Re: [PATCH V8 42/44] dax: Stray access protection for dax_direct_access()

Dan Williams
2022-02-04T05:20:15Z

On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 9:55 AM <ira.weiny@intel.com> wrote:
>
> From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
>
> dax_direct_access() provides a way to obtain the direct map address of
> PMEM memory. Coordinate PKS protection with dax_direct_access() of
> protected devmap pages.
>
> Introduce 3 new dax_operation calls .map_protected .mk_readwrite and
> .mk_noaccess. These 3 calls do not have to be implemented by the dax
> provider if no protection is implemented.
>
> Threads of execution can use dax_mk_{readwrite,noaccess}() to relax the
> protection of the dax device and allow direct use of the kaddr returned
> from dax_direct_access(). The dax_mk_{readwrite,noaccess}() calls only
> need to be used to guard actual access to the memory. Other uses of
> dax_direct_access() do not need to use these guards.
>
> For users who require a permanent address to the dax device such as the
> DM write cache. dax_map_protected() indicates that the dax device has
> additional protections and that user should create it's own permanent
> mapping of the memory. Update the DM write cache code to create this
> permanent mapping.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
[..]
> diff --git a/include/linux/dax.h b/include/linux/dax.h
> index 9fc5f99a0ae2..261af298f89f 100644
> --- a/include/linux/dax.h
> +++ b/include/linux/dax.h
> @@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ struct dax_operations {
> sector_t, sector_t);
> /* zero_page_range: required operation. Zero page range */
> int (*zero_page_range)(struct dax_device *, pgoff_t, size_t);
> +
> + bool (*map_protected)(struct dax_device *dax_dev);
> + void (*mk_readwrite)(struct dax_device *dax_dev);
> + void (*mk_noaccess)(struct dax_device *dax_dev);

So the dax code just recently jettisoned -the >copy_{to,from}_iter()
ops and it would be shame to grow more ops. Given that the
implementation is pgmap generic I think all that is needed is way to
go from a daxdev to a pgmap and then use the pgmap helpers directly
rather than indirecting through the pmem driver just to get the pgmap.