[PATCH v6 20/21] PCI/P2PDMA: Introduce pci_mmap_p2pmem()
Jason Gunthorpe
jgg at ziepe.ca
Thu Jun 2 09:30:59 PDT 2022
On Thu, Jun 02, 2022 at 10:16:10AM -0600, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
> > Just stuff the pages into the mmap, and your driver unprobe will
> > automatically block until all the mmaps are closed - no different than
> > having an open file descriptor or something.
>
> Oh is that what we want?
Yes, it is the typical case - eg if you have a sysfs file open unbind
hangs indefinitely. Many drivers can't unbind while they have open file
descriptors/etc.
A couple drivers go out of their way to allow unbinding while a live
userspace exists but this can get complicated. Usually there should be
a good reason.
The module will already be refcounted anyhow because the mmap points
to a char file which holds a module reference - meaning a simple rmmod
of the driver shouldn't work already..
Jason
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