From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: michel@daenzer.net (Michel =?ISO-8859-1?Q?D=E4nzer?=) Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 09:54:25 +0100 Subject: Memory sharing issue by application on V4L2 based device driver with system mmu. In-Reply-To: References: <4D25BC22.6080803@samsung.com> <002201cbadfd$6d59e490$480dadb0$%han@samsung.com> Message-ID: <1294390465.6019.212.camel@thor.local> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Fre, 2011-01-07 at 11:17 +0900, InKi Dae wrote: > thank you for your comments. > > your second comment has no any problem as I said before, user virtual > addess could be translated in page unit. but the problem, as you said, > is that when cpu access to the memory in user mode, the memory > allocated by malloc, page fault occurs so we can't find pfn to user > virtual address. I missed that. but I think we could resolve this one. > > as before, user application allocates memory through malloc function > and then send it to device driver(using userptr feature). if the pfn > is null when device driver translated user virtual address in page > unit then it allocates phsical memory in page unit using some > interface such as alloc_page() and then mapping them. when pfn is > null, to check it and allocate physical memory in page unit could be > processed by videobuf2. > > of course, videobuf2 has no any duty considered for system mmu. so > videobuf2 just provides callback for 3rd party and any platform with > system mmu such as Samsung SoC C210 implements the function(allocating > physical memory and mapping it) and registers it to callback of > videobuf2. by doing so, I think your first comment could be cleared. FWIW, TTM (drivers/gpu/drm/ttm, include/drm/ttm) is designed and used for managing memory between CPU/GPU and kernel/userspace access. I haven't looked at your requirements in detail, but if you haven't looked at TTM yet, it sounds like it might be worth a look. -- Earthling Michel D?nzer | http://www.vmware.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer