linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 5/8] mm: Device exclusive memory access

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Date:   Wed, 19 May 2021 08:21:08 -0400
From:   Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
To:     Alistair Popple <apopple@...dia.com>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, nouveau@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        bskeggs@...hat.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, jhubbard@...dia.com,
        rcampbell@...dia.com, jglisse@...hat.com, jgg@...dia.com,
        hch@...radead.org, daniel@...ll.ch, willy@...radead.org,
        bsingharora@...il.com, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 5/8] mm: Device exclusive memory access

On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 09:35:10PM +1000, Alistair Popple wrote:
> I think the approach you are describing is similar to what 
> migrate_vma_collect()/migrate_vma_unamp() does now and I think it could be 
> made to work. I ended up going with the GUP+unmap approach in part because 
> Christoph suggested it but primarily because it required less code especially 
> given we needed to call something to fault the page in/break COW anyway (or 
> extend what was there to call handle_mm_fault(), etc.).

I see, thank. Would you mind add a short paragraph in the commit message
talking about these two solutions and why we choose the GUP way?

-- 
Peter Xu