[PATCH v5 10/10] vring: Add a module parameter to force-enable the DMA API

From: Andy Lutomirski
Date: Thu Jan 28 2016 - 21:32:10 EST


This will be useful for testing.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index 305c05cc249a..46fb77d824e9 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
* API.
*/

+static bool force_dma_api = false;
+module_param(force_dma_api, bool, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(force_dma_api, "force-enable the DMA API");
+
static bool vring_use_dma_api(void)
{
#if defined(CONFIG_X86) && defined(CONFIG_XEN)
@@ -59,7 +63,7 @@ static bool vring_use_dma_api(void)
return static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XENPV);
#endif

- return false;
+ return force_dma_api;
}

#ifdef DEBUG
--
2.5.0