[PATCH v5 2/6] dma: swiotlb: Track whether the pool size was explicitly set

From: Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)

Date: Mon Sep 21 2026 - 02:38:00 EST


swiotlb_adjust_size() must not override a pool size supplied through the
swiotlb= command-line parameter.

Currently, it determines whether a size was supplied by comparing
default_nslabs with IO_TLB_DEFAULT_SIZE. This fails when the user
explicitly requests the compiled-in default size, allowing the request
to be overwritten by automatic pool sizing.

Record whether swiotlb= supplied a numeric size and add
swiotlb_default_size_changed() to query that state.

Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm) <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/dma/swiotlb.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
index aa19e81ae544..8f86deb25be2 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ static struct io_tlb_mem io_tlb_default_mem;

static unsigned long default_nslabs = IO_TLB_DEFAULT_SIZE >> IO_TLB_SHIFT;
static unsigned long default_nareas;
+static bool swiotlb_size_set __initdata;

/**
* struct io_tlb_area - IO TLB memory area descriptor
@@ -269,6 +270,7 @@ setup_io_tlb_npages(char *str)
/* avoid tail segment of size < IO_TLB_SEGSIZE */
default_nslabs =
ALIGN(simple_strtoul(str, &str, 0), IO_TLB_SEGSIZE);
+ swiotlb_size_set = true;
}
if (*str == ',')
++str;
@@ -304,6 +306,11 @@ unsigned long swiotlb_size_or_default(void)
return default_nslabs << IO_TLB_SHIFT;
}

+static bool __init swiotlb_default_size_changed(void)
+{
+ return swiotlb_size_set;
+}
+
void __init swiotlb_adjust_size(unsigned long size)
{
/*
@@ -311,7 +318,7 @@ void __init swiotlb_adjust_size(unsigned long size)
* architectures such as those supporting memory encryption to
* adjust/expand SWIOTLB size for their use.
*/
- if (default_nslabs != IO_TLB_DEFAULT_SIZE >> IO_TLB_SHIFT)
+ if (swiotlb_default_size_changed())
return;

default_nslabs = swiotlb_aligned_nslabs(size);
--
2.43.0