netdev - RE: [PATCH 0/3] Add gup fast + longterm and use it in HFI1

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Message-ID: <2807E5FD2F6FDA4886F6618EAC48510E79BCF04C@CRSMSX101.amr.corp.intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 11 Feb 2019 21:14:56 +0000
From:   "Weiny, Ira" <ira.weiny@...el.com>
To:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
CC:     "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Marciniszyn, Mike" <mike.marciniszyn@...el.com>,
        "Dalessandro, Dennis" <dennis.dalessandro@...el.com>,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        "Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Williams, Dan J" <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 0/3] Add gup fast + longterm and use it in HFI1

> 
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 12:16:40PM -0800, ira.weiny@...el.com wrote:
> > From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
> >
> > NOTE: This series depends on my clean up patch to remove the write
> > parameter from gup_fast_permitted()[1]
> >
> > HFI1 uses get_user_pages_fast() due to it performance advantages.
> > Like RDMA,
> > HFI1 pages can be held for a significant time.  But
> > get_user_pages_fast() does not protect against mapping of FS DAX pages.
> 
> If HFI1 can use the _fast varient, can't all the general RDMA stuff use it too?
> 
> What is the guidance on when fast vs not fast should be use?

Right now it can't because it holds mmap_sem across the call.  Once Shiraz's patches are accepted removing the umem->hugetlb flag I think we can change  umem.c.

Also, it specifies FOLL_FORCE which can't currently be specified with gup fast.  One idea I had was to change get_user_pages_fast() to use gup_flags instead of a single write flag.  But that proved to be a very big cosmetic change across a lot of callers so I went this way.

Ira

> 
> Jason