linux-kernel - Re: [RFT][PATCH v2 9/9] vfio: Replace phys_pfn with pages for vfio_pin

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Message-ID: <20220706181810.GQ693670@nvidia.com>
Date:   Wed, 6 Jul 2022 15:18:10 -0300
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To:     Nicolin Chen <nicolinc@...dia.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFT][PATCH v2 9/9] vfio: Replace phys_pfn with pages for
 vfio_pin_pages()

On Tue, Jul 05, 2022 at 11:27:59PM -0700, Nicolin Chen wrote:
> Most of the callers of vfio_pin_pages() want "struct page *" and the
> low-level mm code to pin pages returns a list of "struct page *" too.
> So there's no gain in converting "struct page *" to PFN in between.
> 
> Replace the output parameter "phys_pfn" list with a "pages" list, to
> simplify callers. This also allows us to replace the vfio_iommu_type1
> implementation with a more efficient one.
> 
> For now, also update vfio_iommu_type1 to fit this new parameter too.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicolin Chen <nicolinc@...dia.com>
> ---
>  .../driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst       |  2 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c              | 19 ++++++-------------
>  drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_cp.c                | 19 +++++++++----------
>  drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c             |  6 +++---
>  drivers/vfio/vfio.c                           |  8 ++++----
>  drivers/vfio/vfio.h                           |  2 +-
>  drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c               | 19 +++++++++++--------
>  include/linux/vfio.h                          |  2 +-
>  8 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>

Jason