[PATCH 0/4] i2c: document DMA handling and add helpers for it

[Wolfram Sang]

So, after revisiting old mail threads and taking part in a similar discussion
on the USB list, here is what I cooked up to document and ease DMA handling for
I2C within Linux. Please have a look at the documentation introduced in patch 2
for further details.

The branch can be found here:

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wsa/linux.git renesas/topic/i2c-core-dma

And big kudos to Renesas Electronics for funding this work, thank you very much!

Regards,

   Wolfram

Changes since RFC:

* the helper i2c_check_msg_for_dma() can optionally take a pointer and then it
  will attach a bounce buffer to it in case the message buffer is not DMA safe
* a second helper was added. i2c_release_bounce_buf() will copy data back to
  the message buffer and release the bounce buffer
* the documentation has been extended to match the above
* no ifdeffery around CONFIG_DMA_API_DEBUG anymore. The I2C core behaviour
  should not depend on such symbols.
* the i2c-sh_mobile driver has been updated to use bounce buffers


Wolfram Sang (4):
  i2c: add helpers to ease DMA handling
  i2c: add docs to clarify DMA handling
  i2c: sh_mobile: use helper to decide if DMA is useful
  i2c: rcar: check for DMA-capable buffers

 Documentation/i2c/DMA-considerations | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-rcar.c        | 18 +++++++---
 drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-sh_mobile.c   |  8 +++--
 include/linux/i2c.h                  | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 121 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/i2c/DMA-considerations

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