linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH mm-unstable v1 13/20] media: videobuf-dma-sg: remove FOLL

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Message-ID: <73481668-9c41-7d01-d328-bd137a57c0b3@xs4all.nl>
Date:   Wed, 23 Nov 2022 14:17:35 +0100
From:   Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>
To:     David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
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Subject: Re: [PATCH mm-unstable v1 13/20] media: videobuf-dma-sg: remove
 FOLL_FORCE usage

On 16/11/2022 11:26, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> GUP now supports reliable R/O long-term pinning in COW mappings, such
> that we break COW early. MAP_SHARED VMAs only use the shared zeropage so
> far in one corner case (DAXFS file with holes), which can be ignored
> because GUP does not support long-term pinning in fsdax (see
> check_vma_flags()).
> 
> Consequently, FOLL_FORCE | FOLL_WRITE | FOLL_LONGTERM is no longer required
> for reliable R/O long-term pinning: FOLL_LONGTERM is sufficient. So stop
> using FOLL_FORCE, which is really only for ptrace access.
> 
> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

Acked-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@...all.nl>

Looks good!

	Hans

> ---
>  drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf-dma-sg.c | 14 +++++---------
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf-dma-sg.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf-dma-sg.c
> index f75e5eedeee0..234e9f647c96 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf-dma-sg.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf-dma-sg.c
> @@ -151,17 +151,16 @@ static void videobuf_dma_init(struct videobuf_dmabuf *dma)
>  static int videobuf_dma_init_user_locked(struct videobuf_dmabuf *dma,
>  			int direction, unsigned long data, unsigned long size)
>  {
> +	unsigned int gup_flags = FOLL_LONGTERM;
>  	unsigned long first, last;
> -	int err, rw = 0;
> -	unsigned int flags = FOLL_FORCE;
> +	int err;
>  
>  	dma->direction = direction;
>  	switch (dma->direction) {
>  	case DMA_FROM_DEVICE:
> -		rw = READ;
> +		gup_flags |= FOLL_WRITE;
>  		break;
>  	case DMA_TO_DEVICE:
> -		rw = WRITE;
>  		break;
>  	default:
>  		BUG();
> @@ -177,14 +176,11 @@ static int videobuf_dma_init_user_locked(struct videobuf_dmabuf *dma,
>  	if (NULL == dma->pages)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  
> -	if (rw == READ)
> -		flags |= FOLL_WRITE;
> -
>  	dprintk(1, "init user [0x%lx+0x%lx => %lu pages]\n",
>  		data, size, dma->nr_pages);
>  
> -	err = pin_user_pages(data & PAGE_MASK, dma->nr_pages,
> -			     flags | FOLL_LONGTERM, dma->pages, NULL);
> +	err = pin_user_pages(data & PAGE_MASK, dma->nr_pages, gup_flags,
> +			     dma->pages, NULL);
>  
>  	if (err != dma->nr_pages) {
>  		dma->nr_pages = (err >= 0) ? err : 0;