2005-03-11 03:43:52

by Peter Chubb

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Subject: User mode drivers: part 2: PCI device handling (patch 1/2 for 2.6.11)



USER LEVEL DRIVERS: enable PCI device drivers at user space.

This patch adds the capability for suitably privileged user-level processes to
enable a PCI device, and set up DMA for it. A subsequent patch hooks up
the actual system calls.

There are three new system calls:

long usr_pci_open(int bus, int slot, int function, __u64 dma_mask);
Returns a filedescriptor for the PCI device described
by bus,slot,function. It also enables the device, and sets it
up as a bus-mastering DMA device, with the specified dma mask.

Error codes are:
ENOMEM: insufficient kernel memory to fulfil your request
ENOENT: the specified device doesn't exist, or is otherwise
invisible to Linux.
EBUSY: Another driver has claimed the device
EIO: The specified dma mask is invalid for this device.
ENFILE: too many open files

long usr_pci_get_consistent(int fd, size_t size, void **vaddrp, unsigned long *dmaaddrp)

Call pci_alloc_consistent() to get size worth of pci
consistent memory (currently an error if size != PAGESIZE);
map the allocated memory into the user's address space;
return the virtual user address in *vaddrp, and the bus
address in *dmaaddrp

ERRORS:
EINVAL: the filedescriptor was not one obtained from usr_pci_open(), or
size != PAGESIZE
ENOMEM: insufficient appropriate memory or insufficient free
virtual address space in the user program.
EFAULT: vaddrp or dmaaddrp didn't point to writeable memory.

The mapping obtained can be cleaned up with munmap().

long usr_pci_mmap(int fd, struct mapping_info *mp) --
map some memory for DMA to/from the device represented by fd,
which was obtained from usr_pci_open().

struct mapping_info contains:
void *virtaddr -- the virtual address to dma to
int size -- how many bytes to set up
struct usr_pci_sglist *sglist -- a pointer to a scatterlist
int nents -- how many entries in the scatterlist
enum dma_data_direction direction --- which way the
dma is going to happen.

The scatterlist should be sized at least size/PAGESIZE + 2.

usr_pci_mmap() will call pci_map_sg() on the virtual region,
then copy the resulting scatterlist into *sglist. The nents field
will be updated with the actual number of scatterlist entries filled in.

Failure codes are:
EINVAL: the fd wasn't obtained from usr_pci_open, or
direction wasn't one of DMA_TO_DEVICE, DMA_FROM_DEVICE
or DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL, or the size of the
scatterlist is insufficient to map the region.
EFAULT: mp was a bad pointer, or the region of memory spanned
by (virtaddr, virtaddr + size) was not all mapped.
ENOMEM: insufficient appropriate memory

long usr_pci_munmap(int fd, struct mapping_info *mp)
Unmap a dma region mapped by usr_pci_map().
Struct mapping info is the same one used in usr_pci_mmap().

Error codes are:
EINVAL: : the fd wasn't obtained from usr_pci_open, or the
struct mapping_info was never mapped for this device


Signed-off-by: Peter Chubb <[email protected]>


#
# drivers/Makefile | 3
# drivers/pci/Kconfig | 6
# drivers/usr/Makefile | 2
# drivers/usr/sys.c | 952 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
# include/linux/usrdrv.h | 63 +++
# 5 files changed, 1026 insertions(+)
#
Index: linux-2.6.11-usrdrivers/drivers/Makefile
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.11-usrdrivers.orig/drivers/Makefile 2005-03-11 12:25:29.169139978 +1100
+++ linux-2.6.11-usrdrivers/drivers/Makefile 2005-03-11 12:25:41.159270471 +1100
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
# was used and do nothing if so
obj-$(CONFIG_PNP) += pnp/

+# User level device drivers
+obj-$(CONFIG_USRDEV) += usr/
+
# char/ comes before serial/ etc so that the VT console is the boot-time
# default.
obj-y += char/
Index: linux-2.6.11-usrdrivers/drivers/usr/Makefile
===================================================================
--- /dev/null 1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.11-usrdrivers/drivers/usr/Makefile 2005-03-11 12:25:41.160247026 +1100
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+obj-y += sys.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_USRBLKDEV) += blkdev.o
Index: linux-2.6.11-usrdrivers/drivers/usr/sys.c
===================================================================
--- /dev/null 1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.11-usrdrivers/drivers/usr/sys.c 2005-03-11 14:15:59.897394833 +1100
@@ -0,0 +1,952 @@
+/*
+ * Expose PCI-DMA interface to user mode.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2005 Peter Chubb
+ * National ICT Australia, and the Gelato Project,
+ * Computer Science and Engineering, UNSW
+ *
+ * This file is licensed under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/config.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/pci.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/mount.h>
+#include <linux/usrdrv.h>
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
+#include <linux/mman.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <asm/uaccess.h>
+#include <asm/io.h> /* virt_to_phys() on alpha */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_USRDEV
+
+/*
+ * For mappings < KMALLOC_BREAKPOINT pages, keep a cache;
+ * otherwise use kmalloc/kfree
+ */
+#define KMALLOC_BREAKPOINT 10
+
+
+/*
+ * The PCI subsystem is implemented as yet-another pseudo filesystem,
+ * albeit one that is never mounted.
+ * This is its magic number.
+ */
+#define USR_PCI_MAGIC (0x12345678)
+
+static int usr_pci_release(struct inode *ip, struct file *fp);
+static void usr_pci_unmapconsistent(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
+static int usr_pci_delete_dentry(struct dentry *dp);
+
+static struct vfsmount *usr_pci_mnt;
+static struct file_operations usr_pci_fops = {
+ .release = usr_pci_release,
+};
+
+
+/*
+ * Filesystem glue.
+ */
+
+static int
+usr_pci_delete_dentry(struct dentry *dp)
+{
+ return 1;
+}
+
+
+static struct super_block *usr_pci_getsb(
+ struct file_system_type *fstype,
+ int flags,
+ const char *dev_name,
+ void *data)
+{
+ return get_sb_pseudo(fstype, "usr_pci:", NULL, USR_PCI_MAGIC);
+}
+
+
+static struct dentry_operations usr_pci_dentry_operations = {
+ .d_delete = usr_pci_delete_dentry,
+};
+
+
+static struct file_system_type usr_pci_fs_type = {
+ .name = "usr_pci_fs",
+ .get_sb = usr_pci_getsb,
+ .kill_sb = kill_anon_super,
+};
+
+
+/*
+ * Describe a block of PCI-consistent memory mapped by the usr_map_pci()
+ * system call
+ */
+struct consistent_mem {
+ struct pci_dev *devp; /* the device we're mapping for */
+ unsigned long len; /* how many bytes */
+ unsigned long kaddr; /* where in kernel memory it is */
+ dma_addr_t dmaaddr; /* where it's mapped from the PCI bus */
+};
+
+/*
+ * Each instance of an internal_mapping_info tracks
+ * a mapping set up by userspace, so that it can be torn down
+ * when the process dies, or on request.
+ *
+ * A chain of free struct internal_mapping_info
+ * are kept as a quicklist, and a chain of in-use ones are chained from an
+ * open file descriptor on the usr_pci_fs filesystem.
+ */
+struct internal_mapping_info {
+ struct internal_mapping_info *next;
+ struct mapping_info m;
+ unsigned nent; /* number of entries in sg[] */
+ unsigned npages; /* number of entries in pages[] */
+ struct scatterlist *sg;
+ struct page *pages[1];
+};
+
+/*
+ * The private open-file data.
+ * --- the list of struct internal_mapping_info,
+ * a lock to protect the list,
+ * and a pointer to the PCI device we're managing.
+ */
+struct maplist {
+ struct pci_dev *dev;
+ spinlock_t lk; /* protect the mappings list */
+ struct internal_mapping_info *mappings;
+};
+
+
+
+static struct vm_operations_struct usr_pci_vmop = {
+ .close = usr_pci_unmapconsistent,
+};
+
+
+/*
+ * Free list of mappings, and a spinlock to protect it.
+ */
+static struct internal_mapping_info *imap_free;
+static spinlock_t imap_free_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
+
+/**
+ * get_imap: allocate and an internal_mapping_info structure
+ * @npages: the number of pages that the mapping will cover.
+ *
+ * If the mapping is for fewer than KMALLOC_BREAKPOINT pages,
+ * use the quicklist, otherwise use kmalloc.
+ *
+ */
+static struct internal_mapping_info *
+get_imap(int npages)
+{
+ unsigned long flags;
+ struct internal_mapping_info *ip = NULL;
+
+ if (imap_free && npages <= KMALLOC_BREAKPOINT) {
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&imap_free_lock, flags);
+ if (imap_free) {
+ ip = imap_free;
+ imap_free = ip->next;
+ }
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&imap_free_lock, flags);
+ }
+
+ if (ip == NULL) {
+ if (npages < KMALLOC_BREAKPOINT)
+ npages = KMALLOC_BREAKPOINT;
+ ip = kmalloc(sizeof (*ip) +
+ npages * (sizeof (struct page *) +
+ sizeof(struct scatterlist)), GFP_KERNEL);
+ }
+
+ if (ip) {
+ ip->next = NULL;
+ ip->sg = (struct scatterlist *)&ip->pages[npages];
+ ip->npages = 0;
+ }
+
+ return ip;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * get_imap: allocate and an internal_mapping_info structure
+ * @ip: a pointer to the structure to free.
+ *
+ * If the mapping is for fewer than KMALLOC_BREAKPOINT pages,
+ * save the mapping structure onto the quicklist, otherwise use kfree..
+ *
+ * As a side-effect, release all pages covered by the mapping.
+ */
+static void
+free_imap(struct internal_mapping_info *ip)
+{
+ int i;
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < ip->npages; i++)
+ if (!PageReserved(ip->pages[i]))
+ page_cache_release(ip->pages[i]);
+ if (ip->npages > KMALLOC_BREAKPOINT) {
+ kfree(ip);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&imap_free_lock, flags);
+ ip->next = imap_free;
+ imap_free = ip;
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&imap_free_lock, flags);
+}
+
+/**
+ * get_hw: Allocate a scatterlist in the right format to be copied to userspace
+ * @n: the number of pages to cover.
+ *
+ * As there's no next pointer in a struct usr_pci_sglist,
+ * we chain on the first word cast to a void.
+ */
+static void *hw_free;
+static spinlock_t hw_free_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
+
+static struct usr_pci_sglist *
+get_hw(int n)
+{
+ struct usr_pci_sglist *p;
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ if (hw_free && n <= KMALLOC_BREAKPOINT) {
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&hw_free_lock, flags);
+ if ((p = hw_free))
+ hw_free = *(void **)p;
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hw_free_lock, flags);
+ if (p)
+ return p;
+ }
+ p = kmalloc((sizeof *p) *
+ (n >= KMALLOC_BREAKPOINT ? n : KMALLOC_BREAKPOINT),
+ GFP_KERNEL);
+ return p;
+}
+
+/**
+ * free_hw: free a scatterlist
+ * @n: the number of pages covered by the scatterlist
+ * @p: a pointer to the scatterlist to free.
+ *
+ * If the number of pages covered is small (less than KMALLOC_BREAKPOINT)
+ * save the list to a quicklist. Otherwise, use kfree.
+ */
+static void
+free_hw(int n, struct usr_pci_sglist *p)
+{
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ if (n > KMALLOC_BREAKPOINT) {
+ kfree(p);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&hw_free_lock, flags);
+ *(void **)p = hw_free;
+ hw_free = (void *)p;
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hw_free_lock, flags);
+}
+
+/**
+ * usr_pci_inode: create an inode for the usr_pci pseudo fs.
+ *
+ */
+static struct inode *
+usr_pci_inode(void)
+{
+ struct inode *inode = new_inode(usr_pci_mnt->mnt_sb);
+ if (!inode)
+ return (struct inode *)-ENOMEM;
+
+ inode->i_fop = &usr_pci_fops;
+
+ /*
+ * Mark the inode dirty from the very beginning,
+ * that way it will never be moved to the dirty
+ * list because mark_inode_dirty() will think
+ * that it already _is_ on the dirty list.
+ */
+ inode->i_state = I_DIRTY;
+ inode->i_mode = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR;
+ inode->i_uid = current->fsuid;
+ inode->i_gid = current->fsgid;
+ inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
+ inode->i_blksize = PAGE_SIZE;
+ return inode;
+}
+
+/**
+ * usr_pci_get_dev
+ * @fd: file descriptor returned from sys_usr_pci_open()
+ * @pp: returned &struct pci_dev corresponding to fd
+ * @fpp: returned pointer to &struct file corresponding to fd
+ *
+ * usr_pci_get_dev() is a helper for the user-level block driver code.
+ * It's used to prevent the device from being released while it
+ * is registered as a block device, and to return data needed for the
+ * user<->kernel interface.
+ *
+ * In use, it hould be paired with an (eventual) usr_pci_put_dev() call.
+ */
+int
+usr_pci_get_dev(int fd, struct pci_dev **pp, struct file **fpp)
+{
+ struct file *filp = fget(fd);
+ struct maplist *p;
+
+ if (!filp)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (filp->f_op != &usr_pci_fops) {
+ fput(filp);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ p = (struct maplist *)filp->private_data;
+
+ if (!p) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "usr_pci_fs file has no PCI device???");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ *pp = p->dev;
+ *fpp = filp;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * usr_pci_put_dev: reverse usr_pci_get_dev()
+ *
+ */
+void
+usr_pci_put_dev(struct file *fp)
+{
+ fput(fp);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(usr_pci_get_dev);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(usr_pci_put_dev);
+
+/**
+ * sys_usr_pci_open: Associate an open file descriptor in usr_pci_fs with a PCI device.
+ * @bus, @slot, @function: the PCI address of the device.
+ * @dma_mask: a mask saying what the dma capabilities of the device are.
+ *
+ * Find and attempt to enable the device at (bus, slot, function) as a
+ * pci bus-mastering device.
+ * Set up an open-file descriptor, with the device and
+ * the (currently null set of) mappings associated with the device.
+ */
+long asmlinkage
+sys_usr_pci_open(int bus, int slot, int function, __u64 dma_mask)
+{
+ struct qstr this;
+ int error;
+ int fn;
+
+ char name[32];
+ struct pci_dev *devp = NULL;
+ struct inode *inode;
+ struct dentry *dentry;
+ struct file *file;
+ struct maplist *mp;
+ int fd;
+
+
+ fn = ((slot & 0x1f) << 3) | (function & 0x7);
+
+ mp = kmalloc(sizeof *mp, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (mp == NULL)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ mp->mappings = NULL;
+ spin_lock_init(&mp->lk);
+
+ devp = pci_find_slot(bus, fn);
+ if (devp == NULL) {
+ error = -ENOENT;
+ goto out1;
+ }
+
+ mp->dev = devp;
+
+ this.hash = (bus<<8) | fn;
+ sprintf(name, "%d.%x.%d", bus, slot, fn);
+ this.len = strlen(name);
+ this.name = name;
+
+ /*
+ * RACE here -- another process could grab the device after
+ * we've checked. Also we don't check properly against
+ * in-kernel device uses.
+ */
+ dentry = d_lookup(usr_pci_mnt->mnt_sb->s_root, &this);
+ if (dentry) {
+ error = -EBUSY;
+ goto out2;
+ }
+
+ dentry = d_alloc(usr_pci_mnt->mnt_sb->s_root, &this);
+ if (!dentry) {
+ error = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out1;
+ }
+
+ if (devp->is_enabled) {
+ error = -EBUSY;
+ goto out2;
+ }
+
+ if ((error = pci_enable_device(devp)) != 0) {
+ goto out2;
+ }
+
+ if (dma_mask) {
+ error = pci_set_dma_mask(devp, dma_mask);
+ if (error)
+ goto out3;
+ }
+ pci_set_master(devp);
+
+
+ file = get_empty_filp();
+ if (!file) {
+ error = -ENFILE;
+ goto out3;
+ }
+
+ inode = usr_pci_inode();
+ if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
+ error = PTR_ERR(inode);
+ goto out4;
+ }
+
+ dentry->d_op = &usr_pci_dentry_operations;
+ d_add(dentry, inode);
+
+ fd = error = get_unused_fd();
+ if (error < 0) {
+ goto out5;
+ }
+
+ file->f_vfsmnt = mntget(usr_pci_mnt);
+
+ /*
+ * No dget() here -- we want this entry to go away when the
+ * file is closed.
+ */
+ file->f_dentry = dentry;
+ file->f_op = &usr_pci_fops;
+ file->private_data = (void *)mp;
+
+ fd_install(fd, file);
+ return fd;
+
+ out5:
+ iput(inode);
+ out4:
+ put_filp(file);
+ out3:
+ pci_disable_device(devp);
+ out2:
+ dput(dentry);
+ out1:
+ kfree(mp);
+ return error;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Filesystem glue
+ */
+static int __init
+usr_pci_init(void)
+{
+ int error;
+
+ error = register_filesystem(&usr_pci_fs_type);
+ if (error)
+ return error;
+ usr_pci_mnt = kern_mount(&usr_pci_fs_type);
+ if (IS_ERR(usr_pci_mnt)) {
+ unregister_filesystem(&usr_pci_fs_type);
+ return PTR_ERR(usr_pci_mnt);
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+__initcall(usr_pci_init);
+
+
+/**
+ * usr_pci_release; clean up when a user_pci_fs file is closed
+ * @ip: pointer to the inode of the file being closed
+ * @fp: pointer to the file being closed.
+ *
+ * This function is called when the reference count on the open
+ * file falls to zero.
+ * Disable the pci device (which will stop any DMA), and clean up any mappings
+ */
+static int
+usr_pci_release(struct inode *ip, struct file *fp)
+{
+ struct maplist *mp = (struct maplist *)fp->private_data;
+ struct internal_mapping_info *mip;
+
+ fp->private_data = NULL;
+
+ /* Force DMA to stop */
+ pci_disable_device(mp->dev);
+
+ mip = mp->mappings;
+
+ /*
+ * We're single-threaded here
+ */
+ while (mip) {
+ struct internal_mapping_info *im = mip;
+ mip = mip->next;
+
+ pci_unmap_sg(mp->dev, im->sg, im->nent, im->m.direction);
+ free_imap(im);
+ }
+
+
+ kfree(mp);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * do_map: Map contiguous kernel pages into user memory.
+ * @kaddr: the kernel address of the first page to map
+ * @origlen: the length (in bytes) of the mapping.
+ * @dmaaddr: the bus address of the first page to map
+ * @devp: a pointer to the pci_dev that's going to use the memory
+ *
+ * Find a free area of memory, map the kernel pages into it,
+ * and mark the space as non-cached and reserved.
+ * Returns the user-space virtual address of the mapping, or ENOMEM if
+ * one could not be created.
+ */
+static void __user *
+do_map(void *kaddr,
+ unsigned long origlen,
+ unsigned long dmaaddr,
+ struct pci_dev *devp)
+{
+ struct vm_area_struct *vma;
+ struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
+ unsigned long addr;
+ unsigned long len = PAGE_ALIGN(origlen);
+ struct consistent_mem *mp;
+
+
+ vma = kmem_cache_alloc(vm_area_cachep, SLAB_KERNEL);
+ if (!vma)
+ return (void __user *)(-ENOMEM);
+
+ mp = kmalloc(sizeof(*mp), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!mp){
+ kmem_cache_free(vm_area_cachep, vma);
+ return (void __user *)(-ENOMEM);
+ }
+ memset(vma, 0, sizeof *vma);
+
+ mp->devp = devp;
+ mp->kaddr = (unsigned long)kaddr;
+ mp->dmaaddr = dmaaddr;
+ mp->len = origlen;
+
+ vma->vm_mm = mm;
+ vma->vm_flags = VM_WRITE|VM_MAYWRITE|VM_READ|VM_MAYREAD|VM_RESERVED|VM_DONTCOPY;
+ vma->vm_flags |= VM_SHM|VM_LOCKED;
+ vma->vm_page_prot = PAGE_SHARED;
+ /*
+ * Should this be marked uncached?
+ * It seems to work without on alpha, i386, ia64
+ */
+ /* vma->vm_page_prot = pgprot_noncached(vma->vm_page_prot); */
+
+ vma->vm_ops = &usr_pci_vmop;
+ vma->vm_private_data = mp;
+
+ down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+ addr = get_unmapped_area(NULL, 0, len, 0, MAP_LOCKED|MAP_SHARED);
+ if (PTR_ERR((void *)addr) == -ENOMEM) {
+ up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+ kmem_cache_free(vm_area_cachep, vma);
+ kfree(mp);
+ return (void __user *)(-ENOMEM);
+ }
+
+ vma->vm_start = addr;
+ vma->vm_end = addr + len;
+
+ mm->total_vm += len >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+
+ insert_vm_struct(mm, vma);
+
+ while (len >= PAGE_SIZE) {
+ long page = virt_to_phys(kaddr);
+ if (remap_pfn_range(vma, addr, page >> PAGE_SHIFT, PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SHARED)) {
+ up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+ do_munmap(mm, vma->vm_start, origlen);
+ return (void __user *)(-ENOMEM);
+ }
+ addr += PAGE_SIZE;
+ kaddr += PAGE_SIZE;
+ len -= PAGE_SIZE;
+ }
+
+ up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+ return (void __user *)vma->vm_start;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * usr_pci_unmapconsistent: Undo a pci-consistent mapping into user space.
+ * @vma: the vm_area_struct defining the mapping.
+ *
+ * This routine will be called from the vma infrastructure's teardown on
+ * munmap or process exit.
+ *
+ */
+static void
+usr_pci_unmapconsistent(struct vm_area_struct *vma) {
+ struct consistent_mem *mp = (struct consistent_mem *)vma->vm_private_data;
+ vma->vm_private_data = NULL;
+
+ ClearPageReserved(virt_to_page(mp->kaddr));
+ pci_free_consistent(mp->devp, mp->len, (void *)mp->kaddr, mp->dmaaddr);
+ kfree(mp);
+}
+
+/**
+ * usr_pci_getconsistent: get a chunk of pci-consistent memory
+ * @fd: filedescriptor returned from usr_pci_open()
+ * @size: number of bytes to map (must be =PAGESIZE at present)
+ * @vaddrp: where to return the virtual address or the new mapping
+ * @dmaaddrp: where to return the bus address of the new mapping.
+ *
+ * The system call calls pci_alloc_consistent() then
+ * maps the resultant page(s) into the caller's address space.
+ *
+ * The mapping can be torn down by munmap(), or at exit() time.
+ */
+long asmlinkage
+sys_usr_pci_get_consistent(int fd, size_t size, void __user **vaddrp, __u64 __user *dmaaddrp)
+{
+ struct maplist *p;
+ struct file *filp = fget(fd);
+ struct pci_dev *devp;
+ int ret = 0;
+ dma_addr_t dma_handle;
+ __u64 udma_addr;
+ void *vaddr;
+ struct page *pp;
+ void __user *virtaddr;
+
+ if (!filp)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ /* I suspect this one can't happen */
+ BUG_ON(filp->f_op != &usr_pci_fops);
+
+ p = (struct maplist *)filp->private_data;
+ if (!p) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "usr_pci_fs file has no PCI device???");
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
+ devp = p->dev;
+
+ if (size != PAGE_SIZE) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ vaddr = pci_alloc_consistent(devp, size, &dma_handle);
+ if (vaddr == NULL) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out;
+ }
+ pp = virt_to_page(vaddr);
+ get_page(pp);
+ SetPageReserved(pp);
+
+ virtaddr = do_map(vaddr, size, dma_handle, devp);
+
+ if (unlikely((unsigned long)virtaddr > (unsigned long)-1000L)) {
+ ret = (long)virtaddr;
+ ClearPageReserved(pp);
+ put_page(pp);
+ pci_free_consistent(devp, size, vaddr, dma_handle);
+ } else {
+ udma_addr = dma_handle;
+ if (copy_to_user(vaddrp, &virtaddr, sizeof virtaddr) ||
+ copy_to_user(dmaaddrp, &udma_addr, sizeof udma_addr)) {
+ ret = -EFAULT;
+ do_munmap(current->mm, (unsigned long)virtaddr, size);
+ }
+ }
+out:
+ fput(filp);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * sys_usr_pci_mmap(): map some memory for DMA
+ * @fd: filedescriptor returned from usr_pci_open()
+ * @mp: pointer to a &struct mapping_info describing the mapping
+ *
+ * After validating the input, this function calls pci_map_sg()
+ * then converts the resulting scatterlist into something
+ * more digestible in userland. It also attaches a record of the
+ * mapping to the open file, so that the mapping can be undone.
+ */
+long asmlinkage
+sys_usr_pci_mmap(int fd, struct mapping_info __user *mp)
+{
+ struct mapping_info m;
+ struct maplist *p;
+ struct internal_mapping_info *imp;
+ unsigned long flags;
+ int i;
+ int npages;
+ int maxpages;
+ struct file *filp = fget(fd);
+ struct pci_dev *devp;
+ int ret = 0;
+ struct usr_pci_sglist *hw;
+ struct scatterlist *sgp;
+ int write;
+
+ if (!filp) {
+ printk("!filp\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ if (filp->f_op != &usr_pci_fops) {
+ printk("Bad fops\n");
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ if (copy_from_user(&m, mp, sizeof m)) {
+ ret = -EFAULT;
+ goto out;
+ }
+ maxpages = m.size / PAGE_SIZE + 2;
+ p = (struct maplist *)filp->private_data;
+ BUG_ON(!p);
+ devp = p->dev;
+
+ switch (m.direction) {
+ case DMA_TO_DEVICE:
+ write = 0;
+ break;
+ case DMA_FROM_DEVICE:
+ case DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL:
+ write = 1;
+ break;
+ default:
+ printk("bad m.direction %d\n", m.direction);
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ if (unlikely((m.nents < maxpages) || (m.size == 0))) {
+ printk("Bad size (%d) or nents (%d) < maxpages (%d)\n",
+ m.size, m.nents, maxpages);
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ imp = get_imap(maxpages);
+ if (unlikely(imp == NULL)) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ imp->m = m;
+
+ npages = get_user_pages(current,
+ current->mm,
+ (unsigned long)m.virtaddr,
+ maxpages,
+ write,
+ 0,
+ imp->pages,
+ NULL);
+ if (unlikely(npages < 0)) {
+ ret = npages;
+ free_imap(imp);
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ imp->npages = npages;
+
+ if (unlikely(npages < m.size/PAGE_SIZE)){
+ /*
+ * Not all the requested area is mapped.
+ * Return -EFAULT and let the user sort it out.
+ */
+ free_imap(imp);
+ ret = -EFAULT ;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Build scatterlist, one entry per page.
+ * Allow for partial pages at start and end.
+ */
+ i = 1;
+ imp->sg[0].page = imp->pages[0];
+ imp->sg[0].offset = ((unsigned long)m.virtaddr) & (PAGE_SIZE - 1);
+ imp->sg[0].length = PAGE_SIZE - imp->sg[0].offset;
+ if (imp->sg[0].length >= m.size) {
+ imp->sg[0].length = m.size;
+ } else {
+ unsigned long len = m.size - imp->sg[0].length;
+ for (;len >= PAGE_SIZE && i < npages ; i++) {
+ imp->sg[i].page = imp->pages[i];
+ imp->sg[i].offset = 0;
+ imp->sg[i].length = PAGE_SIZE;
+ len -= PAGE_SIZE;
+ }
+ if (len) {
+ BUG_ON(i >= npages);
+ BUG_ON(len >= PAGE_SIZE);
+ imp->sg[i].page = imp->pages[i];
+ imp->sg[i].offset = 0;
+ imp->sg[i].length = len;
+ i++;
+ }
+ }
+
+ imp->nent = i;
+ imp->m.nents = pci_map_sg(devp, imp->sg, imp->nent, imp->m.direction);
+
+ hw = get_hw(m.nents);
+
+ for (i = 0, sgp = imp->sg; i < m.nents; i++, sgp++) {
+ hw[i].dmaaddr = sg_dma_address(sgp);
+ hw[i].len = sg_dma_len(sgp);
+ }
+
+ imp->m.dmaaddr = hw[0].dmaaddr;
+
+ if (copy_to_user(mp, &imp->m, sizeof imp->m) ||
+ copy_to_user(m.sglist, hw, sizeof(*hw) * imp->m.nents)) {
+ pci_unmap_sg(devp, imp->sg, imp->nent, imp->m.direction);
+ free_imap(imp);
+ free_hw(m.nents, hw);
+ ret = -EFAULT;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ free_hw(m.nents, hw);
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&p->lk, flags);
+ imp->next = p->mappings;
+ p->mappings = imp;
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->lk, flags);
+out:
+ fput(filp);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * sys_usr_pci_unmap(): remove a PCI-consistent mapping.
+ * @fd: filedescriptor returned from usr_pci_open()
+ * @mp: pointer to a &struct mapping_info describing the mapping
+ *
+ * Find the mapping in the list of mappings attached to the open file,
+ * then undo it, and free any resources.
+ */
+long asmlinkage
+sys_usr_pci_munmap(int fd, struct mapping_info __user *mp)
+{
+ struct mapping_info m;
+ struct maplist *p;
+ struct internal_mapping_info *imp;
+ unsigned long flags;
+ struct internal_mapping_info **ipp;
+ struct file *filp = fget(fd);
+ struct pci_dev *devp;
+ int ret = 0;
+
+
+ if (!filp)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ BUG_ON(filp->f_op != &usr_pci_fops);
+
+ if (copy_from_user(&m, mp, sizeof m)) {
+ ret = -EFAULT;
+ goto out;
+ }
+ p = (struct maplist *)filp->private_data;
+ BUG_ON(!p);
+ devp = p->dev;
+
+ /*
+ * Linear search is adequate for this, as most drivers
+ * have very few outstamding mappings
+ */
+ imp = NULL;
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&p->lk, flags);
+ for (ipp = &p->mappings; *ipp; ipp = &(*ipp)->next) {
+ imp = *ipp;
+ if (imp->m.dmaaddr == m.dmaaddr) {
+ *ipp = imp->next;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->lk, flags);
+
+ if (imp == NULL) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ pci_unmap_sg(devp, imp->sg, imp->nent, imp->m.direction);
+ free_imap(imp);
+
+out:
+ fput(filp);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+#else /* CONFIG_USRDEV */
+
+long asmlinkage
+sys_usr_pci_open(int bus, int slot, int function)
+{
+ return -ENOSYS;
+}
+
+long asmlinkage
+sys_usr_pci_get_consistent(int fd, struct mapping_info __user *mp) {
+ return -ENOSYS;
+}
+
+long asmlinkage
+sys_usr_pci_mmap(int fd, struct mapping_info __user *mp) {
+ return -ENOSYS;
+}
+
+long asmlinkage
+sys_usr_pci_unmap(int fd, struct mapping_info *mp)
+{
+ return -ENOSYS;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_USRDEV */
Index: linux-2.6.11-usrdrivers/include/linux/usrdrv.h
===================================================================
--- /dev/null 1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.11-usrdrivers/include/linux/usrdrv.h 2005-03-11 12:25:41.272550741 +1100
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/************************************************************************
+ * usrdrv.h -- definitions for user-mode device driver
+ */
+
+#ifndef _USRDRV_H
+#define _USRDRV_H
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+#include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
+
+struct file;
+struct pci_dev;
+extern void usr_pci_put_dev(struct file *fp);
+extern int usr_pci_get_dev(int, struct pci_dev **, struct file **);
+
+#else
+/*
+ * can't include linux/dma-mapping.h in user mode
+ */
+enum dma_data_direction {
+ DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL = 0,
+ DMA_TO_DEVICE = 1,
+ DMA_FROM_DEVICE = 2,
+ DMA_NONE = 3,
+};
+
+#ifndef __user
+# define __user /* nothing */
+#endif
+
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * a scatterlist as exported to userland.
+ */
+struct usr_pci_sglist {
+ unsigned long dmaaddr;
+ unsigned long len;
+};
+
+
+/*
+ * virtaddr: user mode address to be mapped/unmapped
+ * size: bytes of address to map
+ * nents: As passed into usr_pci_mmap will contain total
+ * number of entries;
+ * as passed out, will contain number of valid entries
+ * (IOMMU may merge entries)
+ * sglist: allocated by caller of usr_pci_map,
+ * should be at least (size/PAGE_SIZE) + 2
+ * direction: try not to use DMA_BIDERECTIONAL
+ */
+struct mapping_info {
+ void __user *virtaddr;
+ unsigned long dmaaddr;
+ unsigned int size;
+ unsigned int nents;
+ struct usr_pci_sglist __user *sglist;
+ enum dma_data_direction direction;
+};
+
+
+
+#endif /* _USRDRV_H */
Index: linux-2.6.11-usrdrivers/drivers/pci/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.11-usrdrivers.orig/drivers/pci/Kconfig 2005-03-11 12:25:29.171093086 +1100
+++ linux-2.6.11-usrdrivers/drivers/pci/Kconfig 2005-03-11 14:26:18.660867648 +1100
@@ -47,3 +47,9 @@

When in doubt, say Y.

+
+config USRDEV
+ bool "Framework for user-mode PCI drivers"
+ depends on PCI
+ ---help---
+ UNSW NICTA/Gelato user-mode device drivers.


2005-03-11 05:32:04

by Albert Cahalan

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Subject: Re: User mode drivers: part 2: PCI device handling (patch 1/2 for 2.6.11)

Peter Chubb writes:

> There are three new system calls:
>
> long usr_pci_open(int bus, int slot, int function, __u64 dma_mask);
> Returns a filedescriptor for the PCI device described
> by bus,slot,function. It also enables the device, and sets it
> up as a bus-mastering DMA device, with the specified dma mask.

You forgot the PCI domain (a.k.a. hose, phb...) number.
Also, you might encode bus,slot,function according to
the PCI spec. So that gives:

long usr_pci_open(unsigned pcidomain, unsigned devspec, __u64 dmamask);

(with the user library returning an int instead of long)


2005-03-11 07:19:31

by Greg KH

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Subject: Re: User mode drivers: part 2: PCI device handling (patch 1/2 for 2.6.11)

On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 02:37:17PM +1100, Peter Chubb wrote:
> +/*
> + * The PCI subsystem is implemented as yet-another pseudo filesystem,
> + * albeit one that is never mounted.
> + * This is its magic number.
> + */
> +#define USR_PCI_MAGIC (0x12345678)

If you make it a real, mountable filesystem, then you don't need to have
any of your new syscalls, right? Why not just do that instead?

thanks,

greg k-h

2005-03-11 08:34:52

by Peter Chubb

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Subject: Re: User mode drivers: part 2: PCI device handling (patch 1/2 for 2.6.11)

>>>>> "Greg" == Greg KH <[email protected]> writes:

Greg> On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 02:37:17PM +1100, Peter Chubb wrote:
>> +/* + * The PCI subsystem is implemented as yet-another pseudo
>> filesystem, + * albeit one that is never mounted. + * This is its
>> magic number. + */ +#define USR_PCI_MAGIC (0x12345678)

Greg> If you make it a real, mountable filesystem, then you don't need
Greg> to have any of your new syscalls, right? Why not just do that
Greg> instead?


The only call that would go is usr_pci_open() -- you'd still need
usr_pci_map(), usr_pci_unmap() and usr_pci_get_consistent().

--
Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au
The technical we do immediately, the political takes *forever*

2005-03-11 10:34:01

by Pavel Machek

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Subject: Re: User mode drivers: part 2: PCI device handling (patch 1/2 for 2.6.11)

Hi!

> >> +/* + * The PCI subsystem is implemented as yet-another pseudo
> >> filesystem, + * albeit one that is never mounted. + * This is its
> >> magic number. + */ +#define USR_PCI_MAGIC (0x12345678)
>
> Greg> If you make it a real, mountable filesystem, then you don't need
> Greg> to have any of your new syscalls, right? Why not just do that
> Greg> instead?
>
>
> The only call that would go is usr_pci_open() -- you'd still need
> usr_pci_map(), usr_pci_unmap() and usr_pci_get_consistent().

There are quite a lot of buses. Having to add #buses * 3 seems quite
wrong to me...
Pavel
--
People were complaining that M$ turns users into beta-testers...
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2005-03-11 15:21:58

by Greg KH

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Subject: Re: User mode drivers: part 2: PCI device handling (patch 1/2 for 2.6.11)

On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 07:34:46PM +1100, Peter Chubb wrote:
> >>>>> "Greg" == Greg KH <[email protected]> writes:
>
> Greg> On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 02:37:17PM +1100, Peter Chubb wrote:
> >> +/* + * The PCI subsystem is implemented as yet-another pseudo
> >> filesystem, + * albeit one that is never mounted. + * This is its
> >> magic number. + */ +#define USR_PCI_MAGIC (0x12345678)
>
> Greg> If you make it a real, mountable filesystem, then you don't need
> Greg> to have any of your new syscalls, right? Why not just do that
> Greg> instead?
>
>
> The only call that would go is usr_pci_open() -- you'd still need
> usr_pci_map()

see mmap(2)

> , usr_pci_unmap()

see munmap(2)

In fact, both of the above can be done today from /proc/bus/pci/ right?

> and usr_pci_get_consistent().

Hm, this one might be different. How about just opening and mmap a new
file for the pci device for this?

thanks,

greg k-h

2005-03-11 16:46:04

by Jesse Barnes

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Subject: Re: User mode drivers: part 2: PCI device handling (patch 1/2 for 2.6.11)

On Friday, March 11, 2005 7:21 am, Greg KH wrote:
> > The only call that would go is usr_pci_open() -- you'd still need
> > usr_pci_map()
>
> see mmap(2)
>
> > , usr_pci_unmap()
>
> see munmap(2)

Aren't those different cases though? E.g. you might have a buffer in userland
that you want to DMA to a card, sure you can mmap the registers to program
the DMA, but you need a way to pin the memory and get the bus address to send
down, right?

> In fact, both of the above can be done today from /proc/bus/pci/ right?
>
> > and usr_pci_get_consistent().
>
> Hm, this one might be different. How about just opening and mmap a new
> file for the pci device for this?

New syscalls seem like the cleanest solution. For basic, non-dma programming
though, I'd suggest just using sysfs, since all the PCI resources are
exported there; you can mmap them and do simple programming that way.

As for the idea of userland drivers in general, I'm not sure I like it. I'm
afraid it will just encourage more undebuggable, x86 binary blobs (or big
source code blobs with their own bridge drivers like X) that people are
forced to run to get their hardware to work...

Jesse

2005-03-11 19:21:51

by Alan

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Subject: Re: User mode drivers: part 2: PCI device handling (patch 1/2 for 2.6.11)


> You forgot the PCI domain (a.k.a. hose, phb...) number.
> Also, you might encode bus,slot,function according to
> the PCI spec. So that gives:
>
> long usr_pci_open(unsigned pcidomain, unsigned devspec, __u64 dmamask);

Still insufficient because the device might be hotplugged on you. You
need a file handle that has the expected revocation effects on unplug
and refcounts

Alan

2005-03-11 19:25:34

by Alan

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Subject: Re: User mode drivers: part 2: PCI device handling (patch 1/2 for 2.6.11)

On Gwe, 2005-03-11 at 08:34, Peter Chubb wrote:
> Greg> If you make it a real, mountable filesystem, then you don't need
> Greg> to have any of your new syscalls, right? Why not just do that
> Greg> instead?

> The only call that would go is usr_pci_open() -- you'd still need
> usr_pci_map(), usr_pci_unmap() and usr_pci_get_consistent().

mmap, munmap, mmap with M_SYNC

2005-03-11 21:18:20

by Albert Cahalan

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Subject: Re: User mode drivers: part 2: PCI device handling (patch 1/2 for 2.6.11)

On Fri, 2005-03-11 at 19:15 +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > You forgot the PCI domain (a.k.a. hose, phb...) number.
> > Also, you might encode bus,slot,function according to
> > the PCI spec. So that gives:
> >
> > long usr_pci_open(unsigned pcidomain, unsigned devspec, __u64 dmamask);
>
> Still insufficient because the device might be hotplugged on you. You
> need a file handle that has the expected revocation effects on unplug
> and refcounts

I was under the impression that a file handle would be returned.

I'm not so sure that is a sane way to handle hot-plug though.
First of all, in general, it's going to be like this:

Fan, meet shit.
Shit, meet fan.

Those who care might best be served by SIGBUS with si_code
and si_info set appropriately. Perhaps a revoke() syscall
that handled mmap() would work the same way.



2005-03-12 10:49:18

by Andrew Grover

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Subject: Re: User mode drivers: part 2: PCI device handling (patch 1/2 for 2.6.11)

On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 14:37:17 +1100, Peter Chubb
<[email protected]> wrote:

> + npages = get_user_pages(current,
> + current->mm,
> + (unsigned long)m.virtaddr,
> + maxpages,
> + write,
> + 0,
> + imp->pages,
> + NULL);

Can't comment on usermode drivers overall, so just some code comments.

do you need a down_read(current->mm->mmap_sem) here? I'm not sure but
that seems to be what most other users of this function are doing.

> + /*
> + * Build scatterlist, one entry per page.
> + * Allow for partial pages at start and end.
> + */
> + i = 1;
> + imp->sg[0].page = imp->pages[0];
> + imp->sg[0].offset = ((unsigned long)m.virtaddr) & (PAGE_SIZE - 1);
> + imp->sg[0].length = PAGE_SIZE - imp->sg[0].offset;
> + if (imp->sg[0].length >= m.size) {
> + imp->sg[0].length = m.size;
> + } else {
> + unsigned long len = m.size - imp->sg[0].length;
> + for (;len >= PAGE_SIZE && i < npages ; i++) {
> + imp->sg[i].page = imp->pages[i];
> + imp->sg[i].offset = 0;
> + imp->sg[i].length = PAGE_SIZE;
> + len -= PAGE_SIZE;
> + }
> + if (len) {
> + BUG_ON(i >= npages);
> + BUG_ON(len >= PAGE_SIZE);
> + imp->sg[i].page = imp->pages[i];
> + imp->sg[i].offset = 0;
> + imp->sg[i].length = len;
> + i++;
> + }
> + }

size_t len = m.size;
int offset = (unsigned long) m.virtaddr & ~PAGE_MASK;
for (i = 0; i < npages; i++)
{
imp->sg[i].page = imp->pages[i];
imp->sg[i].offset = offset;
imp->sg[i].length = min(len, PAGE_SIZE - offset);

offset = 0;
len -= imp->sg[i].length;
}

instead possibly?

Regards -- Andy

2005-03-12 22:52:41

by [email protected]

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Subject: Re: User mode drivers: part 2: PCI device handling (patch 1/2 for 2.6.11)

Here's a two year old patch for doing the same thing inside of UML but
it was never merged. The advantage to this scheme is that UML
implements the kernel. The same driver source code can be used inside
UML and the main kernel.

I modified UML so that it implemented all of the common calls drivers
need, like ioremap, request_irq, etc. The UML implementation of these
calls is a proxy for a device driver in the main kernel that actually
gets the DMA consistent memory, irq, etc. I was able to get DRM, fbdev
and USB all running unchanged inside UML with this patch. The entire
device driver is debugable with GDB.

I never solved the problem of UML crashing without acking a pending
interrupt. But now it seems that that problem does not exist on PCI
Express.

BTW, I found this to be a great way to debug drivers that don't need
real-time response to interrupts.

--
Jon Smirl
[email protected]


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2005-03-14 00:13:19

by Peter Chubb

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Subject: Re: User mode drivers: part 2: PCI device handling (patch 1/2 for 2.6.11)

>>>>> "Greg" == Greg KH <[email protected]> writes:

Greg> On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 07:34:46PM +1100, Peter Chubb wrote:
>> >>>>> "Greg" == Greg KH <[email protected]> writes:
>>
Greg> On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 02:37:17PM +1100, Peter Chubb wrote:
>> >> +/* + * The PCI subsystem is implemented as yet-another pseudo
>> >> filesystem, + * albeit one that is never mounted. + * This is
>> its >> magic number. + */ +#define USR_PCI_MAGIC (0x12345678)
>>
Greg> If you make it a real, mountable filesystem, then you don't need
Greg> to have any of your new syscalls, right? Why not just do that
Greg> instead?
>>
>>
>> The only call that would go is usr_pci_open() -- you'd still need
>> usr_pci_map()

Greg> see mmap(2)

mmap maps a file's contents into your own virtual memory.
usr_pci_map maps part of your own virtual memory into pci bus space
for a particular device (using the IOMMU if your machine has one), and
returns a scatterlist of bus addresses to hand to the device.

Different semantics entirely.


Greg> In fact, both of the above can be done today from /proc/bus/pci/
Greg> right?

Nope.

--
Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au
The technical we do immediately, the political takes *forever*

2005-03-14 13:37:25

by Alan

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Subject: Re: User mode drivers: part 2: PCI device handling (patch 1/2 for 2.6.11)

On Gwe, 2005-03-11 at 21:04, Albert Cahalan wrote:
> > Still insufficient because the device might be hotplugged on you. You
> > need a file handle that has the expected revocation effects on unplug
> > and refcounts
>
> I was under the impression that a file handle would be returned.

Then lets use that popular "open" system call

2005-03-14 17:53:50

by Alan

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Subject: Re: User mode drivers: part 2: PCI device handling (patch 1/2 for 2.6.11)

On Llu, 2005-03-14 at 00:13, Peter Chubb wrote:
> Greg> see mmap(2)
>
> mmap maps a file's contents into your own virtual memory.
> usr_pci_map maps part of your own virtual memory into pci bus space
> for a particular device (using the IOMMU if your machine has one), and
> returns a scatterlist of bus addresses to hand to the device.

You can't really do it that way around because you don't know what the
memory constraints of the device are compared to your user pages.
Suppose your user pages are in high memory over 4GB and the device is
32bit DMA constrained ? You don't want bounce buffers clearly.

In addition you have to be very careful about shared pages when doing
DMA because you don't want to DMA into a COW page but that is handleable
(as is done by O_DIRECT)

Alan