usb_buffer_alloc函数

 
void *usb_buffer_alloc (struct usb_device *dev, size_t size, gfp_t mem_flags, dma_addr_t *dma);

这个函数是 usbcore 提供的 . 从名字上就能知道它是用来申请内存的 ,内核中给出了一些介绍。

* usb_buffer_alloc - allocate dma-consistent buffer for URB_NO_xxx_DMA_MAP
 * @dev: device the buffer will be used with
 * @size: requested buffer size
 * @mem_flags: affect whether allocation may block
 * @dma: used to return DMA address of buffer
 *
 * Return value is either null (indicating no buffer could be allocated), or
 * the cpu-space pointer to a buffer that may be used to perform DMA to the
 * specified device.  Such cpu-space buffers are returned along with the DMA
 * address (through the pointer provided).
 *
 * These buffers are used with URB_NO_xxx_DMA_MAP set in urb->transfer_flags
 * to avoid behaviors like using "DMA bounce buffers", or tying down I/O
 * mapping hardware for long idle periods.  The implementation varies between
 * platforms, depending on details of how DMA will work to this device.
 * Using these buffers also helps prevent cacheline sharing problems on
 * architectures where CPU caches are not DMA-coherent.
 *
 * When the buffer is no longer used, free it with usb_buffer_free().

第一个参数就是 struct usb_device 结构体的指针 , 第二个参数申请的 buffer 的大小 , 第三个参数 ,GFP_KERNEL, 是一个内存申请的 flag, 通常内存申请都用这个 flag, 除非是中断上下文 , 不能睡眠 , 那就得用 GPF_ATOMIC, 这里没那么多要求 .而 usb_buffer_alloc() 的第四个参数 涉及到 dma 传输 .该函数不仅进行内存分配，还会进行DMA映射，这里第四个参数将被设置为DMA地址。

这个地址用于传输DMA缓冲区数据的urb。

用 usb_buffer_alloc 申请的内存空间需要用它的搭档 usb_buffer_free() 来释放 .