[PATCH v2 2/3] doc: swiotlb: Document SWIOTLB areas parameter

From: T.J. Mercier
Date: Mon May 06 2024 - 21:35:38 EST


Commit 20347fca71a3 ("swiotlb: split up the global swiotlb lock") added
the ability to specify the number of SWIOTLB areas, but boot-options.rst
was not updated as part of that commit.

Reported-by: Michael Kelley <mhklinux@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 20347fca71a3 ("swiotlb: split up the global swiotlb lock")
Signed-off-by: T.J. Mercier <tjmercier@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst b/Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
index a37139d1752f..18161657b301 100644
--- a/Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst
@@ -287,9 +287,11 @@ iommu options only relevant to the AMD GART hardware IOMMU:
iommu options only relevant to the software bounce buffering (SWIOTLB) IOMMU
implementation:

- swiotlb=<slots>[,force,noforce]
+ swiotlb=<slots>[,<areas>,force,noforce]
<slots>
Prereserve that many 2K slots for the software IO bounce buffering.
+ <areas>
+ Number of SWIOTLB areas with their own lock. Must be a power of 2.
force
Force all IO through the software TLB.
Hardware IOMMU implementations can use SWIOTLB bounce buffering in
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