From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike Rapoport Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] mm: Introduce new vm_insert_range API Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 08:26:24 -0800 Message-ID: <20181119162623.GA13200@rapoport-lnx> References: <20181115154530.GA27872@jordon-HP-15-Notebook-PC> <20181116182836.GB17088@rapoport-lnx> <20181117143742.GB7861@bombadil.infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: iommu-bounces-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org Errors-To: iommu-bounces-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org To: Souptick Joarder Cc: Michal Hocko , Heiko Stuebner , Peter Zijlstra , dri-devel-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Linux-MM , linux1394-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, Stephen Rothwell , oleksandr_andrushchenko-uRwfk40T5oI@public.gmane.org, Russell King - ARM Linux , Matthew Wilcox , airlied-cv59FeDIM0c@public.gmane.org, linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, linux-rockchip-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, treding-DDmLM1+adcrQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, linux-media-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Kees Cook , pawel-FA/gS7QP4orQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, Rik van Riel , iommu-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org, rppt-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org, Boris Ostrovsky , mchehab-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, iamjoonsoo.kim-Hm3cg6mZ9cc@public.gmane.org, vbabka-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org, Juergen Gross , hjc-TNX95d0MmH7DzftRWevZcw@public.gmane.org, xen-devel-GuqFBffKawuEi8DpZVb4nw@public.gmane.org, Kyungmin List-Id: iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 08:43:09PM +0530, Souptick Joarder wrote: > Hi Mike, > > On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 8:07 PM Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > > > On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 12:26:38PM +0530, Souptick Joarder wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 11:59 PM Mike Rapoport wrote: > > > > > + * vm_insert_range - insert range of kernel pages into user vma > > > > > + * @vma: user vma to map to > > > > > + * @addr: target user address of this page > > > > > + * @pages: pointer to array of source kernel pages > > > > > + * @page_count: no. of pages need to insert into user vma > > > > > + * > > > > > + * This allows drivers to insert range of kernel pages they've allocated > > > > > + * into a user vma. This is a generic function which drivers can use > > > > > + * rather than using their own way of mapping range of kernel pages into > > > > > + * user vma. > > > > > > > > Please add the return value and context descriptions. > > > > > > > > > > Sure I will wait for some time to get additional review comments and > > > add all of those requested changes in v2. > > > > You could send your proposed wording now which might remove the need > > for a v3 if we end up arguing about the wording. > > Does this description looks good ? > > /** > * vm_insert_range - insert range of kernel pages into user vma > * @vma: user vma to map to > * @addr: target user address of this page > * @pages: pointer to array of source kernel pages > * @page_count: number of pages need to insert into user vma > * > * This allows drivers to insert range of kernel pages they've allocated > * into a user vma. This is a generic function which drivers can use > * rather than using their own way of mapping range of kernel pages into > * user vma. > * > * Context - Process context. Called by mmap handlers. Context: > * Return - int error value Return: > * 0 - OK > * -EINVAL - Invalid argument > * -ENOMEM - No memory > * -EFAULT - Bad address > * -EBUSY - Device or resource busy I don't think that elaborate description of error values is needed, just "0 on success and error code otherwise" would be sufficient. > */ > -- Sincerely yours, Mike. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: rppt@linux.ibm.com (Mike Rapoport) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 08:26:24 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 1/9] mm: Introduce new vm_insert_range API In-Reply-To: References: <20181115154530.GA27872@jordon-HP-15-Notebook-PC> <20181116182836.GB17088@rapoport-lnx> <20181117143742.GB7861@bombadil.infradead.org> Message-ID: <20181119162623.GA13200@rapoport-lnx> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 08:43:09PM +0530, Souptick Joarder wrote: > Hi Mike, > > On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 8:07 PM Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > > > On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 12:26:38PM +0530, Souptick Joarder wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 11:59 PM Mike Rapoport wrote: > > > > > + * vm_insert_range - insert range of kernel pages into user vma > > > > > + * @vma: user vma to map to > > > > > + * @addr: target user address of this page > > > > > + * @pages: pointer to array of source kernel pages > > > > > + * @page_count: no. of pages need to insert into user vma > > > > > + * > > > > > + * This allows drivers to insert range of kernel pages they've allocated > > > > > + * into a user vma. This is a generic function which drivers can use > > > > > + * rather than using their own way of mapping range of kernel pages into > > > > > + * user vma. > > > > > > > > Please add the return value and context descriptions. > > > > > > > > > > Sure I will wait for some time to get additional review comments and > > > add all of those requested changes in v2. > > > > You could send your proposed wording now which might remove the need > > for a v3 if we end up arguing about the wording. > > Does this description looks good ? > > /** > * vm_insert_range - insert range of kernel pages into user vma > * @vma: user vma to map to > * @addr: target user address of this page > * @pages: pointer to array of source kernel pages > * @page_count: number of pages need to insert into user vma > * > * This allows drivers to insert range of kernel pages they've allocated > * into a user vma. This is a generic function which drivers can use > * rather than using their own way of mapping range of kernel pages into > * user vma. > * > * Context - Process context. Called by mmap handlers. Context: > * Return - int error value Return: > * 0 - OK > * -EINVAL - Invalid argument > * -ENOMEM - No memory > * -EFAULT - Bad address > * -EBUSY - Device or resource busy I don't think that elaborate description of error values is needed, just "0 on success and error code otherwise" would be sufficient. > */ > -- Sincerely yours, Mike. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com ([148.163.158.5]:38886 "EHLO mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729865AbeKTCvD (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Nov 2018 21:51:03 -0500 Received: from pps.filterd (m0098420.ppops.net [127.0.0.1]) by mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com (8.16.0.22/8.16.0.22) with SMTP id wAJGJYb0021921 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2018 11:26:56 -0500 Received: from e06smtp05.uk.ibm.com (e06smtp05.uk.ibm.com [195.75.94.101]) by mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com with ESMTP id 2nuyt8jmpb-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2018 11:26:56 -0500 Received: from localhost by e06smtp05.uk.ibm.com with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway: Authorized Use Only! Violators will be prosecuted for from ; Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:26:52 -0000 Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 08:26:24 -0800 From: Mike Rapoport To: Souptick Joarder Cc: Matthew Wilcox , Andrew Morton , Michal Hocko , "Kirill A. Shutemov" , vbabka@suse.cz, Rik van Riel , Stephen Rothwell , rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com, Peter Zijlstra , Russell King - ARM Linux , robin.murphy@arm.com, iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com, treding@nvidia.com, Kees Cook , Marek Szyprowski , stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de, hjc@rock-chips.com, Heiko Stuebner , airlied@linux.ie, oleksandr_andrushchenko@epam.com, joro@8bytes.org, pawel@osciak.com, Kyungmin Park , mchehab@kernel.org, Boris Ostrovsky , Juergen Gross , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linux-MM , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-rockchip@lists.infradead.org, xen-devel@lists.xen.org, iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org, linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] mm: Introduce new vm_insert_range API References: <20181115154530.GA27872@jordon-HP-15-Notebook-PC> <20181116182836.GB17088@rapoport-lnx> <20181117143742.GB7861@bombadil.infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <20181119162623.GA13200@rapoport-lnx> Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 08:43:09PM +0530, Souptick Joarder wrote: > Hi Mike, > > On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 8:07 PM Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > > > On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 12:26:38PM +0530, Souptick Joarder wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 11:59 PM Mike Rapoport wrote: > > > > > + * vm_insert_range - insert range of kernel pages into user vma > > > > > + * @vma: user vma to map to > > > > > + * @addr: target user address of this page > > > > > + * @pages: pointer to array of source kernel pages > > > > > + * @page_count: no. of pages need to insert into user vma > > > > > + * > > > > > + * This allows drivers to insert range of kernel pages they've allocated > > > > > + * into a user vma. This is a generic function which drivers can use > > > > > + * rather than using their own way of mapping range of kernel pages into > > > > > + * user vma. > > > > > > > > Please add the return value and context descriptions. > > > > > > > > > > Sure I will wait for some time to get additional review comments and > > > add all of those requested changes in v2. > > > > You could send your proposed wording now which might remove the need > > for a v3 if we end up arguing about the wording. > > Does this description looks good ? > > /** > * vm_insert_range - insert range of kernel pages into user vma > * @vma: user vma to map to > * @addr: target user address of this page > * @pages: pointer to array of source kernel pages > * @page_count: number of pages need to insert into user vma > * > * This allows drivers to insert range of kernel pages they've allocated > * into a user vma. This is a generic function which drivers can use > * rather than using their own way of mapping range of kernel pages into > * user vma. > * > * Context - Process context. Called by mmap handlers. Context: > * Return - int error value Return: > * 0 - OK > * -EINVAL - Invalid argument > * -ENOMEM - No memory > * -EFAULT - Bad address > * -EBUSY - Device or resource busy I don't think that elaborate description of error values is needed, just "0 on success and error code otherwise" would be sufficient. > */ > -- Sincerely yours, Mike.