linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 5/9] lib/scatterlist: add check when merging zone device pages

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Date:   Tue, 25 Oct 2022 01:19:10 +0000
From:   Chaitanya Kulkarni <chaitanyak@...dia.com>
To:     Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org>,
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        "linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-mm@...ck.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>,
        John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.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 v11 5/9] lib/scatterlist: add check when merging zone
 device pages

On 10/21/22 10:41, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
> Consecutive zone device pages should not be merged into the same sgl
> or bvec segment with other types of pages or if they belong to different
> pgmaps. Otherwise getting the pgmap of a given segment is not possible
> without scanning the entire segment. This helper returns true either if
> both pages are not zone device pages or both pages are zone device
> pages with the same pgmap.
> 
> Factor out the check for page mergability into a pages_are_mergable()
> helper and add a check with zone_device_pages_are_mergeable().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> ---
>   lib/scatterlist.c | 25 +++++++++++++++----------
>   1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/scatterlist.c b/lib/scatterlist.c
> index c8c3d675845c..a0ad2a7959b5 100644
> --- a/lib/scatterlist.c
> +++ b/lib/scatterlist.c
> @@ -410,6 +410,15 @@ static struct scatterlist *get_next_sg(struct sg_append_table *table,
>   	return new_sg;
>   }
>   
> +static bool pages_are_mergeable(struct page *a, struct page *b)
> +{
> +	if (page_to_pfn(a) != page_to_pfn(b) + 1)
> +		return false;
> +	if (!zone_device_pages_have_same_pgmap(a, b))
> +		return false;
> +	return true;
> +}
> +


not sure if it makes sense to make it inline ? either way,

Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@...dia.com>

-ck