On Sun, Nov 03, 2019 at 01:18:00PM -0800, John Hubbard wrote:
> Introduce pin_user_pages*() variations of get_user_pages*() calls,
> and also pin_longterm_pages*() variations.
>
> These variants all set FOLL_PIN, which is also introduced, and
> thoroughly documented.
>
> The pin_longterm*() variants also set FOLL_LONGTERM, in addition
> to FOLL_PIN:
>
> pin_user_pages()
> pin_user_pages_remote()
> pin_user_pages_fast()
>
> pin_longterm_pages()
> pin_longterm_pages_remote()
> pin_longterm_pages_fast()
>
> All pages that are pinned via the above calls, must be unpinned via
> put_user_page().
>
> The underlying rules are:
>
> * These are gup-internal flags, so the call sites should not directly
> set FOLL_PIN nor FOLL_LONGTERM. That behavior is enforced with
> assertions, for the new FOLL_PIN flag. However, for the pre-existing
> FOLL_LONGTERM flag, which has some call sites that still directly
> set FOLL_LONGTERM, there is no assertion yet.
>
> * Call sites that want to indicate that they are going to do DirectIO
> ("DIO") or something with similar characteristics, should call a
> get_user_pages()-like wrapper call that sets FOLL_PIN. These wrappers
> will:
> * Start with "pin_user_pages" instead of "get_user_pages". That
> makes it easy to find and audit the call sites.
> * Set FOLL_PIN
>
> * For pages that are received via FOLL_PIN, those pages must be returned
> via put_user_page().
>
> Thanks to Jan Kara and Vlastimil Babka for explaining the 4 cases
> in this documentation. (I've reworded it and expanded on it slightly.)
>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/vm/index.rst | 1 +
> Documentation/vm/pin_user_pages.rst | 212 ++++++++++++++++++++++
I think it belongs to Documentation/core-api.
> include/linux/mm.h | 62 ++++++-
> mm/gup.c | 265 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> 4 files changed, 514 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/vm/pin_user_pages.rst
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/vm/index.rst b/Documentation/vm/index.rst
> index e8d943b21cf9..7194efa3554a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/vm/index.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/vm/index.rst
> @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ descriptions of data structures and algorithms.
> page_migration
> page_frags
> page_owner
> + pin_user_pages
> remap_file_pages
> slub
> split_page_table_lock
> diff --git a/Documentation/vm/pin_user_pages.rst b/Documentation/vm/pin_user_pages.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..3910f49ca98c
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/vm/pin_user_pages.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +====================================================
> +pin_user_pages() and related calls
> +====================================================
I know this is too much to ask, but having pin_user_pages() a part of more
general GUP description would be really great :)
> +
> +.. contents:: :local:
> +
> +Overview
> +========
> +
> +This document describes the following functions: ::
> +
> + pin_user_pages
> + pin_user_pages_fast
> + pin_user_pages_remote
> +
> + pin_longterm_pages
> + pin_longterm_pages_fast
> + pin_longterm_pages_remote
> +
> +Basic description of FOLL_PIN
> +=============================
> +
> +A new flag for get_user_pages ("gup") has been added: FOLL_PIN. FOLL_PIN has
Consider reading this after, say, half a year ;-)
> +significant interactions and interdependencies with FOLL_LONGTERM, so both are
> +covered here.
> +
> +Both FOLL_PIN and FOLL_LONGTERM are "internal" to gup, meaning that neither
> +FOLL_PIN nor FOLL_LONGTERM should not appear at the gup call sites. This allows
> +the associated wrapper functions (pin_user_pages and others) to set the correct
> +combination of these flags, and to check for problems as well.
> +
> +FOLL_PIN and FOLL_GET are mutually exclusive for a given gup call. However,
> +multiple threads and call sites are free to pin the same struct pages, via both
> +FOLL_PIN and FOLL_GET. It's just the call site that needs to choose one or the
> +other, not the struct page(s).
> +
> +The FOLL_PIN implementation is nearly the same as FOLL_GET, except that FOLL_PIN
> +uses a different reference counting technique.
> +
> +FOLL_PIN is a prerequisite to FOLL_LONGTGERM. Another way of saying that is,
> +FOLL_LONGTERM is a specific case, more restrictive case of FOLL_PIN.
> +
> +Which flags are set by each wrapper
> +===================================
> +
> +Only FOLL_PIN and FOLL_LONGTERM are covered here. These flags are added to
> +whatever flags the caller provides::
> +
> + Function gup flags (FOLL_PIN or FOLL_LONGTERM only)
> + -------- ------------------------------------------
> + pin_user_pages FOLL_PIN
> + pin_user_pages_fast FOLL_PIN
> + pin_user_pages_remote FOLL_PIN
> +
> + pin_longterm_pages FOLL_PIN | FOLL_LONGTERM
> + pin_longterm_pages_fast FOLL_PIN | FOLL_LONGTERM
> + pin_longterm_pages_remote FOLL_PIN | FOLL_LONGTERM
> +
> +Tracking dma-pinned pages
> +=========================
> +
> +Some of the key design constraints, and solutions, for tracking dma-pinned
> +pages:
> +
> +* An actual reference count, per struct page, is required. This is because
> + multiple processes may pin and unpin a page.
> +
> +* False positives (reporting that a page is dma-pinned, when in fact it is not)
> + are acceptable, but false negatives are not.
> +
> +* struct page may not be increased in size for this, and all fields are already
> + used.
> +
> +* Given the above, we can overload the page->_refcount field by using, sort of,
> + the upper bits in that field for a dma-pinned count. "Sort of", means that,
> + rather than dividing page->_refcount into bit fields, we simple add a medium-
> + large value (GUP_PIN_COUNTING_BIAS, initially chosen to be 1024: 10 bits) to
> + page->_refcount. This provides fuzzy behavior: if a page has get_page() called
> + on it 1024 times, then it will appear to have a single dma-pinned count.
> + And again, that's acceptable.
> +
> +This also leads to limitations: there are only 31-10==21 bits available for a
> +counter that increments 10 bits at a time.
> +
> +TODO: for 1GB and larger huge pages, this is cutting it close. That's because
> +when pin_user_pages() follows such pages, it increments the head page by "1"
> +(where "1" used to mean "+1" for get_user_pages(), but now means "+1024" for
> +pin_user_pages()) for each tail page. So if you have a 1GB huge page:
> +
> +* There are 256K (18 bits) worth of 4 KB tail pages.
> +* There are 21 bits available to count up via GUP_PIN_COUNTING_BIAS (that is,
> + 10 bits at a time)
> +* There are 21 - 18 == 3 bits available to count. Except that there aren't,
> + because you need to allow for a few normal get_page() calls on the head page,
> + as well. Fortunately, the approach of using addition, rather than "hard"
> + bitfields, within page->_refcount, allows for sharing these bits gracefully.
> + But we're still looking at about 8 references.
> +
> +This, however, is a missing feature more than anything else, because it's easily
> +solved by addressing an obvious inefficiency in the original get_user_pages()
> +approach of retrieving pages: stop treating all the pages as if they were
> +PAGE_SIZE. Retrieve huge pages as huge pages. The callers need to be aware of
> +this, so some work is required. Once that's in place, this limitation mostly
> +disappears from view, because there will be ample refcounting range available.
> +
> +* Callers must specifically request "dma-pinned tracking of pages". In other
> + words, just calling get_user_pages() will not suffice; a new set of functions,
> + pin_user_page() and related, must be used.
> +
> +FOLL_PIN, FOLL_GET, FOLL_LONGTERM: when to use which flags
> +==========================================================
> +
> +Thanks to Jan Kara, Vlastimil Babka and several other -mm people, for describing
> +these categories:
> +
> +CASE 1: Direct IO (DIO)
> +-----------------------
> +There are GUP references to pages that are serving
> +as DIO buffers. These buffers are needed for a relatively short time (so they
> +are not "long term"). No special synchronization with page_mkclean() or
> +munmap() is provided. Therefore, flags to set at the call site are: ::
> +
> + FOLL_PIN
> +
> +...but rather than setting FOLL_PIN directly, call sites should use one of
> +the pin_user_pages*() routines that set FOLL_PIN.
> +
> +CASE 2: RDMA
> +------------
> +There are GUP references to pages that are serving as DMA
> +buffers. These buffers are needed for a long time ("long term"). No special
> +synchronization with page_mkclean() or munmap() is provided. Therefore, flags
> +to set at the call site are: ::
> +
> + FOLL_PIN | FOLL_LONGTERM
> +
> +NOTE: Some pages, such as DAX pages, cannot be pinned with longterm pins. That's
> +because DAX pages do not have a separate page cache, and so "pinning" implies
> +locking down file system blocks, which is not (yet) supported in that way.
> +
> +CASE 3: ODP
> +-----------
> +(Mellanox/Infiniband On Demand Paging: the hardware supports
> +replayable page faulting). There are GUP references to pages serving as DMA
> +buffers. For ODP, MMU notifiers are used to synchronize with page_mkclean()
> +and munmap(). Therefore, normal GUP calls are sufficient, so neither flag
> +needs to be set.
> +
> +CASE 4: Pinning for struct page manipulation only
> +-------------------------------------------------
> +Here, normal GUP calls are sufficient, so neither flag needs to be set.
> +
> +page_dma_pinned(): the whole point of pinning
> +=============================================
> +
> +The whole point of marking pages as "DMA-pinned" or "gup-pinned" is to be able
> +to query, "is this page DMA-pinned?" That allows code such as page_mkclean()
> +(and file system writeback code in general) to make informed decisions about
> +what to do when a page cannot be unmapped due to such pins.
> +
> +What to do in those cases is the subject of a years-long series of discussions
> +and debates (see the References at the end of this document). It's a TODO item
> +here: fill in the details once that's worked out. Meanwhile, it's safe to say
> +that having this available: ::
> +
> + static inline bool page_dma_pinned(struct page *page)
> +
> +...is a prerequisite to solving the long-running gup+DMA problem.
> +
> +Another way of thinking about FOLL_GET, FOLL_PIN, and FOLL_LONGTERM
> +===================================================================
> +
> +Another way of thinking about these flags is as a progression of restrictions:
> +FOLL_GET is for struct page manipulation, without affecting the data that the
> +struct page refers to. FOLL_PIN is a *replacement* for FOLL_GET, and is for
> +short term pins on pages whose data *will* get accessed. As such, FOLL_PIN is
> +a "more severe" form of pinning. And finally, FOLL_LONGTERM is an even more
> +restrictive case that has FOLL_PIN as a prerequisite: this is for pages that
> +will be pinned longterm, and whose data will be accessed.
> +
> +Unit testing
> +============
> +This file::
> +
> + tools/testing/selftests/vm/gup_benchmark.c
> +
> +has the following new calls to exercise the new pin*() wrapper functions:
> +
> +* PIN_FAST_BENCHMARK (./gup_benchmark -a)
> +* PIN_LONGTERM_BENCHMARK (./gup_benchmark -a)
> +* PIN_BENCHMARK (./gup_benchmark -a)
> +
> +You can monitor how many total dma-pinned pages have been acquired and released
> +since the system was booted, via two new /proc/vmstat entries: ::
> +
> + /proc/vmstat/nr_foll_pin_requested
> + /proc/vmstat/nr_foll_pin_requested
> +
> +Those are both going to show zero, unless CONFIG_DEBUG_VM is set. This is
> +because there is a noticeable performance drop in put_user_page(), when they
> +are activated.
> +
> +References
> +==========
> +
> +* `Some slow progress on get_user_pages() (Apr 2, 2019) <https://lwn.net/Articles/784574/>`_
> +* `DMA and get_user_pages() (LPC: Dec 12, 2018) <https://lwn.net/Articles/774411/>`_
> +* `The trouble with get_user_pages() (Apr 30, 2018) <https://lwn.net/Articles/753027/>`_
> +
> +John Hubbard, October, 2019
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
> index cc292273e6ba..cdfb6fedb271 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> @@ -1526,9 +1526,23 @@ long get_user_pages_remote(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
> unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
> unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages,
> struct vm_area_struct **vmas, int *locked);
> +long pin_user_pages_remote(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
> + unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
> + unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages,
> + struct vm_area_struct **vmas, int *locked);
> +long pin_longterm_pages_remote(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
> + unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
> + unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages,
> + struct vm_area_struct **vmas, int *locked);
> long get_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
> unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages,
> struct vm_area_struct **vmas);
> +long pin_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
> + unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages,
> + struct vm_area_struct **vmas);
> +long pin_longterm_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
> + unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages,
> + struct vm_area_struct **vmas);
> long get_user_pages_locked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
> unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages, int *locked);
> long get_user_pages_unlocked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
> @@ -1536,6 +1550,10 @@ long get_user_pages_unlocked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
>
> int get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages,
> unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages);
> +int pin_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages,
> + unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages);
> +int pin_longterm_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages,
> + unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages);
>
> int account_locked_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long pages, bool inc);
> int __account_locked_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long pages, bool inc,
> @@ -2594,13 +2612,15 @@ struct page *follow_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
> #define FOLL_ANON 0x8000 /* don't do file mappings */
> #define FOLL_LONGTERM 0x10000 /* mapping lifetime is indefinite: see below */
> #define FOLL_SPLIT_PMD 0x20000 /* split huge pmd before returning */
> +#define FOLL_PIN 0x40000 /* pages must be released via put_user_page() */
>
> /*
> - * NOTE on FOLL_LONGTERM:
> + * FOLL_PIN and FOLL_LONGTERM may be used in various combinations with each
> + * other. Here is what they mean, and how to use them:
> *
> * FOLL_LONGTERM indicates that the page will be held for an indefinite time
> - * period _often_ under userspace control. This is contrasted with
> - * iov_iter_get_pages() where usages which are transient.
> + * period _often_ under userspace control. This is in contrast to
> + * iov_iter_get_pages(), where usages which are transient.
> *
> * FIXME: For pages which are part of a filesystem, mappings are subject to the
> * lifetime enforced by the filesystem and we need guarantees that longterm
> @@ -2615,11 +2635,41 @@ struct page *follow_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
> * Currently only get_user_pages() and get_user_pages_fast() support this flag
> * and calls to get_user_pages_[un]locked are specifically not allowed. This
> * is due to an incompatibility with the FS DAX check and
> - * FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY
> + * FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY.
> *
> - * In the CMA case: longterm pins in a CMA region would unnecessarily fragment
> - * that region. And so CMA attempts to migrate the page before pinning when
> + * In the CMA case: long term pins in a CMA region would unnecessarily fragment
> + * that region. And so, CMA attempts to migrate the page before pinning, when
> * FOLL_LONGTERM is specified.
> + *
> + * FOLL_PIN indicates that a special kind of tracking (not just page->_refcount,
> + * but an additional pin counting system) will be invoked. This is intended for
> + * anything that gets a page reference and then touches page data (for example,
> + * Direct IO). This lets the filesystem know that some non-file-system entity is
> + * potentially changing the pages' data. In contrast to FOLL_GET (whose pages
> + * are released via put_page()), FOLL_PIN pages must be released, ultimately, by
> + * a call to put_user_page().
> + *
> + * FOLL_PIN is similar to FOLL_GET: both of these pin pages. They use different
> + * and separate refcounting mechanisms, however, and that means that each has
> + * its own acquire and release mechanisms:
> + *
> + * FOLL_GET: get_user_pages*() to acquire, and put_page() to release.
> + *
> + * FOLL_PIN: pin_user_pages*() or pin_longterm_pages*() to acquire, and
> + * put_user_pages to release.
> + *
> + * FOLL_PIN and FOLL_GET are mutually exclusive for a given function call.
> + * (The underlying pages may experience both FOLL_GET-based and FOLL_PIN-based
> + * calls applied to them, and that's perfectly OK. This is a constraint on the
> + * callers, not on the pages.)
> + *
> + * FOLL_PIN and FOLL_LONGTERM should be set internally by the pin_user_page*()
> + * and pin_longterm_*() APIs, never directly by the caller. That's in order to
> + * help avoid mismatches when releasing pages: get_user_pages*() pages must be
> + * released via put_page(), while pin_user_pages*() pages must be released via
> + * put_user_page().
> + *
> + * Please see Documentation/vm/pin_user_pages.rst for more information.
> */
>
> static inline int vm_fault_to_errno(vm_fault_t vm_fault, int foll_flags)
> diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
> index 199da99e8ffc..1aea48427879 100644
> --- a/mm/gup.c
> +++ b/mm/gup.c
> @@ -179,6 +179,10 @@ static struct page *follow_page_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> spinlock_t *ptl;
> pte_t *ptep, pte;
>
> + /* FOLL_GET and FOLL_PIN are mutually exclusive. */
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE((flags & (FOLL_PIN | FOLL_GET)) ==
> + (FOLL_PIN | FOLL_GET)))
> + return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> retry:
> if (unlikely(pmd_bad(*pmd)))
> return no_page_table(vma, flags);
> @@ -790,7 +794,7 @@ static long __get_user_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
>
> start = untagged_addr(start);
>
> - VM_BUG_ON(!!pages != !!(gup_flags & FOLL_GET));
> + VM_BUG_ON(!!pages != !!(gup_flags & (FOLL_GET | FOLL_PIN)));
>
> /*
> * If FOLL_FORCE is set then do not force a full fault as the hinting
> @@ -1014,7 +1018,16 @@ static __always_inline long __get_user_pages_locked(struct task_struct *tsk,
> BUG_ON(*locked != 1);
> }
>
> - if (pages)
> + /*
> + * FOLL_PIN and FOLL_GET are mutually exclusive. Traditional behavior
> + * is to set FOLL_GET if the caller wants pages[] filled in (but has
> + * carelessly failed to specify FOLL_GET), so keep doing that, but only
> + * for FOLL_GET, not for the newer FOLL_PIN.
> + *
> + * FOLL_PIN always expects pages to be non-null, but no need to assert
> + * that here, as any failures will be obvious enough.
> + */
> + if (pages && !(flags & FOLL_PIN))
> flags |= FOLL_GET;
>
> pages_done = 0;
> @@ -1151,6 +1164,14 @@ long get_user_pages_remote(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
> unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages,
> struct vm_area_struct **vmas, int *locked)
> {
> + /*
> + * FOLL_PIN must only be set internally by the pin_user_page*() and
> + * pin_longterm_*() APIs, never directly by the caller, so enforce that
> + * with an assertion:
> + */
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & FOLL_PIN))
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> /*
> * FIXME: Current FOLL_LONGTERM behavior is incompatible with
> * FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY because of the FS DAX check requirement on
> @@ -1608,6 +1629,14 @@ long get_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
> unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages,
> struct vm_area_struct **vmas)
> {
> + /*
> + * FOLL_PIN must only be set internally by the pin_user_page*() and
> + * pin_longterm_*() APIs, never directly by the caller, so enforce that
> + * with an assertion:
> + */
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & FOLL_PIN))
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> return __gup_longterm_locked(current, current->mm, start, nr_pages,
> pages, vmas, gup_flags | FOLL_TOUCH);
> }
> @@ -2373,24 +2402,9 @@ static int __gup_longterm_unlocked(unsigned long start, int nr_pages,
> return ret;
> }
>
> -/**
> - * get_user_pages_fast() - pin user pages in memory
> - * @start: starting user address
> - * @nr_pages: number of pages from start to pin
> - * @gup_flags: flags modifying pin behaviour
> - * @pages: array that receives pointers to the pages pinned.
> - * Should be at least nr_pages long.
> - *
> - * Attempt to pin user pages in memory without taking mm->mmap_sem.
> - * If not successful, it will fall back to taking the lock and
> - * calling get_user_pages().
> - *
> - * Returns number of pages pinned. This may be fewer than the number
> - * requested. If nr_pages is 0 or negative, returns 0. If no pages
> - * were pinned, returns -errno.
> - */
> -int get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages,
> - unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages)
> +static int internal_get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages,
> + unsigned int gup_flags,
> + struct page **pages)
> {
> unsigned long addr, len, end;
> int nr = 0, ret = 0;
> @@ -2435,4 +2449,215 @@ int get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages,
>
> return ret;
> }
> +
> +/**
> + * get_user_pages_fast() - pin user pages in memory
> + * @start: starting user address
> + * @nr_pages: number of pages from start to pin
> + * @gup_flags: flags modifying pin behaviour
> + * @pages: array that receives pointers to the pages pinned.
> + * Should be at least nr_pages long.
> + *
> + * Attempt to pin user pages in memory without taking mm->mmap_sem.
> + * If not successful, it will fall back to taking the lock and
> + * calling get_user_pages().
> + *
> + * Returns number of pages pinned. This may be fewer than the number requested.
> + * If nr_pages is 0 or negative, returns 0. If no pages were pinned, returns
> + * -errno.
> + */
> +int get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages,
> + unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages)
> +{
> + /*
> + * FOLL_PIN must only be set internally by the pin_user_page*() and
> + * pin_longterm_*() APIs, never directly by the caller, so enforce that:
> + */
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & FOLL_PIN))
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + return internal_get_user_pages_fast(start, nr_pages, gup_flags, pages);
> +}
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_user_pages_fast);
> +
> +/**
> + * pin_user_pages_fast() - pin user pages in memory without taking locks
> + *
> + * Nearly the same as get_user_pages_fast(), except that FOLL_PIN is set. See
> + * get_user_pages_fast() for documentation on the function arguments, because
> + * the arguments here are identical.
> + *
> + * FOLL_PIN means that the pages must be released via put_user_page(). Please
> + * see Documentation/vm/pin_user_pages.rst for further details.
> + *
> + * This is intended for Case 1 (DIO) in Documentation/vm/pin_user_pages.rst. It
> + * is NOT intended for Case 2 (RDMA: long-term pins).
> + */
> +int pin_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages,
> + unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages)
> +{
> + /* FOLL_GET and FOLL_PIN are mutually exclusive. */
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & FOLL_GET))
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + gup_flags |= FOLL_PIN;
> + return internal_get_user_pages_fast(start, nr_pages, gup_flags, pages);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pin_user_pages_fast);
> +
> +/**
> + * pin_longterm_pages_fast() - pin user pages in memory without taking locks
> + *
> + * Nearly the same as get_user_pages_fast(), except that FOLL_PIN and
> + * FOLL_LONGTERM are set. See get_user_pages_fast() for documentation on the
> + * function arguments, because the arguments here are identical.
> + *
> + * FOLL_PIN means that the pages must be released via put_user_page(). Please
> + * see Documentation/vm/pin_user_pages.rst for further details.
> + *
> + * FOLL_LONGTERM means that the pages are being pinned for "long term" use,
> + * typically by a non-CPU device, and we cannot be sure that waiting for a
> + * pinned page to become unpin will be effective.
> + *
> + * This is intended for Case 2 (RDMA: long-term pins) of the FOLL_PIN
> + * documentation.
> + */
> +int pin_longterm_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages,
> + unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages)
> +{
> + /* FOLL_GET and FOLL_PIN are mutually exclusive. */
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & FOLL_GET))
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + gup_flags |= (FOLL_PIN | FOLL_LONGTERM);
> + return internal_get_user_pages_fast(start, nr_pages, gup_flags, pages);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pin_longterm_pages_fast);
> +
> +/**
> + * pin_user_pages_remote() - pin pages for (typically) use by Direct IO, and
> + * return the pages to the user.
> + *
> + * Nearly the same as get_user_pages_remote(), except that FOLL_PIN is set. See
> + * get_user_pages_remote() for documentation on the function arguments, because
> + * the arguments here are identical.
> + *
> + * FOLL_PIN means that the pages must be released via put_user_page(). Please
> + * see Documentation/vm/pin_user_pages.rst for details.
> + *
> + * This is intended for Case 1 (DIO) in Documentation/vm/pin_user_pages.rst. It
> + * is NOT intended for Case 2 (RDMA: long-term pins).
> + */
> +long pin_user_pages_remote(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
> + unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
> + unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages,
> + struct vm_area_struct **vmas, int *locked)
> +{
> + /* FOLL_GET and FOLL_PIN are mutually exclusive. */
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & FOLL_GET))
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + gup_flags |= FOLL_TOUCH | FOLL_REMOTE | FOLL_PIN;
> +
> + return __get_user_pages_locked(tsk, mm, start, nr_pages, pages, vmas,
> + locked, gup_flags);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(pin_user_pages_remote);
> +
> +/**
> + * pin_longterm_pages_remote() - pin pages for (typically) use by Direct IO, and
> + * return the pages to the user.
> + *
> + * Nearly the same as get_user_pages_remote(), but note that FOLL_TOUCH is not
> + * set, and FOLL_PIN and FOLL_LONGTERM are set. See get_user_pages_remote() for
> + * documentation on the function arguments, because the arguments here are
> + * identical.
> + *
> + * FOLL_PIN means that the pages must be released via put_user_page(). Please
> + * see Documentation/vm/pin_user_pages.rst for further details.
> + *
> + * FOLL_LONGTERM means that the pages are being pinned for "long term" use,
> + * typically by a non-CPU device, and we cannot be sure that waiting for a
> + * pinned page to become unpin will be effective.
> + *
> + * This is intended for Case 2 (RDMA: long-term pins) in
> + * Documentation/vm/pin_user_pages.rst.
> + */
> +long pin_longterm_pages_remote(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
> + unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
> + unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages,
> + struct vm_area_struct **vmas, int *locked)
> +{
> + /* FOLL_GET and FOLL_PIN are mutually exclusive. */
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & FOLL_GET))
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + /*
> + * FIXME: as noted in the get_user_pages_remote() implementation, it
> + * is not yet possible to safely set FOLL_LONGTERM here. FOLL_LONGTERM
> + * needs to be set, but for now the best we can do is a "TODO" item.
> + */
> + gup_flags |= FOLL_REMOTE | FOLL_PIN;
> +
> + return __get_user_pages_locked(tsk, mm, start, nr_pages, pages, vmas,
> + locked, gup_flags);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(pin_longterm_pages_remote);
> +
> +/**
> + * pin_user_pages() - pin user pages in memory for use by other devices
> + *
> + * Nearly the same as get_user_pages(), except that FOLL_TOUCH is not set, and
> + * FOLL_PIN is set.
> + *
> + * FOLL_PIN means that the pages must be released via put_user_page(). Please
> + * see Documentation/vm/pin_user_pages.rst for details.
> + *
> + * This is intended for Case 1 (DIO) in Documentation/vm/pin_user_pages.rst. It
> + * is NOT intended for Case 2 (RDMA: long-term pins).
> + */
> +long pin_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
> + unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages,
> + struct vm_area_struct **vmas)
> +{
> + /* FOLL_GET and FOLL_PIN are mutually exclusive. */
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & FOLL_GET))
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + gup_flags |= FOLL_PIN;
> + return __gup_longterm_locked(current, current->mm, start, nr_pages,
> + pages, vmas, gup_flags);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(pin_user_pages);
> +
> +/**
> + * pin_longterm_pages() - pin user pages in memory for long-term use (RDMA,
> + * typically)
> + *
> + * Nearly the same as get_user_pages(), except that FOLL_PIN and FOLL_LONGTERM
> + * are set. See get_user_pages_fast() for documentation on the function
> + * arguments, because the arguments here are identical.
> + *
> + * FOLL_PIN means that the pages must be released via put_user_page(). Please
> + * see Documentation/vm/pin_user_pages.rst for further details.
> + *
> + * FOLL_LONGTERM means that the pages are being pinned for "long term" use,
> + * typically by a non-CPU device, and we cannot be sure that waiting for a
> + * pinned page to become unpin will be effective.
> + *
> + * This is intended for Case 2 (RDMA: long-term pins) in
> + * Documentation/vm/pin_user_pages.rst.
> + */
> +long pin_longterm_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
> + unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages,
> + struct vm_area_struct **vmas)
> +{
> + /* FOLL_GET and FOLL_PIN are mutually exclusive. */
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & FOLL_GET))
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + gup_flags |= FOLL_PIN | FOLL_LONGTERM;
> + return __gup_longterm_locked(current, current->mm, start, nr_pages,
> + pages, vmas, gup_flags);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(pin_longterm_pages);
> --
> 2.23.0
>
>
--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.
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