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diff --git a/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt b/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt index 4966b1be42ac..0b23261561d2 100644 --- a/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt +++ b/Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt @@ -52,14 +52,23 @@ The dma_buf buffer sharing API usage contains the following steps: associated with this buffer. Interface: - struct dma_buf *dma_buf_export(void *priv, struct dma_buf_ops *ops, - size_t size, int flags) + struct dma_buf *dma_buf_export_named(void *priv, struct dma_buf_ops *ops, + size_t size, int flags, + const char *exp_name) If this succeeds, dma_buf_export allocates a dma_buf structure, and returns a pointer to the same. It also associates an anonymous file with this buffer, so it can be exported. On failure to allocate the dma_buf object, it returns NULL. + 'exp_name' is the name of exporter - to facilitate information while + debugging. + + Exporting modules which do not wish to provide any specific name may use the + helper define 'dma_buf_export()', with the same arguments as above, but + without the last argument; a __FILE__ pre-processor directive will be + inserted in place of 'exp_name' instead. + 2. Userspace gets a handle to pass around to potential buffer-users Userspace entity requests for a file-descriptor (fd) which is a handle to the |