linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 0/3] MAP_POPULATE for device memory

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Date:   Mon, 7 Mar 2022 15:29:35 +0200
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Nathaniel McCallum <nathaniel@...fian.com>,
        Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-sgx@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        Matthew Auld <matthew.auld@...el.com>,
        Thomas Hellström 
        <thomas.hellstrom@...ux.intel.com>,
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        Jason Ekstrand <jason@...kstrand.net>,
        Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>, G@....fi,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 0/3] MAP_POPULATE for device memory

On Sun, Mar 06, 2022 at 11:48:26PM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 06, 2022 at 11:33:02AM +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 06, 2022 at 07:32:04AM +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > > For device memory (aka VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP) MAP_POPULATE does nothing. Allow
> > > to use that for initializing the device memory by providing a new callback
> > > f_ops->populate() for the purpose.
> > 
> > As I said, NAK.
> 
> Agreed.  This is an amazingly bad interface.

So what would you suggest to sort out the issue? I'm happy to go with
ioctl if nothing else is acceptable.

BR, Jarkko