linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 03/19] vbus: add connection-client helper infrastructure

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Date:	Thu, 4 Jun 2009 21:06:11 +0300
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:	Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@...ell.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, agraf@...e.de, pmullaney@...ell.com,
	pmorreale@...ell.com, anthony@...emonkey.ws, rusty@...tcorp.com.au,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org, avi@...hat.com,
	bhutchings@...arflare.com, andi@...stfloor.org, gregkh@...e.de,
	herber@...dor.apana.org.au, chrisw@...s-sol.org,
	shemminger@...tta.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 03/19] vbus: add connection-client helper
	infrastructure

On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 12:30:57PM -0400, Gregory Haskins wrote:
> +static unsigned long
> +task_memctx_copy_to(struct vbus_memctx *ctx, void *dst, const void *src,
> +		    unsigned long n)
> +{
> +	struct task_memctx *tm = to_task_memctx(ctx);
> +	struct task_struct *p = tm->task;
> +
> +	while (n) {
> +		unsigned long offset = ((unsigned long)dst)%PAGE_SIZE;
> +		unsigned long len = PAGE_SIZE - offset;
> +		int ret;
> +		struct page *pg;
> +		void *maddr;
> +
> +		if (len > n)
> +			len = n;
> +
> +		down_read(&p->mm->mmap_sem);
> +		ret = get_user_pages(p, p->mm,
> +				     (unsigned long)dst, 1, 1, 0, &pg, NULL);
> +
> +		if (ret != 1) {
> +			up_read(&p->mm->mmap_sem);
> +			break;
> +		}
> +
> +		maddr = kmap_atomic(pg, KM_USER0);
> +		memcpy(maddr + offset, src, len);
> +		kunmap_atomic(maddr, KM_USER0);
> +		set_page_dirty_lock(pg);
> +		put_page(pg);
> +		up_read(&p->mm->mmap_sem);
> +
> +		src += len;
> +		dst += len;
> +		n -= len;
> +	}
> +
> +	return n;
> +}

BTW, why did you decide to use get_user_pages?
Would switch_mm + copy_to_user work as well
avoiding page walk if all pages are present?

Also - if we just had vmexit because a process executed
io (or hypercall), can't we just do copy_to_user there?
Avi, I think at some point you said that we can?


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