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Message-ID: <082bfb32-be2a-0fc4-6818-2730e904c000@nvidia.com>
Date:   Mon, 5 Sep 2022 18:03:59 -0700
From:   John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
To:     Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.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
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        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>,
        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>,
        Martin Oliveira <martin.oliveira@...eticom.com>,
        Chaitanya Kulkarni <ckulkarnilinux@...il.com>,
        Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@...dia.com>,
        Stephen Bates <sbates@...thlin.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 8/8] ABI: sysfs-bus-pci: add documentation for p2pmem
 allocate

On 8/25/22 08:24, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
> Add documentation for the p2pmem/allocate binary file which allows
> for allocating p2pmem buffers in userspace for passing to drivers
> that support them. (Currently only O_DIRECT to NVMe devices.)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci | 12 +++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
> index 6fc2c2efe8ab..dca5e032b4fa 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
> @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ Description:
>  		binary file containing the Vital Product Data for the
>  		device.  It should follow the VPD format defined in
>  		PCI Specification 2.1 or 2.2, but users should consider
> -		that some devices may have incorrectly formatted data.  
> +		that some devices may have incorrectly formatted data.
>  		If the underlying VPD has a writable section then the
>  		corresponding section of this file will be writable.
>  
> @@ -407,6 +407,16 @@ Description:
>  	        file contains a '1' if the memory has been published for
>  		use outside the driver that owns the device.
>  
> +What:		/sys/bus/pci/devices/.../p2pmem/allocate
> +Date:		August 2022
> +Contact:	Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>
> +Description:
> +		Thes attribute allows mapping p2pmem into userspace. For

s/Thes/This/

Actually, the sentence goes on to say "file", which refers to the same
thing as "attribute". So maybe just saying "This attribute" would be
slightly clearer? So:

		This file allows mapping p2pmem into userspace. For


With the typo fix and optionally the "attribute" change (up to you),
please feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>


thanks,

-- 
John Hubbard
NVIDIA

> +		each mmap() call on this file, the kernel will allocate
> +		a chunk of Peer-to-Peer memory for use in Peer-to-Peer
> +		transactions. This memory can be used in O_DIRECT calls
> +		to NVMe backed files for Peer-to-Peer copies.
> +
>  What:		/sys/bus/pci/devices/.../link/clkpm
>  		/sys/bus/pci/devices/.../link/l0s_aspm
>  		/sys/bus/pci/devices/.../link/l1_aspm

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