linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/15] mm: remove the pgmap field from struct hmm_vma

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Message-ID: <20190816044137.GA4093@lst.de>
Date:   Fri, 16 Aug 2019 06:41:37 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Jerome Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>
Cc:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...lanox.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Ben Skeggs <bskeggs@...hat.com>,
        Felix Kuehling <Felix.Kuehling@....com>,
        Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@...dia.com>,
        "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        "nouveau@...ts.freedesktop.org" <nouveau@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        "dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org" <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        "amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org" <amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/15] mm: remove the pgmap field from struct
 hmm_vma_walk

On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 04:33:06PM -0400, Jerome Glisse wrote:
> So nor HMM nor driver should dereference the struct page (i do not
> think any iommu driver would either),

Both current hmm drivers convert the hmm pfn back to a page and
eventually call dma_map_page on it.  As do the ODP patches from you.