Re: [PATCH v3 0/9] drm/i915: Replace kmap_atomic() with kmap_local_page()

Tvrtko Ursulin
2023-12-14T14:35:36Z

On 14/12/2023 13:45, Tvrtko Ursulin wrote:
>
> Hi Zhao,
>
> On 14/12/2023 13:19, Zhao Liu wrote:
>> Hi maintainers,
>>
>> Just kindly ping.
>> May I ask if this refresh version could be merged into the next tree of
>> the i915?
>
> I certainly spotted your series last week or so but then it slipped my
> mind to go through it. Should be able to go through it today or tomorrow.

It all looks good to me. I only needed to queue a re-test in our CI
since v3 failed BAT, but pretty sure it wasn't at fault. Once I am
satisfied with the results I will merge the series. Thanks for the
cleanups and your patience!

Regards,

Tvrtko

> Regards,
>
> Tvrtko
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Zhao
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 03, 2023 at 09:29:38PM +0800, Zhao Liu wrote:
>>> Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2023 21:29:38 +0800
>>> From: Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@linux.intel.com>
>>> Subject: [PATCH v3 0/9] drm/i915: Replace kmap_atomic() with
>>>   kmap_local_page()
>>> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.34.1
>>>
>>> From: Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@intel.com>
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I refreshed this v3 by rebasing v2 [1] on the commit 968f35f4ab1c
>>> ("Merge tag 'v6.7-rc3-smb3-client-fixes' of git://git.samba.org/sfrench/
>>> cifs-2.6").
>>>
>>> Based on the current code, I rechecked the substitutions in v2 and they
>>> still stand and are valid, so no code change in v3.
>>>
>>> Thanks for all the review! And sorry v2 was missed, I'll pay more
>>> attention to this v3.
>>>
>>>
>>> Purpose of This Patchset
>>> ========================
>>>
>>> The purpose of this pacthset is to replace all uses of kmap_atomic() in
>>> i915 with kmap_local_page() because the use of kmap_atomic() is being
>>> deprecated in favor of kmap_local_page()[2]. And 92b64bd (mm/highmem:
>>> add notes about conversions from kmap{,_atomic}()) has declared the
>>> deprecation of kmap_atomic().
>>>
>>>
>>> Motivation for Deprecating kmap_atomic() and Using kmap_local_page()
>>> ====================================================================
>>>
>>> The main difference between atomic and local mappings is that local
>>> mappings doesn't disable page faults or preemption (the preemption is
>>> disabled for !PREEMPT_RT case, otherwise it only disables migration).
>>>
>>> With kmap_local_page(), we can avoid the often unwanted side effect of
>>> unnecessary page faults and preemption disables.
>>>
>>>
>>> Patch summary
>>> =============
>>>
>>> Patch 1, 4-6 and 8-9 replace kmap_atomic()/kunmap_atomic() with
>>>          kmap_local_page()/kunmap_local() directly. With these local
>>>          mappings, the page faults and preemption are allowed.
>>>
>>> Patch 2 and 7 use memcpy_from_page() and memcpy_to_page() to replace
>>>          kmap_atomic()/kunmap_atomic(). These two variants of memcpy()
>>>          are based on the local mapping, so page faults and preemption
>>>          are also allowed in these two interfaces.
>>>
>>> Patch 3 replaces kmap_atomic()/kunmap_atomic() with kmap_local_page()/
>>>          kunmap_local() and also disable page fault since the for
>>> special
>>>          handling (pls see the commit message).
>>>
>>>
>>> Reference
>>> =========
>>>
>>> [1]:
>>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230329073220.3982460-1-zhao1.liu@linux.intel.com/
>>> [2]:
>>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220813220034.806698-1-ira.weiny@intel.com
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks and Best Regards,
>>> Zhao
>>>
>>> ---
>>> Changlog:
>>>
>>> Changes since v2:
>>> * Rebased on 968f35f4ab1c ("Merge tag 'v6.7-rc3-smb3-client-fixes' of
>>>    git://git.samba.org/sfrench/cifs-2.6").
>>> * Removed changelog (of v2) in commit message.
>>> * Fixed typo in cover letter (Fabio).
>>> * Added Reviewed-by tags from Ira and Fabio.
>>>
>>> Changes since v1:
>>> * Dropped hot plug related description in commit message since it has
>>>    nothing to do with kmap_local_page().
>>> * Emphasized the motivation for using kmap_local_page() in commit
>>>    message.
>>> * Rebased patch 1 on f47e630 (drm/i915/gem: Typecheck page lookups) to
>>>    keep the "idx" variable of type pgoff_t here.
>>> * Used memcpy_from_page() and memcpy_to_page() to replace
>>>    kmap_local_page() + memcpy() in patch 2.
>>>
>>> ---
>>> Zhao Liu (9):
>>>    drm/i915: Use kmap_local_page() in gem/i915_gem_object.c
>>>    drm/i915: Use memcpy_[from/to]_page() in gem/i915_gem_pyhs.c
>>>    drm/i915: Use kmap_local_page() in gem/i915_gem_shmem.c
>>>    drm/i915: Use kmap_local_page() in gem/selftests/huge_pages.c
>>>    drm/i915: Use kmap_local_page() in gem/selftests/i915_gem_coherency.c
>>>    drm/i915: Use kmap_local_page() in gem/selftests/i915_gem_context.c
>>>    drm/i915: Use memcpy_from_page() in gt/uc/intel_uc_fw.c
>>>    drm/i915: Use kmap_local_page() in i915_cmd_parser.c
>>>    drm/i915: Use kmap_local_page() in gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c
>>>
>>>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_execbuffer.c       | 10 +++++-----
>>>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_object.c           |  8 +++-----
>>>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_phys.c             | 10 ++--------
>>>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_shmem.c            |  6 ++++--
>>>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/huge_pages.c      |  6 +++---
>>>   .../gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/i915_gem_coherency.c  | 12 ++++--------
>>>   .../gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/i915_gem_context.c    |  8 ++++----
>>>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc_fw.c             |  5 +----
>>>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_cmd_parser.c               |  4 ++--
>>>   9 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> --
>>> 2.34.1
>>>