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Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/14] mm/hmm: cleanup special vma handling (VM_SPECIAL)
References: <20180316191414.3223-1-jglisse@redhat.com>
 <20180316191414.3223-9-jglisse@redhat.com>
From: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
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Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 21:35:29 -0700
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Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Evgeny Baskakov <ebaskakov@nvidia.com>, Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@nvidia.com>, Mark Hairgrove <mhairgrove@nvidia.com>

On 03/16/2018 12:14 PM, jglisse@redhat.com wrote:
> From: J=C3=A9r=C3=B4me Glisse <jglisse@redhat.com>
>=20
> Special vma (one with any of the VM_SPECIAL flags) can not be access by
> device because there is no consistent model accross device drivers on
> those vma and their backing memory.
>=20
> This patch directly use hmm_range struct for hmm_pfns_special() argument
> as it is always affecting the whole vma and thus the whole range.
>=20
> It also make behavior consistent after this patch both hmm_vma_fault()
> and hmm_vma_get_pfns() returns -EINVAL when facing such vma. Previously
> hmm_vma_fault() returned 0 and hmm_vma_get_pfns() return -EINVAL but
> both were filling the HMM pfn array with special entry.
>=20

Hi Jerome,

This seems correct.=20

<snip>

> @@ -486,6 +478,14 @@ static int hmm_vma_walk_pmd(pmd_t *pmdp,
>  	return 0;
>  }
> =20
> +static void hmm_pfns_special(struct hmm_range *range)
> +{
> +	unsigned long addr =3D range->start, i =3D 0;
> +
> +	for (; addr < range->end; addr +=3D PAGE_SIZE, i++)
> +		range->pfns[i] =3D HMM_PFN_SPECIAL;
> +}

Silly nit: the above would read more naturally, like this:

	unsigned long addr, i =3D 0;

	for (addr =3D range->start; addr < range->end; addr +=3D PAGE_SIZE, i++)
		range->pfns[i] =3D HMM_PFN_SPECIAL;

Either way,

Reviewed-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>

thanks,
--=20
John Hubbard
NVIDIA