linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 12/16] mm/hmm: migrate to physical address-based DMA mapping API

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Message-ID: <20250807131458.GK184255@nvidia.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2025 10:14:58 -0300
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 12/16] mm/hmm: migrate to physical address-based DMA
 mapping API

On Mon, Aug 04, 2025 at 03:42:46PM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>
> 
> Convert HMM DMA operations from the legacy page-based API to the new
> physical address-based dma_map_phys() and dma_unmap_phys() functions.
> This demonstrates the preferred approach for new code that should use
> physical addresses directly rather than page+offset parameters.
> 
> The change replaces dma_map_page() and dma_unmap_page() calls with
> dma_map_phys() and dma_unmap_phys() respectively, using the physical
> address that was already available in the code. This eliminates the
> redundant page-to-physical address conversion and aligns with the
> DMA subsystem's move toward physical address-centric interfaces.
> 
> This serves as an example of how new code should be written to leverage
> the more efficient physical address API, which provides cleaner interfaces
> for drivers that already have access to physical addresses.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>
> ---
>  mm/hmm.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

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

Maybe the next patch should be squished into here too if it is going
to be a full example

Jason