[PATCH v9 10/24] mm/hmm: let users to tag specific PFN with DMA mapped bit

Mika Penttilä mpenttil at redhat.com
Wed Apr 23 10:54:05 PDT 2025


Hi,

On 4/23/25 11:13, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro at nvidia.com>
>
> Introduce new sticky flag (HMM_PFN_DMA_MAPPED), which isn't overwritten
> by HMM range fault. Such flag allows users to tag specific PFNs with
> information if this specific PFN was already DMA mapped.
>
> Tested-by: Jens Axboe <axboe at kernel.dk>
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch at lst.de>
> Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro at nvidia.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/hmm.h | 17 +++++++++++++++
>  mm/hmm.c            | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>  2 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/hmm.h b/include/linux/hmm.h
> index 126a36571667..a1ddbedc19c0 100644
> --- a/include/linux/hmm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/hmm.h
> @@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ struct mmu_interval_notifier;
>   * HMM_PFN_WRITE - if the page memory can be written to (requires HMM_PFN_VALID)
>   * HMM_PFN_ERROR - accessing the pfn is impossible and the device should
>   *                 fail. ie poisoned memory, special pages, no vma, etc
> + * HMM_PFN_DMA_MAPPED - Flag preserved on input-to-output transformation
> + *                      to mark that page is already DMA mapped
>   *
>   * On input:
>   * 0                 - Return the current state of the page, do not fault it.
> @@ -36,6 +38,13 @@ enum hmm_pfn_flags {
>  	HMM_PFN_VALID = 1UL << (BITS_PER_LONG - 1),
>  	HMM_PFN_WRITE = 1UL << (BITS_PER_LONG - 2),
>  	HMM_PFN_ERROR = 1UL << (BITS_PER_LONG - 3),
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Sticky flags, carried from input to output,
> +	 * don't forget to update HMM_PFN_INOUT_FLAGS
> +	 */
> +	HMM_PFN_DMA_MAPPED = 1UL << (BITS_PER_LONG - 7),
> +

How is this playing together with the mapped order usage?


> HMM_PFN_ORDER_SHIFT = (BITS_PER_LONG - 8),
>  
>  	/* Input flags */
> @@ -57,6 +66,14 @@ static inline struct page *hmm_pfn_to_page(unsigned long hmm_pfn)
>  	return pfn_to_page(hmm_pfn & ~HMM_PFN_FLAGS);
>  }
>  
> +/*
> + * hmm_pfn_to_phys() - return physical address pointed to by a device entry
> + */
> +static inline phys_addr_t hmm_pfn_to_phys(unsigned long hmm_pfn)
> +{
> +	return __pfn_to_phys(hmm_pfn & ~HMM_PFN_FLAGS);
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * hmm_pfn_to_map_order() - return the CPU mapping size order
>   *
> diff --git a/mm/hmm.c b/mm/hmm.c
> index 082f7b7c0b9e..51fe8b011cc7 100644
> --- a/mm/hmm.c
> +++ b/mm/hmm.c
> @@ -39,13 +39,20 @@ enum {
>  	HMM_NEED_ALL_BITS = HMM_NEED_FAULT | HMM_NEED_WRITE_FAULT,
>  };
>  
> +enum {
> +	/* These flags are carried from input-to-output */
> +	HMM_PFN_INOUT_FLAGS = HMM_PFN_DMA_MAPPED,
> +};
> +
>  static int hmm_pfns_fill(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
>  			 struct hmm_range *range, unsigned long cpu_flags)
>  {
>  	unsigned long i = (addr - range->start) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
>  
> -	for (; addr < end; addr += PAGE_SIZE, i++)
> -		range->hmm_pfns[i] = cpu_flags;
> +	for (; addr < end; addr += PAGE_SIZE, i++) {
> +		range->hmm_pfns[i] &= HMM_PFN_INOUT_FLAGS;
> +		range->hmm_pfns[i] |= cpu_flags;
> +	}
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> @@ -202,8 +209,10 @@ static int hmm_vma_handle_pmd(struct mm_walk *walk, unsigned long addr,
>  		return hmm_vma_fault(addr, end, required_fault, walk);
>  
>  	pfn = pmd_pfn(pmd) + ((addr & ~PMD_MASK) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> -	for (i = 0; addr < end; addr += PAGE_SIZE, i++, pfn++)
> -		hmm_pfns[i] = pfn | cpu_flags;
> +	for (i = 0; addr < end; addr += PAGE_SIZE, i++, pfn++) {
> +		hmm_pfns[i] &= HMM_PFN_INOUT_FLAGS;
> +		hmm_pfns[i] |= pfn | cpu_flags;
> +	}
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  #else /* CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE */
> @@ -230,14 +239,14 @@ static int hmm_vma_handle_pte(struct mm_walk *walk, unsigned long addr,
>  	unsigned long cpu_flags;
>  	pte_t pte = ptep_get(ptep);
>  	uint64_t pfn_req_flags = *hmm_pfn;
> +	uint64_t new_pfn_flags = 0;
>  
>  	if (pte_none_mostly(pte)) {
>  		required_fault =
>  			hmm_pte_need_fault(hmm_vma_walk, pfn_req_flags, 0);
>  		if (required_fault)
>  			goto fault;
> -		*hmm_pfn = 0;
> -		return 0;
> +		goto out;
>  	}
>  
>  	if (!pte_present(pte)) {
> @@ -253,16 +262,14 @@ static int hmm_vma_handle_pte(struct mm_walk *walk, unsigned long addr,
>  			cpu_flags = HMM_PFN_VALID;
>  			if (is_writable_device_private_entry(entry))
>  				cpu_flags |= HMM_PFN_WRITE;
> -			*hmm_pfn = swp_offset_pfn(entry) | cpu_flags;
> -			return 0;
> +			new_pfn_flags = swp_offset_pfn(entry) | cpu_flags;
> +			goto out;
>  		}
>  
>  		required_fault =
>  			hmm_pte_need_fault(hmm_vma_walk, pfn_req_flags, 0);
> -		if (!required_fault) {
> -			*hmm_pfn = 0;
> -			return 0;
> -		}
> +		if (!required_fault)
> +			goto out;
>  
>  		if (!non_swap_entry(entry))
>  			goto fault;
> @@ -304,11 +311,13 @@ static int hmm_vma_handle_pte(struct mm_walk *walk, unsigned long addr,
>  			pte_unmap(ptep);
>  			return -EFAULT;
>  		}
> -		*hmm_pfn = HMM_PFN_ERROR;
> -		return 0;
> +		new_pfn_flags = HMM_PFN_ERROR;
> +		goto out;
>  	}
>  
> -	*hmm_pfn = pte_pfn(pte) | cpu_flags;
> +	new_pfn_flags = pte_pfn(pte) | cpu_flags;
> +out:
> +	*hmm_pfn = (*hmm_pfn & HMM_PFN_INOUT_FLAGS) | new_pfn_flags;
>  	return 0;
>  
>  fault:
> @@ -448,8 +457,10 @@ static int hmm_vma_walk_pud(pud_t *pudp, unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
>  		}
>  
>  		pfn = pud_pfn(pud) + ((addr & ~PUD_MASK) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> -		for (i = 0; i < npages; ++i, ++pfn)
> -			hmm_pfns[i] = pfn | cpu_flags;
> +		for (i = 0; i < npages; ++i, ++pfn) {
> +			hmm_pfns[i] &= HMM_PFN_INOUT_FLAGS;
> +			hmm_pfns[i] |= pfn | cpu_flags;
> +		}
>  		goto out_unlock;
>  	}
>  
> @@ -507,8 +518,10 @@ static int hmm_vma_walk_hugetlb_entry(pte_t *pte, unsigned long hmask,
>  	}
>  
>  	pfn = pte_pfn(entry) + ((start & ~hmask) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> -	for (; addr < end; addr += PAGE_SIZE, i++, pfn++)
> -		range->hmm_pfns[i] = pfn | cpu_flags;
> +	for (; addr < end; addr += PAGE_SIZE, i++, pfn++) {
> +		range->hmm_pfns[i] &= HMM_PFN_INOUT_FLAGS;
> +		range->hmm_pfns[i] |= pfn | cpu_flags;
> +	}
>  
>  	spin_unlock(ptl);
>  	return 0;




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