On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 11:00 AM Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 10:19 AM Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 09:52:59AM -0800, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 1:13 AM Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 12:38:17AM -0800, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote: > > > > > Currently system heap maps its buffers with VM_PFNMAP flag using > > > > > remap_pfn_range. This results in such buffers not being accounted > > > > > for in PSS calculations because vm treats this memory as having no > > > > > page structs. Without page structs there are no counters representing > > > > > how many processes are mapping a page and therefore PSS calculation > > > > > is impossible. > > > > > Historically, ION driver used to map its buffers as VM_PFNMAP areas > > > > > due to memory carveouts that did not have page structs [1]. That > > > > > is not the case anymore and it seems there was desire to move away > > > > > from remap_pfn_range [2]. > > > > > Dmabuf system heap design inherits this ION behavior and maps its > > > > > pages using remap_pfn_range even though allocated pages are backed > > > > > by page structs. > > > > > Clear VM_IO and VM_PFNMAP flags when mapping memory allocated by the > > > > > system heap and replace remap_pfn_range with vm_insert_page, following > > > > > Laura's suggestion in [1]. This would allow correct PSS calculation > > > > > for dmabufs. > > > > > > > > > > [1] https://driverdev-devel.linuxdriverproject.narkive.com/v0fJGpaD/using-ion-memory-for-direct-io > > > > > [2] http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/pipermail/driverdev-devel/2018-October/127519.html > > > > > (sorry, could not find lore links for these discussions) > > > > > > > > > > Suggested-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > --- > > > > > drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c | 6 ++++-- > > > > > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c b/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c > > > > > index 17e0e9a68baf..0e92e42b2251 100644 > > > > > --- a/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c > > > > > +++ b/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c > > > > > @@ -200,11 +200,13 @@ static int system_heap_mmap(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, struct vm_area_struct *vma) > > > > > struct sg_page_iter piter; > > > > > int ret; > > > > > > > > > > + /* All pages are backed by a "struct page" */ > > > > > + vma->vm_flags &= ~VM_PFNMAP; > > > > > > > > Why do we clear this flag? It shouldn't even be set here as far as I > > > > can tell. > > > > > > Thanks for the question, Christoph. > > > I tracked down that flag being set by drm_gem_mmap_obj() which DRM > > > drivers use to "Set up the VMA to prepare mapping of the GEM object" > > > (according to drm_gem_mmap_obj comments). I also see a pattern in > > > several DMR drivers to call drm_gem_mmap_obj()/drm_gem_mmap(), then > > > clear VM_PFNMAP and then map the VMA (for example here: > > > https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_gem.c#L246). > > > I thought that dmabuf allocator (in this case the system heap) would > > > be the right place to set these flags because it controls how memory > > > is allocated before mapping. However it's quite possible that I'm > > > > However, you're not setting but removing a flag under the caller. > > It's different with appending more flags(e.g., removing condition > > vs adding more conditions). If we should remove the flag, caller > > didn't need to set it from the beginning. Hiding it under this API > > continue to make wrong usecase in future. > > Which takes us back to the question of why VM_PFNMAP is being set by > the caller in the first place. > > > > > > missing the real reason for VM_PFNMAP being set in drm_gem_mmap_obj() > > > before dma_buf_mmap() is called. I could not find the answer to that, > > > so I hope someone here can clarify that. > > > > Guess DRM had used carved out pure PFN memory long time ago and > > changed to use dmabuf since somepoint. > > It would be really good to know the reason for sure to address the > issue properly. > > > Whatever there is a history, rather than removing the flag > > under them, let's add WARN_ON(vma->vm_flags & VM_PFNMAP) so > > we could clean up catching them and start discussion. > > The issue with not clearing the flag here is that vm_insert_page() has > a BUG_ON(vma->vm_flags & VM_PFNMAP). If we do not clear this flag I > suspect we will get many angry developers :) > If your above guess is correct and we can mandate dmabuf heap users > not to use VM_PFNMAP then I think the following code might be the best > way forward: > > + bool pfn_requested = !!(vma->vm_flags & VM_PFNMAP); > +. WARN_ON_ONCE(pfn_requested); > > for_each_sgtable_page(table, &piter, vma->vm_pgoff) { > struct page *page = sg_page_iter_page(&piter); > > - ret = remap_pfn_range(vma, addr, page_to_pfn(page), PAGE_SIZE, > - vma->vm_page_prot); > + ret = pfn_requested ? > +. remap_pfn_range(vma, addr, page_to_pfn(page), PAGE_SIZE, > + vma->vm_page_prot) : > + vm_insert_page(vma, addr, page); Folks, any objections to the approach above? _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel
