linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH v3 0/2] mempinfd: Add new syscall to provide memory pin

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Message-ID: <1612685884-19514-1-git-send-email-wangzhou1@hisilicon.com>
Date:   Sun, 7 Feb 2021 16:18:02 +0800
From:   Zhou Wang <wangzhou1@...ilicon.com>
To:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        <linux-mm@...ck.org>, <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
CC:     <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, <song.bao.hua@...ilicon.com>,
        <jgg@...pe.ca>, <kevin.tian@...el.com>, <jean-philippe@...aro.org>,
        <eric.auger@...hat.com>, <liguozhu@...ilicon.com>,
        <zhangfei.gao@...aro.org>, Zhou Wang <wangzhou1@...ilicon.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH v3 0/2] mempinfd: Add new syscall to provide memory pin

This series adds a new mempinfd syscall to offer a common way to pin/unpin
memory.

Patch 1/2 is about mempinfd codes.
Patch 2/2 adds a simple test tool about mempinfd.

Change logs:
------------
v2 -> v3:
 - Follow suggestions from Greg and Kevin, add a new syscall.
 - Add input check.
 - Use xa_insert to replace xa_store.
 - Add lock to pretect pin and xa_insert.
v1 -> v2:
 - Some tiny fixes.
 - Follow Greg's suggestion to get mm-list and iommu-list involved.

Links:
------
 - v2: https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg3808926.html
 - v1: https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg3805205.html

Zhou Wang (2):
  mempinfd: Add new syscall to provide memory pin
  selftests/vm: add mempinfd test

 arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd.h       |   2 +-
 arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd32.h     |   2 +
 fs/Makefile                           |   1 +
 fs/mempinfd.c                         | 199 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/syscalls.h              |   1 +
 include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h     |   4 +-
 include/uapi/linux/mempinfd.h         |  23 ++++
 init/Kconfig                          |   6 +
 tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile   |   1 +
 tools/testing/selftests/vm/mempinfd.c | 131 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 10 files changed, 368 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 fs/mempinfd.c
 create mode 100644 include/uapi/linux/mempinfd.h
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/vm/mempinfd.c

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