2020-05-27 04:03:20

by Souptick Joarder

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Subject: [PATCH] drm/radeon: Convert get_user_pages() --> pin_user_pages()

This code was using get_user_pages(), in a "Case 2" scenario
(DMA/RDMA), using the categorization from [1]. That means that it's
time to convert the get_user_pages() + release_pages() calls to
pin_user_pages() + unpin_user_pages() calls.

There is some helpful background in [2]: basically, this is a small
part of fixing a long-standing disconnect between pinning pages, and
file systems' use of those pages.

[1] Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst

[2] "Explicit pinning of user-space pages":
https://lwn.net/Articles/807108/

Signed-off-by: Souptick Joarder <[email protected]>
Cc: John Hubbard <[email protected]>

Hi,

I'm compile tested this, but unable to run-time test, so any testing
help is much appriciated.
---
drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c
index 5d50c9e..e927de2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ static int radeon_ttm_tt_pin_userptr(struct ttm_tt *ttm)
uint64_t userptr = gtt->userptr + pinned * PAGE_SIZE;
struct page **pages = ttm->pages + pinned;

- r = get_user_pages(userptr, num_pages, write ? FOLL_WRITE : 0,
+ r = pin_user_pages(userptr, num_pages, write ? FOLL_WRITE : 0,
pages, NULL);
if (r < 0)
goto release_pages;
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ static int radeon_ttm_tt_pin_userptr(struct ttm_tt *ttm)
kfree(ttm->sg);

release_pages:
- release_pages(ttm->pages, pinned);
+ unpin_user_pages(ttm->pages, pinned);
return r;
}

@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ static void radeon_ttm_tt_unpin_userptr(struct ttm_tt *ttm)
set_page_dirty(page);

mark_page_accessed(page);
- put_page(page);
+ unpin_user_page(page);
}

sg_free_table(ttm->sg);
--
1.9.1


2020-05-27 09:17:05

by John Hubbard

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/radeon: Convert get_user_pages() --> pin_user_pages()

On 2020-05-26 14:00, Souptick Joarder wrote:
> This code was using get_user_pages(), in a "Case 2" scenario
> (DMA/RDMA), using the categorization from [1]. That means that it's
> time to convert the get_user_pages() + release_pages() calls to
> pin_user_pages() + unpin_user_pages() calls.
>
> There is some helpful background in [2]: basically, this is a small
> part of fixing a long-standing disconnect between pinning pages, and
> file systems' use of those pages.
>
> [1] Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst
>
> [2] "Explicit pinning of user-space pages":
> https://lwn.net/Articles/807108/
>
> Signed-off-by: Souptick Joarder <[email protected]>
> Cc: John Hubbard <[email protected]>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm compile tested this, but unable to run-time test, so any testing
> help is much appriciated.
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c
> index 5d50c9e..e927de2 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c
> @@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ static int radeon_ttm_tt_pin_userptr(struct ttm_tt *ttm)
> uint64_t userptr = gtt->userptr + pinned * PAGE_SIZE;
> struct page **pages = ttm->pages + pinned;
>
> - r = get_user_pages(userptr, num_pages, write ? FOLL_WRITE : 0,
> + r = pin_user_pages(userptr, num_pages, write ? FOLL_WRITE : 0,
> pages, NULL);
> if (r < 0)
> goto release_pages;
> @@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ static int radeon_ttm_tt_pin_userptr(struct ttm_tt *ttm)
> kfree(ttm->sg);
>
> release_pages:
> - release_pages(ttm->pages, pinned);
> + unpin_user_pages(ttm->pages, pinned);
> return r;
> }
>
> @@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ static void radeon_ttm_tt_unpin_userptr(struct ttm_tt *ttm)
> set_page_dirty(page);


Maybe we also need a preceding patch, to fix the above? It should be
set_page_dirty_lock(), rather than set_page_dirty(), unless I'm overlooking
something (which is very possible!).

Either way, from a tunnel vision perspective of changing gup to pup, this
looks good to me, so

Acked-by: John Hubbard <[email protected]>


thanks,
--
John Hubbard
NVIDIA

>
> mark_page_accessed(page);
> - put_page(page);
> + unpin_user_page(page);
> }
>
> sg_free_table(ttm->sg);
>

2020-05-27 11:22:33

by Daniel Vetter

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/radeon: Convert get_user_pages() --> pin_user_pages()

On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 03:57:45PM -0700, John Hubbard wrote:
> On 2020-05-26 14:00, Souptick Joarder wrote:
> > This code was using get_user_pages(), in a "Case 2" scenario
> > (DMA/RDMA), using the categorization from [1]. That means that it's
> > time to convert the get_user_pages() + release_pages() calls to
> > pin_user_pages() + unpin_user_pages() calls.
> >
> > There is some helpful background in [2]: basically, this is a small
> > part of fixing a long-standing disconnect between pinning pages, and
> > file systems' use of those pages.
> >
> > [1] Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst
> >
> > [2] "Explicit pinning of user-space pages":
> > https://lwn.net/Articles/807108/

I don't think this is a case 2 here, nor is it any of the others. Feels
like not covered at all by the doc.

radeon has a mmu notifier (might be a bit broken, but hey whatever there's
other drivers which have the same concept, but less broken). So when you
do an munmap, radeon will release the page refcount.

Which case it that?

Note that currently only amdgpu doesn't work like that for gpu dma
directly to userspace ranges, it uses hmm and afaiui doens't hold a full
page pin refcount.

Cheers, Daniel


> >
> > Signed-off-by: Souptick Joarder <[email protected]>
> > Cc: John Hubbard <[email protected]>
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm compile tested this, but unable to run-time test, so any testing
> > help is much appriciated.
> > ---
> > drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c | 6 +++---
> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c
> > index 5d50c9e..e927de2 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c
> > @@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ static int radeon_ttm_tt_pin_userptr(struct ttm_tt *ttm)
> > uint64_t userptr = gtt->userptr + pinned * PAGE_SIZE;
> > struct page **pages = ttm->pages + pinned;
> > - r = get_user_pages(userptr, num_pages, write ? FOLL_WRITE : 0,
> > + r = pin_user_pages(userptr, num_pages, write ? FOLL_WRITE : 0,
> > pages, NULL);
> > if (r < 0)
> > goto release_pages;
> > @@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ static int radeon_ttm_tt_pin_userptr(struct ttm_tt *ttm)
> > kfree(ttm->sg);
> > release_pages:
> > - release_pages(ttm->pages, pinned);
> > + unpin_user_pages(ttm->pages, pinned);
> > return r;
> > }
> > @@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ static void radeon_ttm_tt_unpin_userptr(struct ttm_tt *ttm)
> > set_page_dirty(page);
>
>
> Maybe we also need a preceding patch, to fix the above? It should be
> set_page_dirty_lock(), rather than set_page_dirty(), unless I'm overlooking
> something (which is very possible!).
>
> Either way, from a tunnel vision perspective of changing gup to pup, this
> looks good to me, so
>
> Acked-by: John Hubbard <[email protected]>
>
>
> thanks,
> --
> John Hubbard
> NVIDIA
>
> > mark_page_accessed(page);
> > - put_page(page);
> > + unpin_user_page(page);
> > }
> > sg_free_table(ttm->sg);
> >
>

--
Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
http://blog.ffwll.ch

2020-05-27 11:23:13

by Daniel Vetter

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/radeon: Convert get_user_pages() --> pin_user_pages()

On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 10:48:52AM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 03:57:45PM -0700, John Hubbard wrote:
> > On 2020-05-26 14:00, Souptick Joarder wrote:
> > > This code was using get_user_pages(), in a "Case 2" scenario
> > > (DMA/RDMA), using the categorization from [1]. That means that it's
> > > time to convert the get_user_pages() + release_pages() calls to
> > > pin_user_pages() + unpin_user_pages() calls.
> > >
> > > There is some helpful background in [2]: basically, this is a small
> > > part of fixing a long-standing disconnect between pinning pages, and
> > > file systems' use of those pages.
> > >
> > > [1] Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst
> > >
> > > [2] "Explicit pinning of user-space pages":
> > > https://lwn.net/Articles/807108/
>
> I don't think this is a case 2 here, nor is it any of the others. Feels
> like not covered at all by the doc.
>
> radeon has a mmu notifier (might be a bit broken, but hey whatever there's
> other drivers which have the same concept, but less broken). So when you
> do an munmap, radeon will release the page refcount.

I forgot to add: It's also not case 3, since there's no hw page fault
support. It's all faked in software, and explicitly synchronizes against
pending io (or preempts it, that depends a bit upon the jobs running).

> Which case it that?
>
> Note that currently only amdgpu doesn't work like that for gpu dma
> directly to userspace ranges, it uses hmm and afaiui doens't hold a full
> page pin refcount.
>
> Cheers, Daniel
>
>
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Souptick Joarder <[email protected]>
> > > Cc: John Hubbard <[email protected]>
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm compile tested this, but unable to run-time test, so any testing
> > > help is much appriciated.
> > > ---
> > > drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c | 6 +++---
> > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c
> > > index 5d50c9e..e927de2 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c
> > > @@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ static int radeon_ttm_tt_pin_userptr(struct ttm_tt *ttm)
> > > uint64_t userptr = gtt->userptr + pinned * PAGE_SIZE;
> > > struct page **pages = ttm->pages + pinned;
> > > - r = get_user_pages(userptr, num_pages, write ? FOLL_WRITE : 0,
> > > + r = pin_user_pages(userptr, num_pages, write ? FOLL_WRITE : 0,
> > > pages, NULL);
> > > if (r < 0)
> > > goto release_pages;
> > > @@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ static int radeon_ttm_tt_pin_userptr(struct ttm_tt *ttm)
> > > kfree(ttm->sg);
> > > release_pages:
> > > - release_pages(ttm->pages, pinned);
> > > + unpin_user_pages(ttm->pages, pinned);
> > > return r;
> > > }
> > > @@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ static void radeon_ttm_tt_unpin_userptr(struct ttm_tt *ttm)
> > > set_page_dirty(page);
> >
> >
> > Maybe we also need a preceding patch, to fix the above? It should be
> > set_page_dirty_lock(), rather than set_page_dirty(), unless I'm overlooking
> > something (which is very possible!).
> >
> > Either way, from a tunnel vision perspective of changing gup to pup, this
> > looks good to me, so
> >
> > Acked-by: John Hubbard <[email protected]>
> >
> >
> > thanks,
> > --
> > John Hubbard
> > NVIDIA
> >
> > > mark_page_accessed(page);
> > > - put_page(page);
> > > + unpin_user_page(page);
> > > }
> > > sg_free_table(ttm->sg);
> > >
> >
>
> --
> Daniel Vetter
> Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
> http://blog.ffwll.ch

--
Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
http://blog.ffwll.ch

2020-05-27 21:54:03

by John Hubbard

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/radeon: Convert get_user_pages() --> pin_user_pages()

On 2020-05-27 01:51, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 10:48:52AM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
>> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 03:57:45PM -0700, John Hubbard wrote:
>>> On 2020-05-26 14:00, Souptick Joarder wrote:
>>>> This code was using get_user_pages(), in a "Case 2" scenario
>>>> (DMA/RDMA), using the categorization from [1]. That means that it's
>>>> time to convert the get_user_pages() + release_pages() calls to
>>>> pin_user_pages() + unpin_user_pages() calls.
>>>>
>>>> There is some helpful background in [2]: basically, this is a small
>>>> part of fixing a long-standing disconnect between pinning pages, and
>>>> file systems' use of those pages.
>>>>
>>>> [1] Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst
>>>>
>>>> [2] "Explicit pinning of user-space pages":
>>>> https://lwn.net/Articles/807108/
>>
>> I don't think this is a case 2 here, nor is it any of the others. Feels
>> like not covered at all by the doc.
>>
>> radeon has a mmu notifier (might be a bit broken, but hey whatever there's
>> other drivers which have the same concept, but less broken). So when you
>> do an munmap, radeon will release the page refcount.
>

Aha, thanks Daniel. I withdraw my misinformed ACK, then.

> I forgot to add: It's also not case 3, since there's no hw page fault
> support. It's all faked in software, and explicitly synchronizes against
> pending io (or preempts it, that depends a bit upon the jobs running).
>

This is what case 3 was *intended* to cover, but it looks like case 3 needs to
be written a little better. I'll attempt that, and Cc you on the actual patch
to -mm. (I think we also need a case 5 for an unrelated scenario, too, so
it's time.)


thanks,
--
John Hubbard
NVIDIA


>> Which case it that?
>>
>> Note that currently only amdgpu doesn't work like that for gpu dma
>> directly to userspace ranges, it uses hmm and afaiui doens't hold a full
>> page pin refcount.
>>
>> Cheers, Daniel
>>
>>
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Souptick Joarder <[email protected]>
>>>> Cc: John Hubbard <[email protected]>
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm compile tested this, but unable to run-time test, so any testing
>>>> help is much appriciated.
>>>> ---
>>>> drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c | 6 +++---
>>>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c
>>>> index 5d50c9e..e927de2 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c
>>>> @@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ static int radeon_ttm_tt_pin_userptr(struct ttm_tt *ttm)
>>>> uint64_t userptr = gtt->userptr + pinned * PAGE_SIZE;
>>>> struct page **pages = ttm->pages + pinned;
>>>> - r = get_user_pages(userptr, num_pages, write ? FOLL_WRITE : 0,
>>>> + r = pin_user_pages(userptr, num_pages, write ? FOLL_WRITE : 0,
>>>> pages, NULL);
>>>> if (r < 0)
>>>> goto release_pages;
>>>> @@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ static int radeon_ttm_tt_pin_userptr(struct ttm_tt *ttm)
>>>> kfree(ttm->sg);
>>>> release_pages:
>>>> - release_pages(ttm->pages, pinned);
>>>> + unpin_user_pages(ttm->pages, pinned);
>>>> return r;
>>>> }
>>>> @@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ static void radeon_ttm_tt_unpin_userptr(struct ttm_tt *ttm)
>>>> set_page_dirty(page);
>>>
>>>
>>> Maybe we also need a preceding patch, to fix the above? It should be
>>> set_page_dirty_lock(), rather than set_page_dirty(), unless I'm overlooking
>>> something (which is very possible!).
>>>
>>> Either way, from a tunnel vision perspective of changing gup to pup, this
>>> looks good to me, so
>>>
>>> Acked-by: John Hubbard <[email protected]>
>>>
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> --
>>> John Hubbard
>>> NVIDIA
>>>
>>>> mark_page_accessed(page);
>>>> - put_page(page);
>>>> + unpin_user_page(page);
>>>> }
>>>> sg_free_table(ttm->sg);
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Daniel Vetter
>> Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
>> http://blog.ffwll.ch
>

2020-05-29 06:52:45

by Souptick Joarder

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/radeon: Convert get_user_pages() --> pin_user_pages()

On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 12:37 AM John Hubbard <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 2020-05-27 01:51, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> > On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 10:48:52AM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> >> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 03:57:45PM -0700, John Hubbard wrote:
> >>> On 2020-05-26 14:00, Souptick Joarder wrote:
> >>>> This code was using get_user_pages(), in a "Case 2" scenario
> >>>> (DMA/RDMA), using the categorization from [1]. That means that it's
> >>>> time to convert the get_user_pages() + release_pages() calls to
> >>>> pin_user_pages() + unpin_user_pages() calls.
> >>>>
> >>>> There is some helpful background in [2]: basically, this is a small
> >>>> part of fixing a long-standing disconnect between pinning pages, and
> >>>> file systems' use of those pages.
> >>>>
> >>>> [1] Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst
> >>>>
> >>>> [2] "Explicit pinning of user-space pages":
> >>>> https://lwn.net/Articles/807108/
> >>
> >> I don't think this is a case 2 here, nor is it any of the others. Feels
> >> like not covered at all by the doc.
> >>
> >> radeon has a mmu notifier (might be a bit broken, but hey whatever there's
> >> other drivers which have the same concept, but less broken). So when you
> >> do an munmap, radeon will release the page refcount.
> >
>
> Aha, thanks Daniel. I withdraw my misinformed ACK, then.
>
> > I forgot to add: It's also not case 3, since there's no hw page fault
> > support. It's all faked in software, and explicitly synchronizes against
> > pending io (or preempts it, that depends a bit upon the jobs running).
> >
>
> This is what case 3 was *intended* to cover, but it looks like case 3 needs to
> be written a little better. I'll attempt that, and Cc you on the actual patch
> to -mm. (I think we also need a case 5 for an unrelated scenario, too, so
> it's time.)

There were no *case 5* in the other patch posted in -mm. Do we need to add it ?

>
>
> thanks,
> --
> John Hubbard
> NVIDIA
>
>
> >> Which case it that?
> >>
> >> Note that currently only amdgpu doesn't work like that for gpu dma
> >> directly to userspace ranges, it uses hmm and afaiui doens't hold a full
> >> page pin refcount.
> >>
> >> Cheers, Daniel
> >>
> >>
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Souptick Joarder <[email protected]>
> >>>> Cc: John Hubbard <[email protected]>
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm compile tested this, but unable to run-time test, so any testing
> >>>> help is much appriciated.
> >>>> ---
> >>>> drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c | 6 +++---
> >>>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >>>>
> >>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c
> >>>> index 5d50c9e..e927de2 100644
> >>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c
> >>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_ttm.c
> >>>> @@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ static int radeon_ttm_tt_pin_userptr(struct ttm_tt *ttm)
> >>>> uint64_t userptr = gtt->userptr + pinned * PAGE_SIZE;
> >>>> struct page **pages = ttm->pages + pinned;
> >>>> - r = get_user_pages(userptr, num_pages, write ? FOLL_WRITE : 0,
> >>>> + r = pin_user_pages(userptr, num_pages, write ? FOLL_WRITE : 0,
> >>>> pages, NULL);
> >>>> if (r < 0)
> >>>> goto release_pages;
> >>>> @@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ static int radeon_ttm_tt_pin_userptr(struct ttm_tt *ttm)
> >>>> kfree(ttm->sg);
> >>>> release_pages:
> >>>> - release_pages(ttm->pages, pinned);
> >>>> + unpin_user_pages(ttm->pages, pinned);
> >>>> return r;
> >>>> }
> >>>> @@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ static void radeon_ttm_tt_unpin_userptr(struct ttm_tt *ttm)
> >>>> set_page_dirty(page);
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Maybe we also need a preceding patch, to fix the above? It should be
> >>> set_page_dirty_lock(), rather than set_page_dirty(), unless I'm overlooking
> >>> something (which is very possible!).
> >>>
> >>> Either way, from a tunnel vision perspective of changing gup to pup, this
> >>> looks good to me, so
> >>>
> >>> Acked-by: John Hubbard <[email protected]>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> thanks,
> >>> --
> >>> John Hubbard
> >>> NVIDIA
> >>>
> >>>> mark_page_accessed(page);
> >>>> - put_page(page);
> >>>> + unpin_user_page(page);
> >>>> }
> >>>> sg_free_table(ttm->sg);
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Daniel Vetter
> >> Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
> >> http://blog.ffwll.ch
> >
>

2020-05-29 07:33:43

by John Hubbard

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/radeon: Convert get_user_pages() --> pin_user_pages()

On 2020-05-28 23:49, Souptick Joarder wrote:
...
>> This is what case 3 was *intended* to cover, but it looks like case 3 needs to
>> be written a little better. I'll attempt that, and Cc you on the actual patch
>> to -mm. (I think we also need a case 5 for an unrelated scenario, too, so
>> it's time.)
>
> There were no *case 5* in the other patch posted in -mm. Do we need to add it ?
>

Working on figuring that out [1], but it's not directly relevant to this thread.
Maybe I shouldn't have brought it up here. :)


[1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]

thanks,
John Hubbard
NVIDIA



2020-06-08 19:43:40

by Souptick Joarder

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/radeon: Convert get_user_pages() --> pin_user_pages()

On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 12:58 PM John Hubbard <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 2020-05-28 23:49, Souptick Joarder wrote:
> ...
> >> This is what case 3 was *intended* to cover, but it looks like case 3 needs to
> >> be written a little better. I'll attempt that, and Cc you on the actual patch
> >> to -mm. (I think we also need a case 5 for an unrelated scenario, too, so
> >> it's time.)
> >
> > There were no *case 5* in the other patch posted in -mm. Do we need to add it ?
> >
>
> Working on figuring that out [1], but it's not directly relevant to this thread.
> Maybe I shouldn't have brought it up here. :)
>
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
>
> thanks,
> John Hubbard
> NVIDIA
>
>
>

As this conversion is not relevant ( mentioned above), I have dropped
this patch.