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diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst b/Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst index d3c6d77246cd..1ea94fc86caa 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst @@ -310,6 +310,17 @@ created. Drivers that want to map the GEM object upfront instead of handling page faults can implement their own mmap file operation handler. +For platforms without MMU the GEM core provides a helper method +:c:func:`drm_gem_cma_get_unmapped_area`. The mmap() routines will call +this to get a proposed address for the mapping. + +To use :c:func:`drm_gem_cma_get_unmapped_area`, drivers must fill the +struct :c:type:`struct file_operations <file_operations>` get_unmapped_area +field with a pointer on :c:func:`drm_gem_cma_get_unmapped_area`. + +More detailed information about get_unmapped_area can be found in +Documentation/nommu-mmap.txt + Memory Coherency ---------------- |