[PATCH v2 1/4] udmabuf: cancel mmap page fault, direct map it

Kasireddy, Vivek vivek.kasireddy at intel.com
Sat Aug 10 01:28:49 UTC 2024


Hi Huan,

> 
> The current udmabuf mmap uses a page fault mechanism to populate the
> vma.
> 
> However, the current udmabuf has already obtained and pinned the folio
> upon completion of the creation.This means that the physical memory has
> already been acquired, rather than being accessed dynamically. The
> current page fault method only saves some page table memory.
> 
> As a result, the page fault mechanism has lost its purpose as a demanding
> page. Due to the fact that page fault requires trapping into kernel mode
> and filling in when accessing the corresponding virtual address in mmap,
> this means that user mode access to virtual addresses needs to trap into
> kernel mode.
> 
> Therefore, when creating a large size udmabuf, this represents a
> considerable overhead.
> 
> The current patch removes the page fault method of mmap and
> instead fills it directly when mmap is triggered.
I think it makes sense to populate the vma when the first fault is triggered
instead of doing it during mmap. This is because the userspace may call
mmap but does not actually use the data. Qemu works this way depending on
whether opengl is available in the environment or not.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Huan Yang <link at vivo.com>
> ---
>  drivers/dma-buf/udmabuf.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++-----------------------
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/udmabuf.c b/drivers/dma-buf/udmabuf.c
> index 047c3cd2ceff..475268d4ebb1 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma-buf/udmabuf.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma-buf/udmabuf.c
> @@ -38,36 +38,29 @@ struct udmabuf_folio {
>  	struct list_head list;
>  };
> 
> -static vm_fault_t udmabuf_vm_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
> -{
> -	struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
> -	struct udmabuf *ubuf = vma->vm_private_data;
> -	pgoff_t pgoff = vmf->pgoff;
> -	unsigned long pfn;
> -
> -	if (pgoff >= ubuf->pagecount)
> -		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
> -
> -	pfn = folio_pfn(ubuf->folios[pgoff]);
> -	pfn += ubuf->offsets[pgoff] >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> -
> -	return vmf_insert_pfn(vma, vmf->address, pfn);
> -}
> -
> -static const struct vm_operations_struct udmabuf_vm_ops = {
> -	.fault = udmabuf_vm_fault,
> -};
> -
>  static int mmap_udmabuf(struct dma_buf *buf, struct vm_area_struct
> *vma)
>  {
>  	struct udmabuf *ubuf = buf->priv;
> +	unsigned long addr;
> +	unsigned long end;
> +	unsigned long pgoff;
> +	int ret;
> 
>  	if ((vma->vm_flags & (VM_SHARED | VM_MAYSHARE)) == 0)
>  		return -EINVAL;
> 
> -	vma->vm_ops = &udmabuf_vm_ops;
> -	vma->vm_private_data = ubuf;
> -	vm_flags_set(vma, VM_PFNMAP | VM_DONTEXPAND |
> VM_DONTDUMP);
> +	for (pgoff = vma->vm_pgoff, end = vma->vm_end, addr = vma-
> >vm_start;
> +	     addr < end; pgoff++, addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
> +		struct page *page =
> +			folio_page(ubuf->folios[pgoff],
> +				   ubuf->offsets[pgoff] >> PAGE_SHIFT);
Please don't use struct page pointers, given the recent conversion to use
only folios in udmabuf driver. I think what you are trying to do above can
be done using only folios.

> +
> +		ret = remap_pfn_range(vma, addr, page_to_pfn(page),
> PAGE_SIZE,
> +				      vma->vm_page_prot);
Could you please retain the use of vmf_insert_pfn() here, given the simplicity,
among other reasons?

Thanks,
Vivek

> +		if (ret)
> +			return ret;
> +	}
> +
>  	return 0;
>  }
> 
> --
> 2.45.2



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