Introduce pin_user_pages*() variations of get_user_pages*() calls,
and also pin_longterm_pages*() variations.
For now, these are placeholder calls, until the various call sites
are converted to use the correct get_user_pages*() or
pin_user_pages*() API.
These variants will eventually all set FOLL_PIN, which is also
introduced, and thoroughly documented.
pin_user_pages()
pin_user_pages_remote()
pin_user_pages_fast()
All pages that are pinned via the above calls, must be unpinned via
put_user_page().
The underlying rules are:
* FOLL_PIN is a gup-internal flag, so the call sites should not directly
set it. That behavior is enforced with assertions.
* Call sites that want to indicate that they are going to do DirectIO
("DIO") or something with similar characteristics, should call a
get_user_pages()-like wrapper call that sets FOLL_PIN. These wrappers
will:
* Start with "pin_user_pages" instead of "get_user_pages". That
makes it easy to find and audit the call sites.
* Set FOLL_PIN
* For pages that are received via FOLL_PIN, those pages must be returned
via put_user_page().
Thanks to Jan Kara and Vlastimil Babka for explaining the 4 cases
in this documentation. (I've reworded it and expanded upon it.)
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport <[email protected]> # Documentation
Reviewed-by: Jérôme Glisse <[email protected]>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
Cc: Ira Weiny <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <[email protected]>
---
Documentation/core-api/index.rst | 1 +
Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst | 232 ++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/mm.h | 63 ++++--
mm/gup.c | 164 +++++++++++++--
4 files changed, 426 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst
diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/index.rst b/Documentation/core-api/index.rst
index ab0eae1c153a..413f7d7c8642 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/index.rst
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Core utilities
generic-radix-tree
memory-allocation
mm-api
+ pin_user_pages
gfp_mask-from-fs-io
timekeeping
boot-time-mm
diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst b/Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..71849830cd48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,232 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+====================================================
+pin_user_pages() and related calls
+====================================================
+
+.. contents:: :local:
+
+Overview
+========
+
+This document describes the following functions::
+
+ pin_user_pages()
+ pin_user_pages_fast()
+ pin_user_pages_remote()
+
+Basic description of FOLL_PIN
+=============================
+
+FOLL_PIN and FOLL_LONGTERM are flags that can be passed to the get_user_pages*()
+("gup") family of functions. FOLL_PIN has significant interactions and
+interdependencies with FOLL_LONGTERM, so both are covered here.
+
+FOLL_PIN is internal to gup, meaning that it should not appear at the gup call
+sites. This allows the associated wrapper functions (pin_user_pages*() and
+others) to set the correct combination of these flags, and to check for problems
+as well.
+
+FOLL_LONGTERM, on the other hand, *is* allowed to be set at the gup call sites.
+This is in order to avoid creating a large number of wrapper functions to cover
+all combinations of get*(), pin*(), FOLL_LONGTERM, and more. Also, the
+pin_user_pages*() APIs are clearly distinct from the get_user_pages*() APIs, so
+that's a natural dividing line, and a good point to make separate wrapper calls.
+In other words, use pin_user_pages*() for DMA-pinned pages, and
+get_user_pages*() for other cases. There are four cases described later on in
+this document, to further clarify that concept.
+
+FOLL_PIN and FOLL_GET are mutually exclusive for a given gup call. However,
+multiple threads and call sites are free to pin the same struct pages, via both
+FOLL_PIN and FOLL_GET. It's just the call site that needs to choose one or the
+other, not the struct page(s).
+
+The FOLL_PIN implementation is nearly the same as FOLL_GET, except that FOLL_PIN
+uses a different reference counting technique.
+
+FOLL_PIN is a prerequisite to FOLL_LONGTERM. Another way of saying that is,
+FOLL_LONGTERM is a specific case, more restrictive case of FOLL_PIN.
+
+Which flags are set by each wrapper
+===================================
+
+For these pin_user_pages*() functions, FOLL_PIN is OR'd in with whatever gup
+flags the caller provides. The caller is required to pass in a non-null struct
+pages* array, and the function then pin pages by incrementing each by a special
+value. For now, that value is +1, just like get_user_pages*().::
+
+ Function
+ --------
+ pin_user_pages FOLL_PIN is always set internally by this function.
+ pin_user_pages_fast FOLL_PIN is always set internally by this function.
+ pin_user_pages_remote FOLL_PIN is always set internally by this function.
+
+For these get_user_pages*() functions, FOLL_GET might not even be specified.
+Behavior is a little more complex than above. If FOLL_GET was *not* specified,
+but the caller passed in a non-null struct pages* array, then the function
+sets FOLL_GET for you, and proceeds to pin pages by incrementing the refcount
+of each page by +1.::
+
+ Function
+ --------
+ get_user_pages FOLL_GET is sometimes set internally by this function.
+ get_user_pages_fast FOLL_GET is sometimes set internally by this function.
+ get_user_pages_remote FOLL_GET is sometimes set internally by this function.
+
+Tracking dma-pinned pages
+=========================
+
+Some of the key design constraints, and solutions, for tracking dma-pinned
+pages:
+
+* An actual reference count, per struct page, is required. This is because
+ multiple processes may pin and unpin a page.
+
+* False positives (reporting that a page is dma-pinned, when in fact it is not)
+ are acceptable, but false negatives are not.
+
+* struct page may not be increased in size for this, and all fields are already
+ used.
+
+* Given the above, we can overload the page->_refcount field by using, sort of,
+ the upper bits in that field for a dma-pinned count. "Sort of", means that,
+ rather than dividing page->_refcount into bit fields, we simple add a medium-
+ large value (GUP_PIN_COUNTING_BIAS, initially chosen to be 1024: 10 bits) to
+ page->_refcount. This provides fuzzy behavior: if a page has get_page() called
+ on it 1024 times, then it will appear to have a single dma-pinned count.
+ And again, that's acceptable.
+
+This also leads to limitations: there are only 31-10==21 bits available for a
+counter that increments 10 bits at a time.
+
+TODO: for 1GB and larger huge pages, this is cutting it close. That's because
+when pin_user_pages() follows such pages, it increments the head page by "1"
+(where "1" used to mean "+1" for get_user_pages(), but now means "+1024" for
+pin_user_pages()) for each tail page. So if you have a 1GB huge page:
+
+* There are 256K (18 bits) worth of 4 KB tail pages.
+* There are 21 bits available to count up via GUP_PIN_COUNTING_BIAS (that is,
+ 10 bits at a time)
+* There are 21 - 18 == 3 bits available to count. Except that there aren't,
+ because you need to allow for a few normal get_page() calls on the head page,
+ as well. Fortunately, the approach of using addition, rather than "hard"
+ bitfields, within page->_refcount, allows for sharing these bits gracefully.
+ But we're still looking at about 8 references.
+
+This, however, is a missing feature more than anything else, because it's easily
+solved by addressing an obvious inefficiency in the original get_user_pages()
+approach of retrieving pages: stop treating all the pages as if they were
+PAGE_SIZE. Retrieve huge pages as huge pages. The callers need to be aware of
+this, so some work is required. Once that's in place, this limitation mostly
+disappears from view, because there will be ample refcounting range available.
+
+* Callers must specifically request "dma-pinned tracking of pages". In other
+ words, just calling get_user_pages() will not suffice; a new set of functions,
+ pin_user_page() and related, must be used.
+
+FOLL_PIN, FOLL_GET, FOLL_LONGTERM: when to use which flags
+==========================================================
+
+Thanks to Jan Kara, Vlastimil Babka and several other -mm people, for describing
+these categories:
+
+CASE 1: Direct IO (DIO)
+-----------------------
+There are GUP references to pages that are serving
+as DIO buffers. These buffers are needed for a relatively short time (so they
+are not "long term"). No special synchronization with page_mkclean() or
+munmap() is provided. Therefore, flags to set at the call site are: ::
+
+ FOLL_PIN
+
+...but rather than setting FOLL_PIN directly, call sites should use one of
+the pin_user_pages*() routines that set FOLL_PIN.
+
+CASE 2: RDMA
+------------
+There are GUP references to pages that are serving as DMA
+buffers. These buffers are needed for a long time ("long term"). No special
+synchronization with page_mkclean() or munmap() is provided. Therefore, flags
+to set at the call site are: ::
+
+ FOLL_PIN | FOLL_LONGTERM
+
+NOTE: Some pages, such as DAX pages, cannot be pinned with longterm pins. That's
+because DAX pages do not have a separate page cache, and so "pinning" implies
+locking down file system blocks, which is not (yet) supported in that way.
+
+CASE 3: Hardware with page faulting support
+-------------------------------------------
+Here, a well-written driver doesn't normally need to pin pages at all. However,
+if the driver does choose to do so, it can register MMU notifiers for the range,
+and will be called back upon invalidation. Either way (avoiding page pinning, or
+using MMU notifiers to unpin upon request), there is proper synchronization with
+both filesystem and mm (page_mkclean(), munmap(), etc).
+
+Therefore, neither flag needs to be set.
+
+In this case, ideally, neither get_user_pages() nor pin_user_pages() should be
+called. Instead, the software should be written so that it does not pin pages.
+This allows mm and filesystems to operate more efficiently and reliably.
+
+CASE 4: Pinning for struct page manipulation only
+-------------------------------------------------
+Here, normal GUP calls are sufficient, so neither flag needs to be set.
+
+page_dma_pinned(): the whole point of pinning
+=============================================
+
+The whole point of marking pages as "DMA-pinned" or "gup-pinned" is to be able
+to query, "is this page DMA-pinned?" That allows code such as page_mkclean()
+(and file system writeback code in general) to make informed decisions about
+what to do when a page cannot be unmapped due to such pins.
+
+What to do in those cases is the subject of a years-long series of discussions
+and debates (see the References at the end of this document). It's a TODO item
+here: fill in the details once that's worked out. Meanwhile, it's safe to say
+that having this available: ::
+
+ static inline bool page_dma_pinned(struct page *page)
+
+...is a prerequisite to solving the long-running gup+DMA problem.
+
+Another way of thinking about FOLL_GET, FOLL_PIN, and FOLL_LONGTERM
+===================================================================
+
+Another way of thinking about these flags is as a progression of restrictions:
+FOLL_GET is for struct page manipulation, without affecting the data that the
+struct page refers to. FOLL_PIN is a *replacement* for FOLL_GET, and is for
+short term pins on pages whose data *will* get accessed. As such, FOLL_PIN is
+a "more severe" form of pinning. And finally, FOLL_LONGTERM is an even more
+restrictive case that has FOLL_PIN as a prerequisite: this is for pages that
+will be pinned longterm, and whose data will be accessed.
+
+Unit testing
+============
+This file::
+
+ tools/testing/selftests/vm/gup_benchmark.c
+
+has the following new calls to exercise the new pin*() wrapper functions:
+
+* PIN_FAST_BENCHMARK (./gup_benchmark -a)
+* PIN_BENCHMARK (./gup_benchmark -b)
+
+You can monitor how many total dma-pinned pages have been acquired and released
+since the system was booted, via two new /proc/vmstat entries: ::
+
+ /proc/vmstat/nr_foll_pin_requested
+ /proc/vmstat/nr_foll_pin_requested
+
+Those are both going to show zero, unless CONFIG_DEBUG_VM is set. This is
+because there is a noticeable performance drop in put_user_page(), when they
+are activated.
+
+References
+==========
+
+* `Some slow progress on get_user_pages() (Apr 2, 2019) <https://lwn.net/Articles/784574/>`_
+* `DMA and get_user_pages() (LPC: Dec 12, 2018) <https://lwn.net/Articles/774411/>`_
+* `The trouble with get_user_pages() (Apr 30, 2018) <https://lwn.net/Articles/753027/>`_
+
+John Hubbard, October, 2019
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index e2032ff640eb..f9653e666bf4 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1047,16 +1047,14 @@ static inline void put_page(struct page *page)
* put_user_page() - release a gup-pinned page
* @page: pointer to page to be released
*
- * Pages that were pinned via get_user_pages*() must be released via
- * either put_user_page(), or one of the put_user_pages*() routines
- * below. This is so that eventually, pages that are pinned via
- * get_user_pages*() can be separately tracked and uniquely handled. In
- * particular, interactions with RDMA and filesystems need special
- * handling.
+ * Pages that were pinned via pin_user_pages*() must be released via either
+ * put_user_page(), or one of the put_user_pages*() routines. This is so that
+ * eventually such pages can be separately tracked and uniquely handled. In
+ * particular, interactions with RDMA and filesystems need special handling.
*
* put_user_page() and put_page() are not interchangeable, despite this early
* implementation that makes them look the same. put_user_page() calls must
- * be perfectly matched up with get_user_page() calls.
+ * be perfectly matched up with pin*() calls.
*/
static inline void put_user_page(struct page *page)
{
@@ -1514,9 +1512,16 @@ long get_user_pages_remote(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages,
struct vm_area_struct **vmas, int *locked);
+long pin_user_pages_remote(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
+ unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
+ unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages,
+ struct vm_area_struct **vmas, int *locked);
long get_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages,
struct vm_area_struct **vmas);
+long pin_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
+ unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages,
+ struct vm_area_struct **vmas);
long get_user_pages_locked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages, int *locked);
long get_user_pages_unlocked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
@@ -1524,6 +1529,8 @@ long get_user_pages_unlocked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
int get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages,
unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages);
+int pin_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages,
+ unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages);
int account_locked_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long pages, bool inc);
int __account_locked_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long pages, bool inc,
@@ -2587,13 +2594,15 @@ struct page *follow_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
#define FOLL_ANON 0x8000 /* don't do file mappings */
#define FOLL_LONGTERM 0x10000 /* mapping lifetime is indefinite: see below */
#define FOLL_SPLIT_PMD 0x20000 /* split huge pmd before returning */
+#define FOLL_PIN 0x40000 /* pages must be released via put_user_page() */
/*
- * NOTE on FOLL_LONGTERM:
+ * FOLL_PIN and FOLL_LONGTERM may be used in various combinations with each
+ * other. Here is what they mean, and how to use them:
*
* FOLL_LONGTERM indicates that the page will be held for an indefinite time
- * period _often_ under userspace control. This is contrasted with
- * iov_iter_get_pages() where usages which are transient.
+ * period _often_ under userspace control. This is in contrast to
+ * iov_iter_get_pages(), whose usages are transient.
*
* FIXME: For pages which are part of a filesystem, mappings are subject to the
* lifetime enforced by the filesystem and we need guarantees that longterm
@@ -2608,11 +2617,39 @@ struct page *follow_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
* Currently only get_user_pages() and get_user_pages_fast() support this flag
* and calls to get_user_pages_[un]locked are specifically not allowed. This
* is due to an incompatibility with the FS DAX check and
- * FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY
+ * FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY.
*
- * In the CMA case: longterm pins in a CMA region would unnecessarily fragment
- * that region. And so CMA attempts to migrate the page before pinning when
+ * In the CMA case: long term pins in a CMA region would unnecessarily fragment
+ * that region. And so, CMA attempts to migrate the page before pinning, when
* FOLL_LONGTERM is specified.
+ *
+ * FOLL_PIN indicates that a special kind of tracking (not just page->_refcount,
+ * but an additional pin counting system) will be invoked. This is intended for
+ * anything that gets a page reference and then touches page data (for example,
+ * Direct IO). This lets the filesystem know that some non-file-system entity is
+ * potentially changing the pages' data. In contrast to FOLL_GET (whose pages
+ * are released via put_page()), FOLL_PIN pages must be released, ultimately, by
+ * a call to put_user_page().
+ *
+ * FOLL_PIN is similar to FOLL_GET: both of these pin pages. They use different
+ * and separate refcounting mechanisms, however, and that means that each has
+ * its own acquire and release mechanisms:
+ *
+ * FOLL_GET: get_user_pages*() to acquire, and put_page() to release.
+ *
+ * FOLL_PIN: pin_user_pages*() to acquire, and put_user_pages to release.
+ *
+ * FOLL_PIN and FOLL_GET are mutually exclusive for a given function call.
+ * (The underlying pages may experience both FOLL_GET-based and FOLL_PIN-based
+ * calls applied to them, and that's perfectly OK. This is a constraint on the
+ * callers, not on the pages.)
+ *
+ * FOLL_PIN should be set internally by the pin_user_pages*() APIs, never
+ * directly by the caller. That's in order to help avoid mismatches when
+ * releasing pages: get_user_pages*() pages must be released via put_page(),
+ * while pin_user_pages*() pages must be released via put_user_page().
+ *
+ * Please see Documentation/vm/pin_user_pages.rst for more information.
*/
static inline int vm_fault_to_errno(vm_fault_t vm_fault, int foll_flags)
diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index a594bc708367..1c200eeabd77 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -194,6 +194,10 @@ static struct page *follow_page_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
spinlock_t *ptl;
pte_t *ptep, pte;
+ /* FOLL_GET and FOLL_PIN are mutually exclusive. */
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE((flags & (FOLL_PIN | FOLL_GET)) ==
+ (FOLL_PIN | FOLL_GET)))
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
retry:
if (unlikely(pmd_bad(*pmd)))
return no_page_table(vma, flags);
@@ -811,7 +815,7 @@ static long __get_user_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
start = untagged_addr(start);
- VM_BUG_ON(!!pages != !!(gup_flags & FOLL_GET));
+ VM_BUG_ON(!!pages != !!(gup_flags & (FOLL_GET | FOLL_PIN)));
/*
* If FOLL_FORCE is set then do not force a full fault as the hinting
@@ -1035,7 +1039,16 @@ static __always_inline long __get_user_pages_locked(struct task_struct *tsk,
BUG_ON(*locked != 1);
}
- if (pages)
+ /*
+ * FOLL_PIN and FOLL_GET are mutually exclusive. Traditional behavior
+ * is to set FOLL_GET if the caller wants pages[] filled in (but has
+ * carelessly failed to specify FOLL_GET), so keep doing that, but only
+ * for FOLL_GET, not for the newer FOLL_PIN.
+ *
+ * FOLL_PIN always expects pages to be non-null, but no need to assert
+ * that here, as any failures will be obvious enough.
+ */
+ if (pages && !(flags & FOLL_PIN))
flags |= FOLL_GET;
pages_done = 0;
@@ -1606,11 +1619,19 @@ static __always_inline long __gup_longterm_locked(struct task_struct *tsk,
* should use get_user_pages because it cannot pass
* FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY to handle_mm_fault.
*/
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
long get_user_pages_remote(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages,
struct vm_area_struct **vmas, int *locked)
{
+ /*
+ * FOLL_PIN must only be set internally by the pin_user_pages*() APIs,
+ * never directly by the caller, so enforce that with an assertion:
+ */
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & FOLL_PIN))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
/*
* Parts of FOLL_LONGTERM behavior are incompatible with
* FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY because of the FS DAX check requirement on
@@ -1636,6 +1657,16 @@ long get_user_pages_remote(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_user_pages_remote);
+#else /* CONFIG_MMU */
+long get_user_pages_remote(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
+ unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
+ unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages,
+ struct vm_area_struct **vmas, int *locked)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+#endif /* !CONFIG_MMU */
+
/*
* This is the same as get_user_pages_remote(), just with a
* less-flexible calling convention where we assume that the task
@@ -1647,6 +1678,13 @@ long get_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages,
struct vm_area_struct **vmas)
{
+ /*
+ * FOLL_PIN must only be set internally by the pin_user_pages*() APIs,
+ * never directly by the caller, so enforce that with an assertion:
+ */
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & FOLL_PIN))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
return __gup_longterm_locked(current, current->mm, start, nr_pages,
pages, vmas, gup_flags | FOLL_TOUCH);
}
@@ -2389,30 +2427,15 @@ static int __gup_longterm_unlocked(unsigned long start, int nr_pages,
return ret;
}
-/**
- * get_user_pages_fast() - pin user pages in memory
- * @start: starting user address
- * @nr_pages: number of pages from start to pin
- * @gup_flags: flags modifying pin behaviour
- * @pages: array that receives pointers to the pages pinned.
- * Should be at least nr_pages long.
- *
- * Attempt to pin user pages in memory without taking mm->mmap_sem.
- * If not successful, it will fall back to taking the lock and
- * calling get_user_pages().
- *
- * Returns number of pages pinned. This may be fewer than the number
- * requested. If nr_pages is 0 or negative, returns 0. If no pages
- * were pinned, returns -errno.
- */
-int get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages,
- unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages)
+static int internal_get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages,
+ unsigned int gup_flags,
+ struct page **pages)
{
unsigned long addr, len, end;
int nr = 0, ret = 0;
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & ~(FOLL_WRITE | FOLL_LONGTERM |
- FOLL_FORCE)))
+ FOLL_FORCE | FOLL_PIN)))
return -EINVAL;
start = untagged_addr(start) & PAGE_MASK;
@@ -2452,4 +2475,103 @@ int get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages,
return ret;
}
+
+/**
+ * get_user_pages_fast() - pin user pages in memory
+ * @start: starting user address
+ * @nr_pages: number of pages from start to pin
+ * @gup_flags: flags modifying pin behaviour
+ * @pages: array that receives pointers to the pages pinned.
+ * Should be at least nr_pages long.
+ *
+ * Attempt to pin user pages in memory without taking mm->mmap_sem.
+ * If not successful, it will fall back to taking the lock and
+ * calling get_user_pages().
+ *
+ * Returns number of pages pinned. This may be fewer than the number requested.
+ * If nr_pages is 0 or negative, returns 0. If no pages were pinned, returns
+ * -errno.
+ */
+int get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages,
+ unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages)
+{
+ /*
+ * FOLL_PIN must only be set internally by the pin_user_pages*() APIs,
+ * never directly by the caller, so enforce that:
+ */
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & FOLL_PIN))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ return internal_get_user_pages_fast(start, nr_pages, gup_flags, pages);
+}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_user_pages_fast);
+
+/**
+ * pin_user_pages_fast() - pin user pages in memory without taking locks
+ *
+ * For now, this is a placeholder function, until various call sites are
+ * converted to use the correct get_user_pages*() or pin_user_pages*() API. So,
+ * this is identical to get_user_pages_fast().
+ *
+ * This is intended for Case 1 (DIO) in Documentation/vm/pin_user_pages.rst. It
+ * is NOT intended for Case 2 (RDMA: long-term pins).
+ */
+int pin_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages,
+ unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages)
+{
+ /*
+ * This is a placeholder, until the pin functionality is activated.
+ * Until then, just behave like the corresponding get_user_pages*()
+ * routine.
+ */
+ return get_user_pages_fast(start, nr_pages, gup_flags, pages);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pin_user_pages_fast);
+
+/**
+ * pin_user_pages_remote() - pin pages of a remote process (task != current)
+ *
+ * For now, this is a placeholder function, until various call sites are
+ * converted to use the correct get_user_pages*() or pin_user_pages*() API. So,
+ * this is identical to get_user_pages_remote().
+ *
+ * This is intended for Case 1 (DIO) in Documentation/vm/pin_user_pages.rst. It
+ * is NOT intended for Case 2 (RDMA: long-term pins).
+ */
+long pin_user_pages_remote(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
+ unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
+ unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages,
+ struct vm_area_struct **vmas, int *locked)
+{
+ /*
+ * This is a placeholder, until the pin functionality is activated.
+ * Until then, just behave like the corresponding get_user_pages*()
+ * routine.
+ */
+ return get_user_pages_remote(tsk, mm, start, nr_pages, gup_flags, pages,
+ vmas, locked);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(pin_user_pages_remote);
+
+/**
+ * pin_user_pages() - pin user pages in memory for use by other devices
+ *
+ * For now, this is a placeholder function, until various call sites are
+ * converted to use the correct get_user_pages*() or pin_user_pages*() API. So,
+ * this is identical to get_user_pages().
+ *
+ * This is intended for Case 1 (DIO) in Documentation/vm/pin_user_pages.rst. It
+ * is NOT intended for Case 2 (RDMA: long-term pins).
+ */
+long pin_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
+ unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages,
+ struct vm_area_struct **vmas)
+{
+ /*
+ * This is a placeholder, until the pin functionality is activated.
+ * Until then, just behave like the corresponding get_user_pages*()
+ * routine.
+ */
+ return get_user_pages(start, nr_pages, gup_flags, pages, vmas);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(pin_user_pages);
--
2.24.1
On Tue, Jan 07, 2020 at 02:45:47PM -0800, John Hubbard wrote:
> Introduce pin_user_pages*() variations of get_user_pages*() calls,
> and also pin_longterm_pages*() variations.
>
> For now, these are placeholder calls, until the various call sites
> are converted to use the correct get_user_pages*() or
> pin_user_pages*() API.
What do the pure placeholders buy us? The API itself looks ok,
but until it actually is properly implemented it doesn't help at
all, and we've had all kinds of bad experiences with these sorts
of stub APIs.
On 1/15/20 7:30 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 07, 2020 at 02:45:47PM -0800, John Hubbard wrote:
>> Introduce pin_user_pages*() variations of get_user_pages*() calls,
>> and also pin_longterm_pages*() variations.
>>
>> For now, these are placeholder calls, until the various call sites
>> are converted to use the correct get_user_pages*() or
>> pin_user_pages*() API.
>
> What do the pure placeholders buy us? The API itself looks ok,
> but until it actually is properly implemented it doesn't help at
> all, and we've had all kinds of bad experiences with these sorts
> of stub APIs.
>
Hi Christoph,
Absolutely agreed, and in fact, after spending some time in this area I
am getting a much better understanding of just how problematic "this will
be used soon" APIs really are. However, this is not quite that case.
The following things make this different from a "pure placeholder" API:
1) These APIs are all exercised in the following patches in this series,
unless I've overlooked one, and
2) The pages are actually tracked in the very next patch that I want to
post. That patch was posted as part of the v11 series [1], but
Leon Romanovsky reported a problem with it, and so I'm going to add in
the ability to handle larger "pin" refcounts for the huge page cases.
Meanwhile, I wanted to get these long-simmering simpler preparatory
patches submitted, because it's clear that the API is unaffected by the
huge page refcount fix. (That fix will likely use the second struct page of
the compound page, to count up higher.)
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
[PATCH v11 23/25] mm/gup: track FOLL_PIN pages
thanks,
--
John Hubbard
NVIDIA