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i2c: add a message flag for DMA safe buffers

I2C has no requirement that the buffer of a message needs to be DMA
safe. In case it is, it can now be flagged, so drivers wishing to
do DMA can use the buffer directly.

Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>
Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>

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include/uapi/linux/i2c.h
··· 72 72 #define I2C_M_RD 0x0001 /* read data, from slave to master */ 73 73 /* I2C_M_RD is guaranteed to be 0x0001! */ 74 74 #define I2C_M_TEN 0x0010 /* this is a ten bit chip address */ 75 + #define I2C_M_DMA_SAFE 0x0200 /* the buffer of this message is DMA safe */ 76 + /* makes only sense in kernelspace */ 77 + /* userspace buffers are copied anyway */ 75 78 #define I2C_M_RECV_LEN 0x0400 /* length will be first received byte */ 76 79 #define I2C_M_NO_RD_ACK 0x0800 /* if I2C_FUNC_PROTOCOL_MANGLING */ 77 80 #define I2C_M_IGNORE_NAK 0x1000 /* if I2C_FUNC_PROTOCOL_MANGLING */