include/uapi/linux/dma-buf.h
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File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
include/uapi/linux/dma-buf.h- Extension
.h- Size
- 7347 bytes
- Lines
- 184
- Domain
- Core OS
- Bucket
- Core Kernel Interface
- Inferred role
- Core OS: implementation source
- Status
- source implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/ioctl.hlinux/types.h
Detected Declarations
struct dma_buf_syncstruct dma_buf_export_sync_filestruct dma_buf_import_sync_file
Annotated Snippet
struct dma_buf_sync {
/**
* @flags: Set of access flags
*
* DMA_BUF_SYNC_START:
* Indicates the start of a map access session.
*
* DMA_BUF_SYNC_END:
* Indicates the end of a map access session.
*
* DMA_BUF_SYNC_READ:
* Indicates that the mapped DMA buffer will be read by the
* client via the CPU map.
*
* DMA_BUF_SYNC_WRITE:
* Indicates that the mapped DMA buffer will be written by the
* client via the CPU map.
*
* DMA_BUF_SYNC_RW:
* An alias for DMA_BUF_SYNC_READ | DMA_BUF_SYNC_WRITE.
*/
__u64 flags;
};
#define DMA_BUF_SYNC_READ (1 << 0)
#define DMA_BUF_SYNC_WRITE (2 << 0)
#define DMA_BUF_SYNC_RW (DMA_BUF_SYNC_READ | DMA_BUF_SYNC_WRITE)
#define DMA_BUF_SYNC_START (0 << 2)
#define DMA_BUF_SYNC_END (1 << 2)
#define DMA_BUF_SYNC_VALID_FLAGS_MASK \
(DMA_BUF_SYNC_RW | DMA_BUF_SYNC_END)
#define DMA_BUF_NAME_LEN 32
/**
* struct dma_buf_export_sync_file - Get a sync_file from a dma-buf
*
* Userspace can perform a DMA_BUF_IOCTL_EXPORT_SYNC_FILE to retrieve the
* current set of fences on a dma-buf file descriptor as a sync_file. CPU
* waits via poll() or other driver-specific mechanisms typically wait on
* whatever fences are on the dma-buf at the time the wait begins. This
* is similar except that it takes a snapshot of the current fences on the
* dma-buf for waiting later instead of waiting immediately. This is
* useful for modern graphics APIs such as Vulkan which assume an explicit
* synchronization model but still need to inter-operate with dma-buf.
*
* The intended usage pattern is the following:
*
* 1. Export a sync_file with flags corresponding to the expected GPU usage
* via DMA_BUF_IOCTL_EXPORT_SYNC_FILE.
*
* 2. Submit rendering work which uses the dma-buf. The work should wait on
* the exported sync file before rendering and produce another sync_file
* when complete.
*
* 3. Import the rendering-complete sync_file into the dma-buf with flags
* corresponding to the GPU usage via DMA_BUF_IOCTL_IMPORT_SYNC_FILE.
*
* Unlike doing implicit synchronization via a GPU kernel driver's exec ioctl,
* the above is not a single atomic operation. If userspace wants to ensure
* ordering via these fences, it is the respnosibility of userspace to use
* locks or other mechanisms to ensure that no other context adds fences or
* submits work between steps 1 and 3 above.
*/
struct dma_buf_export_sync_file {
/**
* @flags: Read/write flags
*
* Must be DMA_BUF_SYNC_READ, DMA_BUF_SYNC_WRITE, or both.
*
* If DMA_BUF_SYNC_READ is set and DMA_BUF_SYNC_WRITE is not set,
* the returned sync file waits on any writers of the dma-buf to
* complete. Waiting on the returned sync file is equivalent to
* poll() with POLLIN.
*
* If DMA_BUF_SYNC_WRITE is set, the returned sync file waits on
* any users of the dma-buf (read or write) to complete. Waiting
* on the returned sync file is equivalent to poll() with POLLOUT.
* If both DMA_BUF_SYNC_WRITE and DMA_BUF_SYNC_READ are set, this
* is equivalent to just DMA_BUF_SYNC_WRITE.
*/
__u32 flags;
/** @fd: Returned sync file descriptor */
__s32 fd;
};
/**
* struct dma_buf_import_sync_file - Insert a sync_file into a dma-buf
*
* Userspace can perform a DMA_BUF_IOCTL_IMPORT_SYNC_FILE to insert a
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/ioctl.h`, `linux/types.h`.
- Detected declarations: `struct dma_buf_sync`, `struct dma_buf_export_sync_file`, `struct dma_buf_import_sync_file`.
- Atlas domain: Core OS / Core Kernel Interface.
- Implementation status: source implementation candidate.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.