On Sun, Dec 02, 2018 at 11:49:44AM +0530, Souptick Joarder wrote:
> Previouly drivers have their own way of mapping range of
> kernel pages/memory into user vma and this was done by
> invoking vm_insert_page() within a loop.
>
> As this pattern is common across different drivers, it can
> be generalized by creating a new function and use it across
> the drivers.
>
> vm_insert_range is the new API which will be used to map a
> range of kernel memory/pages to user vma.
>
> This API is tested by Heiko for Rockchip drm driver, on rk3188,
> rk3288, rk3328 and rk3399 with graphics.
>
> Signed-off-by: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/mm_types.h | 3 +++
> mm/memory.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> mm/nommu.c | 7 +++++++
> 3 files changed, 48 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
> index 5ed8f62..15ae24f 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
> @@ -523,6 +523,9 @@ extern void tlb_gather_mmu(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct mm_struct *mm,
> extern void tlb_finish_mmu(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
> unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
>
> +int vm_insert_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
> + struct page **pages, unsigned long page_count);
> +
This seem to belong to include/linux/mm.h, near vm_insert_page()
> static inline void init_tlb_flush_pending(struct mm_struct *mm)
> {
> atomic_set(&mm->tlb_flush_pending, 0);
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index 15c417e..84ea46c 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -1478,6 +1478,44 @@ static int insert_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
> }
>
> /**
> + * vm_insert_range - insert range of kernel pages into user vma
> + * @vma: user vma to map to
> + * @addr: target user address of this page
> + * @pages: pointer to array of source kernel pages
> + * @page_count: number of pages need to insert into user vma
> + *
> + * This allows drivers to insert range of kernel pages they've allocated
> + * into a user vma. This is a generic function which drivers can use
> + * rather than using their own way of mapping range of kernel pages into
> + * user vma.
> + *
> + * If we fail to insert any page into the vma, the function will return
> + * immediately leaving any previously-inserted pages present. Callers
> + * from the mmap handler may immediately return the error as their caller
> + * will destroy the vma, removing any successfully-inserted pages. Other
> + * callers should make their own arrangements for calling unmap_region().
> + *
> + * Context: Process context. Called by mmap handlers.
> + * Return: 0 on success and error code otherwise
> + */
> +int vm_insert_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
> + struct page **pages, unsigned long page_count)
> +{
> + unsigned long uaddr = addr;
> + int ret = 0, i;
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < page_count; i++) {
> + ret = vm_insert_page(vma, uaddr, pages[i]);
> + if (ret < 0)
> + return ret;
> + uaddr += PAGE_SIZE;
> + }
> +
> + return ret;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_insert_range);
> +
> +/**
> * vm_insert_page - insert single page into user vma
> * @vma: user vma to map to
> * @addr: target user address of this page
> diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
> index 749276b..d6ef5c7 100644
> --- a/mm/nommu.c
> +++ b/mm/nommu.c
> @@ -473,6 +473,13 @@ int vm_insert_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_insert_page);
>
> +int vm_insert_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
> + struct page **pages, unsigned long page_count)
> +{
> + return -EINVAL;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_insert_range);
> +
> /*
> * sys_brk() for the most part doesn't need the global kernel
> * lock, except when an application is doing something nasty
> --
> 1.9.1
>
--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.
