linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] io: add io

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Message-ID: <20251219151434.GI31492@ziepe.ca>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 11:14:34 -0400
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
To: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...labora.com>
Cc: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
	Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
	Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@...labora.com>,
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	Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>, Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
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	"Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] io: add io_pgtable abstraction

On Fri, Dec 19, 2025 at 04:11:53PM +0100, Boris Brezillon wrote:

> There's actually a confusion between TLB invalidation and L1/L2 cache
> flush/invalidation. The things we can decide to flush/invalidate around
> map/unmap ops are L1/L2 caches. The TLB invalidate, we don't have
> direct control on: it happens as part of the LOCK+UNLOCK sequence, and
> no matter what you execute (map or unmap), you have to surround it with
> a LOCK/UNLOCK to provide support for atomic updates (GPU is blocked if
> anything accesses the locked range while an update is on-going).

That makes more sense, so these GPU drivers just flush the entire TLB
every time they change it - built into the UNLOCK operation?

Sounds slow, but is a reasonable explanation why they don't use the
callbacks.

Jason