linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 00/10] Copy Offload in NVMe Fabrics with P2P PCI Memory

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Date:   Thu, 1 Mar 2018 12:31:53 +0200
From:   Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>
To:     Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Stephen Bates <sbates@...thlin.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...lanox.com>,
        Max Gurtovoy <maxg@...lanox.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/10] Copy Offload in NVMe Fabrics with P2P PCI Memory


> Hi Everyone,

Hi Logan,

> Here's v2 of our series to introduce P2P based copy offload to NVMe
> fabrics. This version has been rebased onto v4.16-rc3 which already
> includes Christoph's devpagemap work the previous version was based
> off as well as a couple of the cleanup patches that were in v1.
> 
> Additionally, we've made the following changes based on feedback:
> 
> * Renamed everything to 'p2pdma' per the suggestion from Bjorn as well
>    as a bunch of cleanup and spelling fixes he pointed out in the last
>    series.
> 
> * To address Alex's ACS concerns, we change to a simpler method of
>    just disabling ACS behind switches for any kernel that has
>    CONFIG_PCI_P2PDMA.
> 
> * We also reject using devices that employ 'dma_virt_ops' which should
>    fairly simply handle Jason's concerns that this work might break with
>    the HFI, QIB and rxe drivers that use the virtual ops to implement
>    their own special DMA operations.

That's good, but what would happen for these devices? simply fail the
mapping causing the ulp to fail its rdma operation? I would think
that we need a capability flag for devices that support it.