[PATCH v2 5/8] dma-direct: prevent SWIOTLB path when DMA_ATTR_REQUIRE_COHERENT is set

Leon Romanovsky
2026-03-11T19:09:30Z

From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>

DMA_ATTR_REQUIRE_COHERENT indicates that SWIOTLB must not be used.
Ensure the SWIOTLB path is declined whenever the DMA direct path is
selected.

Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
---
kernel/dma/direct.h | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/dma/direct.h b/kernel/dma/direct.h
index e89f175e9c2d0..6184ff303f080 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/direct.h
+++ b/kernel/dma/direct.h
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static inline dma_addr_t dma_direct_map_phys(struct device *dev,
dma_addr_t dma_addr;

if (is_swiotlb_force_bounce(dev)) {
- if (attrs & DMA_ATTR_MMIO)
+ if (attrs & (DMA_ATTR_MMIO | DMA_ATTR_REQUIRE_COHERENT))
return DMA_MAPPING_ERROR;

return swiotlb_map(dev, phys, size, dir, attrs);
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ static inline dma_addr_t dma_direct_map_phys(struct device *dev,
dma_addr = phys_to_dma(dev, phys);
if (unlikely(!dma_capable(dev, dma_addr, size, true)) ||
dma_kmalloc_needs_bounce(dev, size, dir)) {
- if (is_swiotlb_active(dev))
+ if (is_swiotlb_active(dev) &&
+ !(attrs & DMA_ATTR_REQUIRE_COHERENT))
return swiotlb_map(dev, phys, size, dir, attrs);

goto err_overflow;
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ static inline void dma_direct_unmap_phys(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t addr,
{
phys_addr_t phys;

- if (attrs & DMA_ATTR_MMIO)
+ if (attrs & (DMA_ATTR_MMIO | DMA_ATTR_REQUIRE_COHERENT))
/* nothing to do: uncached and no swiotlb */
return;

--
2.53.0