by JHJ (jianghuijunj211@gmail.com)
ION如何实现buffer共享的思路倒是很清晰的,但是深入代码研究,发现ION是依赖于DMA Mapping的,而DMA mapping模块对我而言还是挺复杂的,看这个模块遇到的第一个问题就是cache。既然是DMA mapping,直接将申请的buffer设置为non-cacheable不就行了?这样就可以保证CPU通过DMA读写缓冲区的一致性了。为什么还有Consistent DMA mappings 和 Streaming DMA mappings一说呢?下面先介绍一下Cache的概念。
Cache
Cache写机制:Write-through与Write-back[5]
Cache写机制分为write through和write back两种。
- Write-through- Write is done synchronously both to the cache and to the backing store.
- Write-back (or Write-behind) – Writing is done only to the cache. A modified cache block is written back to the store, just before it is replaced.
Write-through(直写模式)在数据更新时,同时写入缓存Cache和后端存储。此模式的优点是操作简单;缺点是因为数据修改需要同时写