the address of a function to be called
when resources become available. When the specified
function is called, arg is passed to it as an argument.
The specified callback function must return either
DDI_DMA_CALLBACK_RUNOUT or DDI_DMA_CALLBACK_DONE.
DDI_DMA_CALLBACK_RUNOUT indicates that the callback
function attempted to allocate DMA resources but failed.
In this case, the callback function is put back on a
list to be called again later. DDI_DMA_CALLBACK_DONE
indicates that either the allocation of DMA resources
was successful or the driver no longer wishes to retry.
The callback function is called in interrupt context.
Therefore, only system functions accessible from inter‐
rupt context are available.
The callback function must take whatever steps are nec‐
essary to protect its critical resources, data struc‐
tures, queues, and so on.
arg Argument to be passed to the callback function, if such
a function is specified.
kaddrp On successful return, kaddrp points to the allocated
memory.
real_length The amount of memory, in bytes, allocated. Alignment and
padding requirements may require ddi_dma_mem_alloc() to
allocate more memory than requested in length.
handlep Pointer to a data access handle.
DESCRIPTION
The ddi_dma_mem_alloc() function allocates memory for DMA transfers to
or from a device. The allocation will obey the alignment, padding con‐
straints and device granularity as specified by the DMA attributes (see
ddi_dma_attr(9S)) passed to ddi_dma_alloc_handle(9F) and the more
restrictive attributes imposed by the system.
The flags parameter should be set to DDI_DMA_STREAMING if the device is
doing sequential, unidirectional, block-sized, and block-aligned trans‐
fers to or from memory. The alignment and padding constraints specified
by the minxfer and burstsizes fields in the DMA attribute structure,
ddi_dma_attr(9S) (see ddi_dma_alloc_handle(9F)) will be used to allo‐
cate the most effective hardware support for large transfers. For exam‐
ple, if an I/O transfer can be sped up by using an I/O cache, which has
a minimum transfer of one cache line, ddi_dma_mem_alloc() will align
the memory at a cache line boundary and it will round up real_length to
a multiple of the cache line size.
The flags parameter should be set to DDI_DMA_CONSISTENT if the device
accesses memory randomly, or if synchronization steps using
ddi_dma_sync(9F) need to be as efficient as possible. I/O parameter
blocks used for communication between a device and a driver should be
allocated using DDI_DMA_CONSISTENT.
The device access attributes are specified in the location pointed by
the accattrp argument (see ddi_device_acc_attr(9S)).
The data access handle is returned in handlep. handlep is opaque -
drivers may not attempt to interpret its value. To access the data con‐
tent, the driver must invoke ddi_get8(9F) or ddi_put8(9F) (depending on
the data transfer direction) with the data access handle.
DMA resources must be established before performing a DMA transfer by
passing kaddrp and real_length as returned from ddi_dma_mem_alloc() and
the flag DDI_DMA_STREAMING or DDI_DMA_CONSISTENT to
ddi_dma_addr_bind_handle(9F). In addition, to ensure the consistency of
a memory object shared between the CPU and the device after a DMA
transfer, explicit synchronization steps using ddi_dma_sync(9F) or
ddi_dma_unbind_handle(9F) are required.
RETURN VALUES
The ddi_dma_mem_alloc() function returns:
DDI_SUCCESS Memory successfully allocated.
DDI_FAILURE Memory allocation failed.
CONTEXT
The ddi_dma_mem_alloc() function can be called from user, interrupt, or
kernel context except when waitfp is set to DDI_DMA_SLEEP, in which
case it cannot be called from interrupt context.
SEE ALSOddi_dma_addr_bind_handle(9F), ddi_dma_alloc_handle(9F),
ddi_dma_mem_free(9F), ddi_dma_sync(9F), ddi_dma_unbind_handle(9F),
ddi_get8(9F), ddi_put8(9F), ddi_device_acc_attr(9S), ddi_dma_attr(9S)
Writing Device Drivers
WARNINGS
If DDI_NEVERSWAP_ACC is specified, memory can be used for any purpose;
but if either endian mode is specified, you must use ddi_get/put* and
never anything else.
SunOS 5.11 05 Jun 2006 ddi_dma_mem_alloc(9F)
