From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
To: Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org>
Cc: "Bjorn Helgaas" <bhelgaas@google.com>,
"Logan Gunthorpe" <logang@deltatee.com>,
"Jonathan Corbet" <corbet@lwn.net>,
"Shuah Khan" <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Christian König" <christian.koenig@amd.com>,
"Sumit Semwal" <sumit.semwal@linaro.org>,
linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-media@vger.kernel.org,
dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linaro-mm-sig@lists.linaro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] PCI/P2PDMA: Update DMABUF lifecycle docs after move_notify() rename
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 09:40:05 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260904064005.GE24140@unreal> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260903203431.GA2238823@bhelgaas>
On Thu, Sep 03, 2026 at 03:34:31PM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2026 at 09:28:01AM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
> >
> > Commit 95308225e5ba ("dma-buf: Rename dma_buf_move_notify() to
> > dma_buf_invalidate_mappings()") left the DMABUF section of the P2PDMA
> > documentation pointing at move_notify(), a symbol that no longer
> > exists. Readers grepping for it find nothing, and this is the only
> > place in Documentation/ describing the revocation requirement.
> >
> > Name the current function and record that importers which cannot unmap
> > within bounded time have to be rejected at attach time, which is what
> > makes the synchronous unmap on remove() achievable.
> >
> > Fixes: 95308225e5ba ("dma-buf: Rename dma_buf_move_notify() to dma_buf_invalidate_mappings()")
> > Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
>
> Acked-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
>
> It looks like 2/2 might be updated, and it probably makes sense to
> merge them both together, but let me know if you want me to take this.
This PCI patch is completely standalone, so I sent it separately:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260830-doc-p2p-move-v1-1-61a388620588@nvidia.com/
Can you please take it from there?
Thanks
>
> > ---
> > Documentation/driver-api/pci/p2pdma.rst | 6 ++++--
> > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/pci/p2pdma.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/pci/p2pdma.rst
> > index d3f406cca694..63cff9e4d2c9 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/driver-api/pci/p2pdma.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/pci/p2pdma.rst
> > @@ -167,9 +167,11 @@ In this case the initiator and target pci_devices are known and the P2P subsyste
> > is used to determine the mapping type. The phys_addr_t-based DMA API is used to
> > establish the dma_addr_t.
> >
> > -Lifecycle is controlled by DMABUF move_notify(). When the exporting driver wants
> > +Lifecycle is controlled by DMABUF revocation. When the exporting driver wants
> > to remove() it must deliver an invalidation shutdown to all DMABUF importing
> > -drivers through move_notify() and synchronously DMA unmap all the MMIO.
> > +drivers through dma_buf_invalidate_mappings() and synchronously DMA unmap all
> > +the MMIO. Importers unable to complete that unmap within bounded time have to
> > +be rejected when they attach, which dma_buf_attach_revocable() checks for.
> >
> > No importing driver can continue to have a DMA map to the MMIO after the
> > exporting driver has destroyed its p2p_provider.
> >
> > --
> > 2.55.0
> >
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-04 6:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-25 6:28 [PATCH 0/2] Document the DMA-buf mapping lifetime negotiation Leon Romanovsky
2026-08-25 6:28 ` [PATCH 1/2] PCI/P2PDMA: Update DMABUF lifecycle docs after move_notify() rename Leon Romanovsky
2026-08-25 6:29 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-25 20:05 ` Logan Gunthorpe
2026-08-26 11:50 ` Christian König
2026-09-03 20:34 ` Bjorn Helgaas
2026-09-04 6:40 ` Leon Romanovsky [this message]
2026-08-25 6:28 ` [PATCH 2/2] dma-buf: Document how exporters and importers agree on mapping lifetime Leon Romanovsky
2026-08-25 6:31 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-26 11:41 ` Christian König
2026-08-26 12:43 ` Leon Romanovsky
2026-08-26 13:06 ` Christian König
2026-08-26 14:02 ` Leon Romanovsky
2026-08-31 9:22 ` Christian König
2026-09-01 14:08 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2026-08-27 19:18 ` [Linaro-mm-sig] " Thomas Hellström
2026-08-30 7:58 ` Leon Romanovsky
2026-08-31 6:39 ` Thomas Hellström
2026-08-31 8:56 ` Christian König
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