linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 20/22] mm: move hmm_vma

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Date:   Wed, 3 Jul 2019 15:03:56 -0300
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        AlexDeucher <alexander.deucher@....com>
Cc:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>,
        Ben Skeggs <bskeggs@...hat.com>,
        Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        nouveau@...ts.freedesktop.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 20/22] mm: move hmm_vma_fault to nouveau

On Mon, Jul 01, 2019 at 08:20:18AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> hmm_vma_fault is marked as a legacy API to get rid of, but quite suites
> the current nouvea flow.  Move it to the only user in preparation for
> fixing a locking bug involving caller and callee.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
>  drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_svm.c | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  include/linux/hmm.h                   | 54 ---------------------------
>  2 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)

I was thinking about doing exactly this too, but amdgpu started using
this already obsolete API in their latest driver :(

So, we now need to get both drivers to move to the modern API.

Jason