linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 11/12] mm/gup_benchmark: support pin_user

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Date:   Wed, 5 Feb 2020 14:46:12 +0300
From:   "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To:     John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
        Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 11/12] mm/gup_benchmark: support pin_user_pages() and
 related calls

On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 03:41:16PM -0800, John Hubbard wrote:
> Up until now, gup_benchmark supported testing of the
> following kernel functions:
> 
> * get_user_pages(): via the '-U' command line option
> * get_user_pages_longterm(): via the '-L' command line option
> * get_user_pages_fast(): as the default (no options required)
> 
> Add test coverage for the new corresponding pin_*() functions:
> 
> * pin_user_pages_fast(): via the '-a' command line option
> * pin_user_pages():      via the '-b' command line option
> 
> Also, add an option for clarity: '-u' for what is now (still) the
> default choice: get_user_pages_fast().
> 
> Also, for the commands that set FOLL_PIN, verify that the pages
> really are dma-pinned, via the new is_dma_pinned() routine.
> Those commands are:
> 
>     PIN_FAST_BENCHMARK     : calls pin_user_pages_fast()
>     PIN_BENCHMARK          : calls pin_user_pages()
> 
> In between the calls to pin_*() and unpin_user_pages(),
> check each page: if page_maybe_dma_pinned() returns false, then
> WARN and return.
> 
> Do this outside of the benchmark timestamps, so that it doesn't
> affect reported times.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>

Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov