linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 -next 0/6] mm: make pinned

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Date:   Mon, 21 Jan 2019 09:42:14 -0800
From:   Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
To:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     dledford@...hat.com, jgg@...lanox.com, jack@...e.de,
        ira.weiny@...el.com, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dave@...olabs.net
Subject: [PATCH v2 -next 0/6] mm: make pinned_vm atomic and simplify users

Changes from v1 (https://patchwork.kernel.org/cover/10764923/):
 - Converted pinned_vm to atomic64 instead of atomic_long such that
   infiniband need not worry about overflows.

 - Rebased patch 1 and added Ira's reviews as well as Parvi's review
   for patch 5 (thanks!).

--------

Hi,

The following patches aim to provide cleanups to users that pin pages
(mostly infiniband) by converting the counter to atomic -- note that
Daniel Jordan also has patches[1] for the locked_vm counterpart and vfio.

Apart from removing a source of mmap_sem writer, we benefit in that
we can get rid of a lot of code that defers work when the lock cannot
be acquired, as well as drivers avoiding mmap_sem altogether by also
converting gup to gup_fast() and letting the mm handle it. Users
that do the gup_longterm() remain of course under at least reader mmap_sem.

Everything has been compile-tested _only_ so I hope I didn't do anything
too stupid. Please consider for v5.1.

On a similar topic and potential follow up, it would be nice to resurrect
Peter's VM_PINNED idea in that the broken semantics that occurred after
bc3e53f682 ("mm: distinguish between mlocked and pinned pages") are still
present. Also encapsulating internal mm logic via mm[un]pin() instead of
drivers having to know about internals and playing nice with compaction are
all wins.

Thanks!

[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/11/5/854

Davidlohr Bueso (6):
  mm: make mm->pinned_vm an atomic64 counter
  mic/scif: do not use mmap_sem
  drivers/IB,qib: do not use mmap_sem
  drivers/IB,hfi1: do not se mmap_sem
  drivers/IB,usnic: reduce scope of mmap_sem
  drivers/IB,core: reduce scope of mmap_sem

 drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c              | 47 +++-----------------
 drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/user_pages.c     | 12 ++---
 drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_user_pages.c  | 69 ++++++++++-------------------
 drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_ib_main.c |  2 -
 drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_uiom.c    | 56 +++--------------------
 drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_uiom.h    |  1 -
 drivers/misc/mic/scif/scif_rma.c            | 38 +++++-----------
 fs/proc/task_mmu.c                          |  2 +-
 include/linux/mm_types.h                    |  2 +-
 kernel/events/core.c                        |  8 ++--
 kernel/fork.c                               |  2 +-
 mm/debug.c                                  |  3 +-
 12 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 185 deletions(-)

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