linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/16] nvme-pci: Check DMA ops when indicating support for PCI P2PDMA

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Date:   Mon, 3 May 2021 11:17:50 -0600
From:   Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>
To:     John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Cc:     Stephen Bates <sbates@...thlin.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        Christian König <christian.koenig@....com>,
        Don Dutile <ddutile@...hat.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
        Jakowski Andrzej <andrzej.jakowski@...el.com>,
        Minturn Dave B <dave.b.minturn@...el.com>,
        Jason Ekstrand <jason@...kstrand.net>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Xiong Jianxin <jianxin.xiong@...el.com>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>,
        Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/16] nvme-pci: Check DMA ops when indicating support for
 PCI P2PDMA



On 2021-05-02 7:29 p.m., John Hubbard wrote:
> On 4/8/21 10:01 AM, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
>> Introduce a supports_pci_p2pdma() operation in nvme_ctrl_ops to
>> replace the fixed NVME_F_PCI_P2PDMA flag such that the dma_map_ops
>> flags can be checked for PCI P2PDMA support.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/nvme/host/core.c |  3 ++-
>>   drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h |  2 +-
>>   drivers/nvme/host/pci.c  | 11 +++++++++--
>>   3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
>> index 0896e21642be..223419454516 100644
>> --- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
>> +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
>> @@ -3907,7 +3907,8 @@ static void nvme_alloc_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nsid,
>>   		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_STABLE_WRITES, ns->queue);
>>   
>>   	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, ns->queue);
>> -	if (ctrl->ops->flags & NVME_F_PCI_P2PDMA)
>> +	if (ctrl->ops->supports_pci_p2pdma &&
>> +	    ctrl->ops->supports_pci_p2pdma(ctrl))
> 
> This is a little excessive, as I suspected. How about providing a
> default .supports_pci_p2pdma routine that returns false, so that
> the op is always available (non-null)? By "default", maybe that
> means either requiring an init_the_ops_struct() routine to be
> used, and/or checking all the users of struct nvme_ctrl_ops.

Honestly that sounds much more messy to me than simply checking if it's
NULL before using it (which is a common, accepted pattern for ops).

> Another idea: maybe you don't really need a bool .supports_pci_p2pdma()
> routine at all, because the existing .flags really is about right.
> You just need the flags to be filled in dynamically. So, do that
> during nvme_pci setup/init time: that's when this module would call
> dma_pci_p2pdma_supported().

If the flag is filled in dynamically, then the ops struct would have to
be non-constant. Ops structs should be constant for security reasons.

Logan