linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 08/16] vfio/type1: Cache locked_vm to ease mmap

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Message-ID: <20220107151807.GT2328285@nvidia.com>
Date:   Fri, 7 Jan 2022 11:18:07 -0400
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To:     Daniel Jordan <daniel.m.jordan@...cle.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC 08/16] vfio/type1: Cache locked_vm to ease mmap_lock
 contention

On Thu, Jan 06, 2022 at 10:06:42PM -0500, Daniel Jordan wrote:

> > At least it seems like it is not an insurmountable problem if it makes
> > an appreciable difference..
> 
> Ok, I can think more about this.

Unfortunately iommufd is not quite ready yet, otherwise I might
suggest just focus on that not type 1 optimizations. Depends on your
timeframe I suppose.

> > After seeing Daniels's patches I've been wondering if the pin step in
> > iommufd's draft could be parallized on a per-map basis without too
> > much trouble. It might give Daniel a way to do a quick approach
> > comparison..
> 
> Sorry, comparison between what?  I can take a look at iommufd tomorrow
> though and see if your comment makes more sense.

I think it might be easier to change the iommufd locking than the
type1 locking to allow kernel-side parallel map ioctls. It is already
almost properly locked for this right now, just the iopt lock covers a
little bit too much.

It could give some idea what kind of performance user managed
concurrency gives vs kernel auto threading.

Jason