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1 /*
2  * include/linux/ion.h
3  *
4  * Copyright (C) 2011 Google, Inc.
5  *
6  * This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
7  * License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation, and
8  * may be copied, distributed, and modified under those terms.
9  *
10  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
13  * GNU General Public License for more details.
14  *
15  */
16 
17 #ifndef _UAPI_ION_H
18 #define _UAPI_ION_H
19 
20 #include <linux/ioctl.h>
21 #include <linux/types.h>
22 
23 typedef int ion_user_handle_t;
24 
25 /**
26  * enum ion_heap_types - list of all possible types of heaps
27  * @ION_HEAP_TYPE_SYSTEM:	 memory allocated via vmalloc
28  * @ION_HEAP_TYPE_SYSTEM_CONTIG: memory allocated via kmalloc
29  * @ION_HEAP_TYPE_CARVEOUT:	 memory allocated from a prereserved
30  * 				 carveout heap, allocations are physically
31  * 				 contiguous
32  * @ION_HEAP_END:		helper for iterating over heaps
33  */
34 enum ion_heap_type {
35 	ION_HEAP_TYPE_SYSTEM,
36 	ION_HEAP_TYPE_SYSTEM_CONTIG,
37 	ION_HEAP_TYPE_CARVEOUT,
38 	ION_HEAP_TYPE_CHUNK,
39 	ION_HEAP_TYPE_CUSTOM, /* must be last so device specific heaps always
40 				 are at the end of this enum */
41 	ION_NUM_HEAPS,
42 };
43 
44 #define ION_HEAP_SYSTEM_MASK		(1 << ION_HEAP_TYPE_SYSTEM)
45 #define ION_HEAP_SYSTEM_CONTIG_MASK	(1 << ION_HEAP_TYPE_SYSTEM_CONTIG)
46 #define ION_HEAP_CARVEOUT_MASK		(1 << ION_HEAP_TYPE_CARVEOUT)
47 
48 #define ION_NUM_HEAP_IDS		sizeof(unsigned int) * 8
49 
50 /**
51  * allocation flags - the lower 16 bits are used by core ion, the upper 16
52  * bits are reserved for use by the heaps themselves.
53  */
54 #define ION_FLAG_CACHED 1		/* mappings of this buffer should be
55 					   cached, ion will do cache
56 					   maintenance when the buffer is
57 					   mapped for dma */
58 #define ION_FLAG_CACHED_NEEDS_SYNC 2	/* mappings of this buffer will created
59 					   at mmap time, if this is set
60 					   caches must be managed manually */
61 #define ION_FLAG_FREED_FROM_SHRINKER 4	/* Skip any possible
62 					   heap-specific caching
63 					   mechanism (e.g. page
64 					   pools). Guarantees that any
65 					   buffer storage that came
66 					   from the system allocator
67 					   will be returned to the
68 					   system allocator. */
69 
70 /**
71  * DOC: Ion Userspace API
72  *
73  * create a client by opening /dev/ion
74  * most operations handled via following ioctls
75  *
76  */
77 
78 /**
79  * struct ion_allocation_data - metadata passed from userspace for allocations
80  * @len:		size of the allocation
81  * @align:		required alignment of the allocation
82  * @heap_id_mask:	mask of heap ids to allocate from
83  * @flags:		flags passed to heap
84  * @handle:		pointer that will be populated with a cookie to use to
85  *			refer to this allocation
86  *
87  * Provided by userspace as an argument to the ioctl
88  */
89 struct ion_allocation_data {
90 	size_t len;
91 	size_t align;
92 	unsigned int heap_mask;
93 	unsigned int flags;
94 	ion_user_handle_t handle;
95 };
96 
97 /**
98  * struct ion_fd_data - metadata passed to/from userspace for a handle/fd pair
99  * @handle:	a handle
100  * @fd:		a file descriptor representing that handle
101  *
102  * For ION_IOC_SHARE or ION_IOC_MAP userspace populates the handle field with
103  * the handle returned from ion alloc, and the kernel returns the file
104  * descriptor to share or map in the fd field.  For ION_IOC_IMPORT, userspace
105  * provides the file descriptor and the kernel returns the handle.
106  */
107 struct ion_fd_data {
108 	ion_user_handle_t handle;
109 	int fd;
110 };
111 
112 /**
113  * struct ion_handle_data - a handle passed to/from the kernel
114  * @handle:	a handle
115  */
116 struct ion_handle_data {
117 	ion_user_handle_t handle;
118 };
119 
120 /**
121  * struct ion_custom_data - metadata passed to/from userspace for a custom ioctl
122  * @cmd:	the custom ioctl function to call
123  * @arg:	additional data to pass to the custom ioctl, typically a user
124  *		pointer to a predefined structure
125  *
126  * This works just like the regular cmd and arg fields of an ioctl.
127  */
128 struct ion_custom_data {
129 	unsigned int cmd;
130 	unsigned long arg;
131 };
132 #define ION_IOC_MAGIC		'I'
133 
134 /**
135  * DOC: ION_IOC_ALLOC - allocate memory
136  *
137  * Takes an ion_allocation_data struct and returns it with the handle field
138  * populated with the opaque handle for the allocation.
139  */
140 #define ION_IOC_ALLOC		_IOWR(ION_IOC_MAGIC, 0, \
141 				      struct ion_allocation_data)
142 
143 /**
144  * DOC: ION_IOC_FREE - free memory
145  *
146  * Takes an ion_handle_data struct and frees the handle.
147  */
148 #define ION_IOC_FREE		_IOWR(ION_IOC_MAGIC, 1, struct ion_handle_data)
149 
150 /**
151  * DOC: ION_IOC_MAP - get a file descriptor to mmap
152  *
153  * Takes an ion_fd_data struct with the handle field populated with a valid
154  * opaque handle.  Returns the struct with the fd field set to a file
155  * descriptor open in the current address space.  This file descriptor
156  * can then be used as an argument to mmap.
157  */
158 #define ION_IOC_MAP		_IOWR(ION_IOC_MAGIC, 2, struct ion_fd_data)
159 
160 /**
161  * DOC: ION_IOC_SHARE - creates a file descriptor to use to share an allocation
162  *
163  * Takes an ion_fd_data struct with the handle field populated with a valid
164  * opaque handle.  Returns the struct with the fd field set to a file
165  * descriptor open in the current address space.  This file descriptor
166  * can then be passed to another process.  The corresponding opaque handle can
167  * be retrieved via ION_IOC_IMPORT.
168  */
169 #define ION_IOC_SHARE		_IOWR(ION_IOC_MAGIC, 4, struct ion_fd_data)
170 
171 /**
172  * DOC: ION_IOC_IMPORT - imports a shared file descriptor
173  *
174  * Takes an ion_fd_data struct with the fd field populated with a valid file
175  * descriptor obtained from ION_IOC_SHARE and returns the struct with the handle
176  * filed set to the corresponding opaque handle.
177  */
178 #define ION_IOC_IMPORT		_IOWR(ION_IOC_MAGIC, 5, struct ion_fd_data)
179 
180 /**
181  * DOC: ION_IOC_SYNC - syncs a shared file descriptors to memory
182  *
183  * Deprecated in favor of using the dma_buf api's correctly (syncing
184  * will happend automatically when the buffer is mapped to a device).
185  * If necessary should be used after touching a cached buffer from the cpu,
186  * this will make the buffer in memory coherent.
187  */
188 #define ION_IOC_SYNC		_IOWR(ION_IOC_MAGIC, 7, struct ion_fd_data)
189 
190 /**
191  * DOC: ION_IOC_CUSTOM - call architecture specific ion ioctl
192  *
193  * Takes the argument of the architecture specific ioctl to call and
194  * passes appropriate userdata for that ioctl
195  */
196 #define ION_IOC_CUSTOM		_IOWR(ION_IOC_MAGIC, 6, struct ion_custom_data)
197 
198 #endif /* _UAPI_ION_H */
199