On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 03:39:22PM +0200, Petr Tesarik wrote: > diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst b/Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst > index cd432996949c..65132ec88104 100644 > --- a/Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst > +++ b/Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst > @@ -210,18 +210,12 @@ DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL direction isn't known > this API should be obtained from sources which guarantee it to be > physically contiguous (like kmalloc). > > - Further, the DMA address of the memory must be within the dma_mask of > - the device. To ensure that the memory allocated by kmalloc is within > - the dma_mask, the driver may specify various platform-dependent flags > - to restrict the DMA address range of the allocation (e.g., on x86, > - GFP_DMA guarantees to be within the first 16MB of available DMA > - addresses, as required by ISA devices). > - > - Note also that the above constraints on physical contiguity and > - dma_mask may not apply if the platform has an IOMMU (a device which > - maps an I/O DMA address to a physical memory address). However, to be > - portable, device driver writers may *not* assume that such an IOMMU > - exists. > + Mapping may also fail if the memory is not within the DMA mask of the > + device. However, this constraint does not apply if the platform has > + an IOMMU (a device which maps an I/O DMA address to a physical memory > + address), or the kernel is configured with SWIOTLB (bounce buffers). > + It is reasonable to assume that at least one of these mechanisms > + allows streaming DMA to any physical address. > > .. warning:: > LGTM, thanks! Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya -- An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara