1.Effects and reasons for lack of support:
Currently, memory allocated by dmabuf cannot be read from files using
direct_io. With the increasing use of AI models in mobile applications,
there is a growing need to load large model files occupying up to 3-4GB
into mobile memory. Presently, the only way to read is through
buffer_io, which limits performance. In low memory scenarios on 12GB RAM
smartphones, buffer_io requires additional memory, leading to a 3-4
times degradation in read performance with significant fluctuations.
The reason for the lack of support for direct_io reading is that the
current system establishes mappings for memory allocated by dmabuf using
remap_pfn_range, which includes the VM_PFN_MAP flag. When attempting
direct_io reads, the get_user_page process intercepts the VM_PFN_MAP
flag, preventing the page from being returned and resulting in read
failures.
2.Proposed solution:
(1) Establish mmap mappings for memory allocated by dmabuf using the
vm_insert_page method to support direct_io read and write.
3.Advantages and benefits:
(1) Faster and more stable reading speed.
(2) Reduced pagecache memory usage.
(3) Reduction in CPU data copying and unnecessary power consumption.
4.In a clean and stressapptest(a 16GB memory phone consumed 4GB of
memory). A comparison of the time taken to read a 3.2GB large AI model
file using buffer_io and direct_io.
Read 3.21G AI large model file on mobilephone
Memstress Rounds DIO-Time/ms BIO-Time/ms
01 1432 2034
Clean 02 1406 2225
03 1476 2097
average 1438 2118
Memstress Rounds DIO-Time/ms BIO-Time/ms
01 1585 4821
Eat 4GB 02 1560 4957
03 1519 4936
average 1554 4905
Signed-off-by: Lei Liu <liulei.rjpt@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c b/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c
index 9076d47ed2ef..87547791f9e1 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c
@@ -203,8 +203,7 @@ static int system_heap_mmap(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
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 = vm_insert_page(vma, addr, page);
if (ret)
return ret;
addr += PAGE_SIZE;
--
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