[alsa-devel] [PATCH v7] ALSA: Add SoC on-chip internal ram support for DMA buffer allocation

Nicolin Chen b42378 at freescale.com
Thu Oct 24 10:54:46 CEST 2013


On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 11:15:50AM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> At Thu, 24 Oct 2013 16:05:34 +0800,
> Nicolin Chen wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 09:22:49AM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > > At Wed, 23 Oct 2013 11:47:43 +0800,
> > > Nicolin Chen wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Now it's quite common that an SoC contains its on-chip internal RAM.
> > > > By using this RAM space for DMA buffer during audio playback/record,
> > > > we can shutdown the voltage for external RAM to save power.
> > > > 
> > > > So add new DEV type with iram malloc()/free() and accordingly modify
> > > > current default mmap() for the iram circumstance.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Nicolin Chen <b42378 at freescale.com>
> > > 
> > > Thanks, now applied with ack by Lars.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Takashi
> > 
> > Thank you. And Iwai-san, could you please tell me in which repo and branch
> > could I cherry-pick this patch?
> > 
> > I tried some in git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git
> > but failed to locate the patch.
> 
> It's in for-next branch, and now pushed out.
> (It didn't go out in this morning since the network connection in the
>  hotel wasn't good, and it broke during I worked on it...)

I got it.

Thank you(Arigatougozaimashita)
Nicolin Chen

> 
> 
> Takashi
> 
> > 
> > Thank you,
> > Nicolin Chen
> > 
> > > 
> > > > ---
> > > > Changelog
> > > > v6->v7:
> > > >  * Assigned pool to private_data field and accordingly refined helper functions.
> > > > v5->v6:
> > > >  * Dropped remaining OF dependency bacause no need to add them:
> > > >    of_node doesn't care about OF; of_get_named_gen_pool() returns NULL if !OF.
> > > > v4->v5:
> > > >  * Minimized the OF dependency.
> > > > v3->v4:
> > > >  * Appropriately placed '#ifdef CONFIG_OF'
> > > >  * Tested by adding '#undef CONFIG_OF' to modified files, and passed compiling.
> > > > v2->v3:
> > > >  * Moved iram specific mmap procedure out of ifdef ARCH_HAS_DMA_MMAP_COHERENT
> > > > v1->v2:
> > > >  * Added of_node check
> > > >  * Dropped noops and unused physical addr in snd_free_dev_iram()
> > > > 
> > > > ---
> > > >  include/sound/memalloc.h |  1 +
> > > >  sound/core/memalloc.c    | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > >  sound/core/pcm_native.c  |  6 ++++++
> > > >  3 files changed, 59 insertions(+)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/include/sound/memalloc.h b/include/sound/memalloc.h
> > > > index cf15b82..510aec4 100644
> > > > --- a/include/sound/memalloc.h
> > > > +++ b/include/sound/memalloc.h
> > > > @@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ struct snd_dma_device {
> > > >  #else
> > > >  #define SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV_SG	SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV /* no SG-buf support */
> > > >  #endif
> > > > +#define SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV_IRAM		4	/* generic device iram-buffer */
> > > >  
> > > >  /*
> > > >   * info for buffer allocation
> > > > diff --git a/sound/core/memalloc.c b/sound/core/memalloc.c
> > > > index bdf826f..18c1d47 100644
> > > > --- a/sound/core/memalloc.c
> > > > +++ b/sound/core/memalloc.c
> > > > @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
> > > >  #include <linux/seq_file.h>
> > > >  #include <asm/uaccess.h>
> > > >  #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
> > > > +#include <linux/genalloc.h>
> > > >  #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
> > > >  #include <linux/mutex.h>
> > > >  #include <sound/memalloc.h>
> > > > @@ -157,6 +158,46 @@ static void snd_free_dev_pages(struct device *dev, size_t size, void *ptr,
> > > >  	dec_snd_pages(pg);
> > > >  	dma_free_coherent(dev, PAGE_SIZE << pg, ptr, dma);
> > > >  }
> > > > +
> > > > +/**
> > > > + * snd_malloc_dev_iram - allocate memory from on-chip internal ram
> > > > + * @dmab: buffer allocation record to store the allocated data
> > > > + * @size: number of bytes to allocate from the iram
> > > > + *
> > > > + * This function requires iram phandle provided via of_node
> > > > + */
> > > > +void snd_malloc_dev_iram(struct snd_dma_buffer *dmab, size_t size)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	struct device *dev = dmab->dev.dev;
> > > > +	struct gen_pool *pool = NULL;
> > > > +
> > > > +	if (dev->of_node)
> > > > +		pool = of_get_named_gen_pool(dev->of_node, "iram", 0);
> > > > +
> > > > +	if (!pool)
> > > > +		return;
> > > > +
> > > > +	/* Assign the pool into private_data field */
> > > > +	dmab->private_data = pool;
> > > > +
> > > > +	dmab->area = (void *)gen_pool_alloc(pool, size);
> > > > +	if (!dmab->area)
> > > > +		return;
> > > > +
> > > > +	dmab->addr = gen_pool_virt_to_phys(pool, (unsigned long)dmab->area);
> > > > +}
> > > > +
> > > > +/**
> > > > + * snd_free_dev_iram - free allocated specific memory from on-chip internal ram
> > > > + * @dmab: buffer allocation record to store the allocated data
> > > > + */
> > > > +void snd_free_dev_iram(struct snd_dma_buffer *dmab)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	struct gen_pool *pool = dmab->private_data;
> > > > +
> > > > +	if (pool && dmab->area)
> > > > +		gen_pool_free(pool, (unsigned long)dmab->area, dmab->bytes);
> > > > +}
> > > >  #endif /* CONFIG_HAS_DMA */
> > > >  
> > > >  /*
> > > > @@ -197,6 +238,14 @@ int snd_dma_alloc_pages(int type, struct device *device, size_t size,
> > > >  		dmab->addr = 0;
> > > >  		break;
> > > >  #ifdef CONFIG_HAS_DMA
> > > > +	case SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV_IRAM:
> > > > +		snd_malloc_dev_iram(dmab, size);
> > > > +		if (dmab->area)
> > > > +			break;
> > > > +		/* Internal memory might have limited size and no enough space,
> > > > +		 * so if we fail to malloc, try to fetch memory traditionally.
> > > > +		 */
> > > > +		dmab->dev.type = SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV;
> > > >  	case SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV:
> > > >  		dmab->area = snd_malloc_dev_pages(device, size, &dmab->addr);
> > > >  		break;
> > > > @@ -269,6 +318,9 @@ void snd_dma_free_pages(struct snd_dma_buffer *dmab)
> > > >  		snd_free_pages(dmab->area, dmab->bytes);
> > > >  		break;
> > > >  #ifdef CONFIG_HAS_DMA
> > > > +	case SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV_IRAM:
> > > > +		snd_free_dev_iram(dmab);
> > > > +		break;
> > > >  	case SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV:
> > > >  		snd_free_dev_pages(dmab->dev.dev, dmab->bytes, dmab->area, dmab->addr);
> > > >  		break;
> > > > diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_native.c b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
> > > > index a68d4c6..513f095 100644
> > > > --- a/sound/core/pcm_native.c
> > > > +++ b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
> > > > @@ -3199,6 +3199,12 @@ int snd_pcm_lib_default_mmap(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
> > > >  			     struct vm_area_struct *area)
> > > >  {
> > > >  	area->vm_flags |= VM_DONTEXPAND | VM_DONTDUMP;
> > > > +	if (substream->dma_buffer.dev.type == SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV_IRAM) {
> > > > +		area->vm_page_prot = pgprot_writecombine(area->vm_page_prot);
> > > > +		return remap_pfn_range(area, area->vm_start,
> > > > +				substream->dma_buffer.addr >> PAGE_SHIFT,
> > > > +				area->vm_end - area->vm_start, area->vm_page_prot);
> > > > +	}
> > > >  #ifdef ARCH_HAS_DMA_MMAP_COHERENT
> > > >  	if (!substream->ops->page &&
> > > >  	    substream->dma_buffer.dev.type == SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV)
> > > > -- 
> > > > 1.8.4
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> 




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