linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 5/8] scatterlist: Modify SG copy functions to support io memory.

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Date:   Mon, 3 Apr 2017 15:47:09 -0700
From:   Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:     Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        "linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        Steve Wise <swise@...ngridcomputing.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>,
        Max Gurtovoy <maxg@...lanox.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [RFC 5/8] scatterlist: Modify SG copy functions to support io memory.

On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 3:10 PM, Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 03/04/17 03:44 PM, Dan Williams wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 2:20 PM, Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Christoph,
>>>
>>> What are your thoughts on an approach like the following untested
>>> draft patch.
>>>
>>> The patch (if fleshed out) makes it so iomem can be used in an sgl
>>> and WARN_ONs will occur in places where drivers attempt to access
>>> iomem directly through the sgl.
>>>
>>> I'd also probably create a p2pmem_alloc_sgl helper function so driver
>>> writers wouldn't have to mess with sg_set_iomem_page.
>>>
>>> With all that in place, it should be relatively safe for drivers to
>>> implement p2pmem even though we'd still technically be violating the
>>> __iomem boundary in some places.
>>
>> Just reacting to this mail, I still haven't had a chance to take a
>> look at the rest of the series.
>>
>> The pfn_t type was invented to carry extra type and page lookup
>> information about the memory behind a given pfn. At first glance that
>> seems a more natural place to carry an indication that this is an
>> "I/O" pfn.
>
> I agree... But what are the plans for pfn_t? Is anyone working on using
> it in the scatterlist code? Currently it's not there yet and given the
> assertion that we will continue to be using struct page for DMA is that
> a direction we'd want to go?
>

I wouldn't necessarily conflate supporting pfn_t in the scatterlist
with the stalled stuct-page-less DMA effor. A pfn_t_to_page()
conversion will still work and be required. However you're right, the
minute we use pfn_t for this we're into the realm of special case
drivers that understand scatterlists with special "I/O-pfn_t" entries.
However, maybe that's what we want? I think peer-to-peer DMA is not a
general purpose feature unless/until we get it standardized in PCI. So
maybe drivers with special case scatterlist support is exactly what we
want for now.

Thoughts?