linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] kernel.h: Add non_block

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Message-ID: <CAKMK7uG33FFCGJrDV4-FHT2FWi+Z5SnQ7hoyBQd4hignzm1C-A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 15 Aug 2019 18:25:16 +0200
From:   Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
To:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
Cc:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        DRI Development <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        Intel Graphics Development <intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Christian König <christian.koenig@....com>,
        Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Wei Wang <wvw@...gle.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>, Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] kernel.h: Add non_block_start/end()

On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 5:10 PM Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 04:43:38PM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
>
> > You have to wait for the gpu to finnish current processing in
> > invalidate_range_start. Otherwise there's no point to any of this
> > really. So the wait_event/dma_fence_wait are unavoidable really.
>
> I don't envy your task :|
>
> But, what you describe sure sounds like a 'registration cache' model,
> not the 'shadow pte' model of coherency.
>
> The key difference is that a regirstationcache is allowed to become
> incoherent with the VMA's because it holds page pins. It is a
> programming bug in userspace to change VA mappings via mmap/munmap/etc
> while the device is working on that VA, but it does not harm system
> integrity because of the page pin.
>
> The cache ensures that each initiated operation sees a DMA setup that
> matches the current VA map when the operation is initiated and allows
> expensive device DMA setups to be re-used.
>
> A 'shadow pte' model (ie hmm) *really* needs device support to
> directly block DMA access - ie trigger 'device page fault'. ie the
> invalidate_start should inform the device to enter a fault mode and
> that is it.  If the device can't do that, then the driver probably
> shouldn't persue this level of coherency. The driver would quickly get
> into the messy locking problems like dma_fence_wait from a notifier.
>
> It is important to identify what model you are going for as defining a
> 'registration cache' coherence expectation allows the driver to skip
> blocking in invalidate_range_start. All it does is invalidate the
> cache so that future operations pick up the new VA mapping.
>
> Intel's HFI RDMA driver uses this model extensively, and I think it is
> well proven, within some limitations of course.
>
> At least, 'registration cache' is the only use model I know of where
> it is acceptable to skip invalidate_range_end.

I'm not really well versed in the details of our userptr, but both
amdgpu and i915 wait for the gpu to complete from
invalidate_range_start. Jerome has at least looked a lot at the amdgpu
one, so maybe he can explain what exactly it is we're doing ...
-Daniel
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Daniel Vetter
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