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diff --git a/include/drm/drm_device.h b/include/drm/drm_device.h
index 6ea54a578cda..e2f894f1b90a 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_device.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_device.h
@@ -65,6 +65,28 @@ struct drm_device {
struct device *dev;
/**
+ * @dma_dev:
+ *
+ * Device for DMA operations. Only required if the device @dev
+ * cannot perform DMA by itself. Should be NULL otherwise. Call
+ * drm_dev_dma_dev() to get the DMA device instead of using this
+ * field directly. Call drm_dev_set_dma_dev() to set this field.
+ *
+ * DRM devices are sometimes bound to virtual devices that cannot
+ * perform DMA by themselves. Drivers should set this field to the
+ * respective DMA controller.
+ *
+ * Devices on USB and other peripheral busses also cannot perform
+ * DMA by themselves. The @dma_dev field should point the bus
+ * controller that does DMA on behalve of such a device. Required
+ * for importing buffers via dma-buf.
+ *
+ * If set, the DRM core automatically releases the reference on the
+ * device.
+ */
+ struct device *dma_dev;
+
+ /**
* @managed:
*
* Managed resources linked to the lifetime of this &drm_device as
@@ -327,4 +349,23 @@ struct drm_device {
struct dentry *debugfs_root;
};
+void drm_dev_set_dma_dev(struct drm_device *dev, struct device *dma_dev);
+
+/**
+ * drm_dev_dma_dev - returns the DMA device for a DRM device
+ * @dev: DRM device
+ *
+ * Returns the DMA device of the given DRM device. By default, this
+ * the DRM device's parent. See drm_dev_set_dma_dev().
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * A DMA-capable device for the DRM device.
+ */
+static inline struct device *drm_dev_dma_dev(struct drm_device *dev)
+{
+ if (dev->dma_dev)
+ return dev->dma_dev;
+ return dev->dev;
+}
+
#endif