[PATCH 3/4] mm: simplify device private page handling in hmm_range_fault

[Ralph Campbell]

On 3/19/20 5:14 PM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 04:14:31PM -0700, Ralph Campbell wrote:
> 
>> +static int dmirror_fault(struct dmirror *dmirror, unsigned long start,
>> +			 unsigned long end, bool write)
>> +{
>> +	struct mm_struct *mm = dmirror->mm;
>> +	unsigned long addr;
>> +	uint64_t pfns[64];
>> +	struct hmm_range range = {
>> +		.notifier = &dmirror->notifier,
>> +		.pfns = pfns,
>> +		.flags = dmirror_hmm_flags,
>> +		.values = dmirror_hmm_values,
>> +		.pfn_shift = DPT_SHIFT,
>> +		.pfn_flags_mask = ~(dmirror_hmm_flags[HMM_PFN_VALID] |
>> +				    dmirror_hmm_flags[HMM_PFN_WRITE]),
> 
> Since pfns is not initialized pfn_flags_mask should be 0.

Good point.

>> +		.default_flags = dmirror_hmm_flags[HMM_PFN_VALID] |
>> +				(write ? dmirror_hmm_flags[HMM_PFN_WRITE] : 0),
>> +		.dev_private_owner = dmirror->mdevice,
>> +	};
>> +	int ret = 0;
> 
>> +static int dmirror_snapshot(struct dmirror *dmirror,
>> +			    struct hmm_dmirror_cmd *cmd)
>> +{
>> +	struct mm_struct *mm = dmirror->mm;
>> +	unsigned long start, end;
>> +	unsigned long size = cmd->npages << PAGE_SHIFT;
>> +	unsigned long addr;
>> +	unsigned long next;
>> +	uint64_t pfns[64];
>> +	unsigned char perm[64];
>> +	char __user *uptr;
>> +	struct hmm_range range = {
>> +		.pfns = pfns,
>> +		.flags = dmirror_hmm_flags,
>> +		.values = dmirror_hmm_values,
>> +		.pfn_shift = DPT_SHIFT,
>> +		.pfn_flags_mask = ~0ULL,
> 
> Same here, especially since this is snapshot
> 
> Jason

Actually, snapshot ignores pfn_flags_mask and default_flags.
In hmm_pte_need_fault(), HMM_FAULT_SNAPSHOT is checked and returns early before
checking pfn_flags_mask and default_flags since no faults are being requested.