Subject: [PATCH v4 02/13] dma-direct: use DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED in alloc/free paths

From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 14:33:57 +0530

Propagate force_dma_unencrypted() into DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED in the
dma-direct allocation path and use the attribute to drive the related
decisions.

This updates dma_direct_alloc(), dma_direct_free(), and
dma_direct_alloc_pages() to fold the forced unencrypted case into attrs.

Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm) <[email-masked]>
---
 kernel/dma/direct.c | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/dma/direct.c b/kernel/dma/direct.c
index b958f150718a..0c2e1f8436ce 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/direct.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/direct.c
@@ -201,16 +201,31 @@ void *dma_direct_alloc(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 		dma_addr_t *dma_handle, gfp_t gfp, unsigned long attrs)
 {
 	bool remap = false, set_uncached = false;
-	bool mark_mem_decrypt = true;
+	bool mark_mem_decrypt = false;
 	struct page *page;
 	void *ret;
 
+	/*
+	 * DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED is not a caller-visible dma_alloc_*()
+	 * attribute. The direct allocator uses it internally after it has
+	 * decided that the backing pages must be shared/decrypted, so the
+	 * rest of the allocation path can consistently select DMA addresses,
+	 * choose compatible pools and restore encryption on free.
+	 */
+	if (attrs & DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (force_dma_unencrypted(dev)) {
+		attrs |= DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED;
+		mark_mem_decrypt = true;
+	}
+
 	size = PAGE_ALIGN(size);
 	if (attrs & DMA_ATTR_NO_WARN)
 		gfp |= __GFP_NOWARN;
 
-	if ((attrs & DMA_ATTR_NO_KERNEL_MAPPING) &&
-	    !force_dma_unencrypted(dev) && !is_swiotlb_for_alloc(dev))
+	if (((attrs & (DMA_ATTR_NO_KERNEL_MAPPING | DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED)) ==
+	     DMA_ATTR_NO_KERNEL_MAPPING) && !is_swiotlb_for_alloc(dev))
 		return dma_direct_alloc_no_mapping(dev, size, dma_handle, gfp);
 
 	if (!dev_is_dma_coherent(dev)) {
@@ -244,7 +259,7 @@ void *dma_direct_alloc(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 	 * Remapping or decrypting memory may block, allocate the memory from
 	 * the atomic pools instead if we aren't allowed block.
 	 */
-	if ((remap || force_dma_unencrypted(dev)) &&
+	if ((remap || (attrs & DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED)) &&
 	    dma_direct_use_pool(dev, gfp))
 		return dma_direct_alloc_from_pool(dev, size, dma_handle, gfp);
 
@@ -318,11 +333,20 @@ void *dma_direct_alloc(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 void dma_direct_free(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 		void *cpu_addr, dma_addr_t dma_addr, unsigned long attrs)
 {
-	bool mark_mem_encrypted = true;
+	bool mark_mem_encrypted = false;
 	unsigned int page_order = get_order(size);
 
-	if ((attrs & DMA_ATTR_NO_KERNEL_MAPPING) &&
-	    !force_dma_unencrypted(dev) && !is_swiotlb_for_alloc(dev)) {
+	/*
+	 * if the device had requested for an unencrypted buffer,
+	 * convert it to encrypted on free
+	 */
+	if (force_dma_unencrypted(dev)) {
+		attrs |= DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED;
+		mark_mem_encrypted = true;
+	}
+
+	if (((attrs & (DMA_ATTR_NO_KERNEL_MAPPING | DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED)) ==
+	     DMA_ATTR_NO_KERNEL_MAPPING) && !is_swiotlb_for_alloc(dev)) {
 		/* cpu_addr is a struct page cookie, not a kernel address */
 		dma_free_contiguous(dev, cpu_addr, size);
 		return;
@@ -365,10 +389,14 @@ void dma_direct_free(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 struct page *dma_direct_alloc_pages(struct device *dev, size_t size,
 		dma_addr_t *dma_handle, enum dma_data_direction dir, gfp_t gfp)
 {
+	unsigned long attrs = 0;
 	struct page *page;
 	void *ret;
 
-	if (force_dma_unencrypted(dev) && dma_direct_use_pool(dev, gfp))
+	if (force_dma_unencrypted(dev))
+		attrs |= DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED;
+
+	if ((attrs & DMA_ATTR_CC_SHARED) && dma_direct_use_pool(dev, gfp))
 		return dma_direct_alloc_from_pool(dev, size, dma_handle, gfp);
 
 	if (is_swiotlb_for_alloc(dev)) {
-- 
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