[PATCH 22/36] HMM: add new callback for copying memory from and to device memory.

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From: Jerome Glisse <jglisse@xxxxxxxxxx>

This patch only adds the new callback device driver must implement
to copy memory from and to device memory.

Signed-off-by: Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sherry Cheung <SCheung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Subhash Gutti <sgutti@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mark Hairgrove <mhairgrove@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jatin Kumar <jakumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/hmm.h | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 mm/hmm.c            |   2 +
 2 files changed, 105 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/hmm.h b/include/linux/hmm.h
index f243eb5..eb30418 100644
--- a/include/linux/hmm.h
+++ b/include/linux/hmm.h
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ enum hmm_etype {
 	HMM_DEVICE_RFAULT,
 	HMM_DEVICE_WFAULT,
 	HMM_WRITE_PROTECT,
+	HMM_COPY_FROM_DEVICE,
+	HMM_COPY_TO_DEVICE,
 };
 
 /* struct hmm_event - memory event information.
@@ -157,6 +159,107 @@ struct hmm_device_ops {
 	 * All other return value trigger warning and are transformed to -EIO.
 	 */
 	int (*update)(struct hmm_mirror *mirror,const struct hmm_event *event);
+
+	/* copy_from_device() - copy from device memory to system memory.
+	 *
+	 * @mirror: The mirror that link process address space with the device.
+	 * @event: The event that triggered the copy.
+	 * @dst: Array containing hmm_pte of destination memory.
+	 * @start: Start address of the range (sub-range of event) to copy.
+	 * @end: End address of the range (sub-range of event) to copy.
+	 * Returns: 0 on success, error code otherwise {-ENOMEM, -EIO}.
+	 *
+	 * Called when migrating memory from device memory to system memory.
+	 * The dst array contains valid DMA address for the device of the page
+	 * to copy to (or pfn of page if hmm_device.device == NULL).
+	 *
+	 * If event.etype == HMM_FORK then device driver only need to schedule
+	 * a copy to the system pages given in the dst hmm_pte array. Do not
+	 * update the device page, and do not pause/stop the device threads
+	 * that are using this address space. Just copy memory.
+	 *
+	 * If event.type == HMM_COPY_FROM_DEVICE then device driver must first
+	 * write protect the range then schedule the copy, then update its page
+	 * table to use the new system memory given the dst array. Some device
+	 * can perform all this in an atomic fashion from device point of view.
+	 * The device driver must also free the device memory once the copy is
+	 * done.
+	 *
+	 * Device driver must not fail lightly, any failure result in device
+	 * process being kill and CPU page table set to HWPOISON entry.
+	 *
+	 * Note that device driver must clear the valid bit of the dst entry it
+	 * failed to copy.
+	 *
+	 * On failure the mirror will be kill by HMM which will do a HMM_MUNMAP
+	 * invalidation of all the memory when this happen the device driver
+	 * can free the device memory.
+	 *
+	 * Note also that there can be hole in the range being copied ie some
+	 * entry of dst array will not have the valid bit set, device driver
+	 * must simply ignore non valid entry.
+	 *
+	 * Finaly device driver must set the dirty bit for each page that was
+	 * modified since it was copied inside the device memory. This must be
+	 * conservative ie if device can not determine that with certainty then
+	 * it must set the dirty bit unconditionally.
+	 *
+	 * Return 0 on success, error value otherwise :
+	 * -ENOMEM Not enough memory for performing the operation.
+	 * -EIO    Some input/output error with the device.
+	 *
+	 * All other return value trigger warning and are transformed to -EIO.
+	 */
+	int (*copy_from_device)(struct hmm_mirror *mirror,
+				const struct hmm_event *event,
+				dma_addr_t *dst,
+				unsigned long start,
+				unsigned long end);
+
+	/* copy_to_device() - copy to device memory from system memory.
+	 *
+	 * @mirror: The mirror that link process address space with the device.
+	 * @event: The event that triggered the copy.
+	 * @dst: Array containing hmm_pte of destination memory.
+	 * @start: Start address of the range (sub-range of event) to copy.
+	 * @end: End address of the range (sub-range of event) to copy.
+	 * Returns: 0 on success, error code otherwise {-ENOMEM, -EIO}.
+	 *
+	 * Called when migrating memory from system memory to device memory.
+	 * The dst array is empty, all of its entry are equal to zero. Device
+	 * driver must allocate the device memory and populate each entry using
+	 * hmm_pte_from_device_pfn() only the valid device bit and hardware
+	 * specific bit will be preserve (write and dirty will be taken from
+	 * the original entry inside the mirror page table). It is advice to
+	 * set the device pfn to match the physical address of device memory
+	 * being use. The event.etype will be equals to HMM_COPY_TO_DEVICE.
+	 *
+	 * Device driver that can atomically copy a page and update its page
+	 * table entry to point to the device memory can do that. Partial
+	 * failure is allowed, entry that have not been migrated must have
+	 * the HMM_PTE_VALID_DEV bit clear inside the dst array. HMM will
+	 * update the CPU page table of failed entry to point back to the
+	 * system page.
+	 *
+	 * Note that device driver is responsible for allocating and freeing
+	 * the device memory and properly updating to dst array entry with
+	 * the allocated device memory.
+	 *
+	 * Return 0 on success, error value otherwise :
+	 * -ENOMEM Not enough memory for performing the operation.
+	 * -EIO    Some input/output error with the device.
+	 *
+	 * All other return value trigger warning and are transformed to -EIO.
+	 * Errors means that the migration is aborted. So in case of partial
+	 * failure if device do not want to fully abort it must return 0.
+	 * Device driver can update device page table only if it knows it will
+	 * not return failure.
+	 */
+	int (*copy_to_device)(struct hmm_mirror *mirror,
+			      const struct hmm_event *event,
+			      dma_addr_t *dst,
+			      unsigned long start,
+			      unsigned long end);
 };
 
 
diff --git a/mm/hmm.c b/mm/hmm.c
index e4585b7..9dbb1e43 100644
--- a/mm/hmm.c
+++ b/mm/hmm.c
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ static inline int hmm_event_init(struct hmm_event *event,
 	case HMM_ISDIRTY:
 	case HMM_DEVICE_RFAULT:
 	case HMM_DEVICE_WFAULT:
+	case HMM_COPY_TO_DEVICE:
+	case HMM_COPY_FROM_DEVICE:
 		break;
 	case HMM_FORK:
 	case HMM_WRITE_PROTECT:
-- 
1.9.3

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