[PATCH 1/3] drm/shmem-helper: Import dmabuf without mapping its sg_table
Christian König
christian.koenig at amd.com
Mon May 5 11:25:06 UTC 2025
Hi Thomas & Shixiong,
first of all the patch is still based on outdated code. For example the cache_sgt_mapping member is already removed in drm-misc-next.
So if I'm not completely mistaken the issue is already resolved upstream.
Regards,
Christian.
On 5/5/25 13:12, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> (cc'ing Christian)
>
> Hi,
>
> I don't feel qualified to fully review this patch.
>
> It would be good to have the issue with sg-tables solved, but I dislike the dedicated initializer macros. So my question is if this has any drawbacks. Or could we make this available and the default for all shmem-based drivers?
>
> Best regards
> Thomas
>
> Am 01.05.25 um 08:43 schrieb oushixiong1025 at 163.com:
>> From: Shixiong Ou <oushixiong at kylinos.cn>
>>
>> [WHY]
>> 1. Drivers using DRM_GEM_SHADOW_PLANE_HELPER_FUNCS and
>> DRM_GEM_SHMEM_DRIVER_OPS (e.g., udl, ast) do not require
>> sg_table import.
>> They only need dma_buf_vmap() to access the shared buffer's
>> kernel virtual address.
>>
>> 2. On certain Aspeed-based boards, a dma_mask of 0xffff_ffff may
>> trigger SWIOTLB during dmabuf import. However, IO_TLB_SEGSIZE
>> restricts the maximum DMA streaming mapping memory, resulting in
>> errors like:
>>
>> ast 0000:07:00.0: swiotlb buffer is full (sz: 3145728 bytes), total 32768 (slots), used 0 (slots)
>>
>> [HOW]
>> Provide a gem_prime_import implementation without sg_table mapping
>> to avoid issues (e.g., "swiotlb buffer is full"). Drivers that do not
>> require sg_table can adopt this.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Shixiong Ou <oushixiong at kylinos.cn>
>> ---
>> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c | 95 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> include/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.h | 24 +++++++
>> 2 files changed, 119 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c
>> index d99dee67353a..9e41e350ff6f 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c
>> @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ MODULE_IMPORT_NS("DMA_BUF");
>> static const struct drm_gem_object_funcs drm_gem_shmem_funcs = {
>> .free = drm_gem_shmem_object_free,
>> .print_info = drm_gem_shmem_object_print_info,
>> + .export = drm_gem_shmem_object_prime_export,
>> .pin = drm_gem_shmem_object_pin,
>> .unpin = drm_gem_shmem_object_unpin,
>> .get_sg_table = drm_gem_shmem_object_get_sg_table,
>> @@ -799,6 +800,100 @@ drm_gem_shmem_prime_import_sg_table(struct drm_device *dev,
>> }
>> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(drm_gem_shmem_prime_import_sg_table);
>> +const struct dma_buf_ops drm_gem_shmem_prime_dmabuf_ops = {
>> + .cache_sgt_mapping = true,
>> + .attach = drm_gem_map_attach,
>> + .detach = drm_gem_map_detach,
>> + .map_dma_buf = drm_gem_map_dma_buf,
>> + .unmap_dma_buf = drm_gem_unmap_dma_buf,
>> + .release = drm_gem_dmabuf_release,
>> + .mmap = drm_gem_dmabuf_mmap,
>> + .vmap = drm_gem_dmabuf_vmap,
>> + .vunmap = drm_gem_dmabuf_vunmap,
>> +};
>> +
>> +/**
>> + * drm_gem_shmem_prime_export - implementation of the export callback
>> + * @shmem: shmem GEM object
>> + */
>> +struct dma_buf *drm_gem_shmem_prime_export(struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem,
>> + int flags)
>> +{
>> + struct drm_gem_object *obj = &shmem->base;
>> + struct drm_device *dev = obj->dev;
>> + struct dma_buf_export_info exp_info = {
>> + .exp_name = KBUILD_MODNAME, /* white lie for debug */
>> + .owner = dev->driver->fops->owner,
>> + .ops = &drm_gem_shmem_prime_dmabuf_ops,
>> + .size = obj->size,
>> + .flags = flags,
>> + .priv = obj,
>> + .resv = obj->resv,
>> + };
>> +
>> + return drm_gem_dmabuf_export(dev, &exp_info);
>> +}
>> +
>> +/**
>> + * drm_gem_shmem_prime_import - Import dmabuf without mapping its sg_table
>> + * @dev: Device to import into
>> + * @dma_buf: dma-buf object to import
>> + *
>> + * Drivers that use the shmem helpers but also wants to import dmabuf without
>> + * mapping its sg_table can use this as their &drm_driver.gem_prime_import
>> + * implementation.
>> + */
>> +struct drm_gem_object *drm_gem_shmem_prime_import(struct drm_device *dev,
>> + struct dma_buf *dma_buf)
>> +{
>> + struct dma_buf_attachment *attach;
>> + struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem;
>> + size_t size;
>> + int ret;
>> +
>> + if (dma_buf->ops == &drm_gem_shmem_prime_dmabuf_ops) {
>> + struct drm_gem_object *obj;
>> +
>> + obj = dma_buf->priv;
>> + if (obj->dev == dev) {
>> + /*
>> + * Importing dmabuf exported from our own gem increases
>> + * refcount on gem itself instead of f_count of dmabuf.
>> + */
>> + drm_gem_object_get(obj);
>> + return obj;
>> + }
>> + }
>> +
>> + attach = dma_buf_attach(dma_buf, dev->dev);
>> + if (IS_ERR(attach))
>> + return ERR_CAST(attach);
>> +
>> + get_dma_buf(dma_buf);
>> +
>> + size = PAGE_ALIGN(attach->dmabuf->size);
>> +
>> + shmem = __drm_gem_shmem_create(dev, size, true, NULL);
>> + if (IS_ERR(shmem)) {
>> + ret = PTR_ERR(shmem);
>> + goto fail_detach;
>> + }
>> +
>> + drm_dbg_prime(dev, "size = %zu\n", size);
>> +
>> + shmem->base.import_attach = attach;
>> + shmem->base.resv = dma_buf->resv;
>> +
>> + return &shmem->base;
>> +
>> +fail_detach:
>> + dma_buf_detach(dma_buf, attach);
>> + dma_buf_put(dma_buf);
>> +
>> + return ERR_PTR(ret);
>> +}
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(drm_gem_shmem_prime_import);
>> +
>> MODULE_DESCRIPTION("DRM SHMEM memory-management helpers");
>> MODULE_IMPORT_NS("DMA_BUF");
>> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
>> diff --git a/include/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.h b/include/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.h
>> index cef5a6b5a4d6..78ef91593a8e 100644
>> --- a/include/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.h
>> +++ b/include/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.h
>> @@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ int drm_gem_shmem_vmap(struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem,
>> void drm_gem_shmem_vunmap(struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem,
>> struct iosys_map *map);
>> int drm_gem_shmem_mmap(struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem, struct vm_area_struct *vma);
>> +struct dma_buf *drm_gem_shmem_prime_export(struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem,
>> + int flags);
>> int drm_gem_shmem_pin_locked(struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem);
>> void drm_gem_shmem_unpin_locked(struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem);
>> @@ -168,6 +170,18 @@ static inline void drm_gem_shmem_object_print_info(struct drm_printer *p, unsign
>> drm_gem_shmem_print_info(shmem, p, indent);
>> }
>> +/**
>> + * drm_gem_shmem_object_prime_export - GEM object function for export()
>> + * @obj: GEM object
>> + *
>> + */
>> +static inline struct dma_buf *drm_gem_shmem_object_prime_export(struct drm_gem_object *obj,
>> + int flags)
>> +{
>> + struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem = to_drm_gem_shmem_obj(obj);
>> +
>> + return drm_gem_shmem_prime_export(shmem, flags);
>> +}
>> /**
>> * drm_gem_shmem_object_pin - GEM object function for drm_gem_shmem_pin()
>> * @obj: GEM object
>> @@ -276,6 +290,8 @@ drm_gem_shmem_prime_import_sg_table(struct drm_device *dev,
>> struct sg_table *sgt);
>> int drm_gem_shmem_dumb_create(struct drm_file *file, struct drm_device *dev,
>> struct drm_mode_create_dumb *args);
>> +struct drm_gem_object *drm_gem_shmem_prime_import(struct drm_device *dev,
>> + struct dma_buf *buf);
>> /**
>> * DRM_GEM_SHMEM_DRIVER_OPS - Default shmem GEM operations
>> @@ -287,4 +303,12 @@ int drm_gem_shmem_dumb_create(struct drm_file *file, struct drm_device *dev,
>> .gem_prime_import_sg_table = drm_gem_shmem_prime_import_sg_table, \
>> .dumb_create = drm_gem_shmem_dumb_create
>> +/**
>> + * This macro provides a shmem GEM operations that implementate a simple
>> + * gem_prime_import.
>> + */
>> +#define DRM_GEM_SHMEM_SIMPLE_DRIVER_OPS \
>> + .gem_prime_import = drm_gem_shmem_prime_import, \
>> + .dumb_create = drm_gem_shmem_dumb_create
>> +
>> #endif /* __DRM_GEM_SHMEM_HELPER_H__ */
>
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