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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/platform_device.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/platform_device.h | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_device.h b/include/linux/platform_device.h index 17fde717df68..b3d9c744f1e5 100644 --- a/include/linux/platform_device.h +++ b/include/linux/platform_device.h @@ -210,6 +210,14 @@ struct platform_driver { struct device_driver driver; const struct platform_device_id *id_table; bool prevent_deferred_probe; + /* + * For most device drivers, no need to care about this flag as long as + * all DMAs are handled through the kernel DMA API. For some special + * ones, for example VFIO drivers, they know how to manage the DMA + * themselves and set this flag so that the IOMMU layer will allow them + * to setup and manage their own I/O address space. + */ + bool driver_managed_dma; }; #define to_platform_driver(drv) (container_of((drv), struct platform_driver, \ |