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docs: dma: correct dma_set_mask() sample code

There are bunch of codes in driver like

if (dma_set_mask_and_coherent(dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64)))
dma_set_mask_and_coherent(dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32))

Actually it is wrong because if dma_set_mask_and_coherent(64) fails,
dma_set_mask_and_coherent(32) will fail for the same reason.

And dma_set_mask_and_coherent(64) never returns failure.

According to the definition of dma_set_mask(), it indicates the width of
address that device DMA can access. If it can access 64-bit address, it
must access 32-bit address inherently. So only need set biggest address
width.

See below code fragment:

dma_set_mask(mask)
{
mask = (dma_addr_t)mask;

if (!dev->dma_mask || !dma_supported(dev, mask))
return -EIO;

arch_dma_set_mask(dev, mask);
*dev->dma_mask = mask;
return 0;
}

dma_supported() will call dma_direct_supported or iommux's dma_supported
call back function.

int dma_direct_supported(struct device *dev, u64 mask)
{
u64 min_mask = (max_pfn - 1) << PAGE_SHIFT;

/*
* Because 32-bit DMA masks are so common we expect every architecture
* to be able to satisfy them - either by not supporting more physical
* memory, or by providing a ZONE_DMA32. If neither is the case, the
* architecture needs to use an IOMMU instead of the direct mapping.
*/
if (mask >= DMA_BIT_MASK(32))
return 1;

...
}

The iommux's dma_supported() actually means iommu requires devices's
minimized dma capability.

An example:

static int sba_dma_supported( struct device *dev, u64 mask)()
{
...
* check if mask is >= than the current max IO Virt Address
* The max IO Virt address will *always* < 30 bits.
*/
return((int)(mask >= (ioc->ibase - 1 +
(ioc->pdir_size / sizeof(u64) * IOVP_SIZE) )));
...
}

1 means supported. 0 means unsupported.

Correct document to make it more clear and provide correct sample code.

Signed-off-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
[jc: fixed then/than typo]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240401174159.642998-1-Frank.Li@nxp.com

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Documentation/core-api/dma-api-howto.rst
··· 203 203 that performance is bad or that the device is not even detected, you can ask 204 204 them for the kernel messages to find out exactly why. 205 205 206 - The standard 64-bit addressing device would do something like this:: 206 + The 24-bit addressing device would do something like this:: 207 207 208 - if (dma_set_mask_and_coherent(dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64))) { 208 + if (dma_set_mask_and_coherent(dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(24))) { 209 209 dev_warn(dev, "mydev: No suitable DMA available\n"); 210 210 goto ignore_this_device; 211 211 } 212 + 213 + The standard 64-bit addressing device would do something like this:: 214 + 215 + dma_set_mask_and_coherent(dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64)) 216 + 217 + dma_set_mask_and_coherent() never return fail when DMA_BIT_MASK(64). Typical 218 + error code like:: 219 + 220 + /* Wrong code */ 221 + if (dma_set_mask_and_coherent(dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64))) 222 + dma_set_mask_and_coherent(dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32)) 223 + 224 + dma_set_mask_and_coherent() will never return failure when bigger than 32. 225 + So typical code like:: 226 + 227 + /* Recommended code */ 228 + if (support_64bit) 229 + dma_set_mask_and_coherent(dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64)); 230 + else 231 + dma_set_mask_and_coherent(dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32)); 212 232 213 233 If the device only supports 32-bit addressing for descriptors in the 214 234 coherent allocations, but supports full 64-bits for streaming mappings