linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 15/19] mm/gup: Introduce vaddr_pin

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Date:   Sun, 11 Aug 2019 16:07:23 -0700
From:   John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
To:     <ira.weiny@...el.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
        <linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>, <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 15/19] mm/gup: Introduce vaddr_pin_pages()

On 8/9/19 3:58 PM, ira.weiny@...el.com wrote:
> From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
> 
> The addition of FOLL_LONGTERM has taken on additional meaning for CMA
> pages.
> 
> In addition subsystems such as RDMA require new information to be passed
> to the GUP interface to track file owning information.  As such a simple
> FOLL_LONGTERM flag is no longer sufficient for these users to pin pages.
> 
> Introduce a new GUP like call which takes the newly introduced vaddr_pin
> information.  Failure to pass the vaddr_pin object back to a vaddr_put*
> call will result in a failure if pins were created on files during the
> pin operation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
> 

I'm creating a new call site conversion series, to replace the 
"put_user_pages(): miscellaneous call sites" series. This uses
vaddr_pin_pages*() where appropriate. So it's based on your series here.

btw, while doing that, I noticed one more typo while re-reading some of the comments. 
Thought you probably want to collect them all for the next spin. Below...

> ---
> Changes from list:
> 	Change to vaddr_put_pages_dirty_lock
> 	Change to vaddr_unpin_pages_dirty_lock
> 
>  include/linux/mm.h |  5 ++++
>  mm/gup.c           | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 64 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
> index 657c947bda49..90c5802866df 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> @@ -1603,6 +1603,11 @@ int account_locked_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long pages, bool inc);
>  int __account_locked_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long pages, bool inc,
>  			struct task_struct *task, bool bypass_rlim);
>  
> +long vaddr_pin_pages(unsigned long addr, unsigned long nr_pages,
> +		     unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages,
> +		     struct vaddr_pin *vaddr_pin);
> +void vaddr_unpin_pages_dirty_lock(struct page **pages, unsigned long nr_pages,
> +				  struct vaddr_pin *vaddr_pin, bool make_dirty);
>  bool mapping_inode_has_layout(struct vaddr_pin *vaddr_pin, struct page *page);
>  
>  /* Container for pinned pfns / pages */
> diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
> index eeaa0ddd08a6..6d23f70d7847 100644
> --- a/mm/gup.c
> +++ b/mm/gup.c
> @@ -2536,3 +2536,62 @@ int get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages,
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_user_pages_fast);
> +
> +/**
> + * vaddr_pin_pages pin pages by virtual address and return the pages to the
> + * user.
> + *
> + * @addr, start address
> + * @nr_pages, number of pages to pin
> + * @gup_flags, flags to use for the pin
> + * @pages, array of pages returned
> + * @vaddr_pin, initalized meta information this pin is to be associated

Typo:
                  initialized


thanks,
-- 
John Hubbard
NVIDIA