From: Christopher Lameter <cl-vYTEC60ixJUAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Michal Hocko <mhocko-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Mike Kravetz
<mike.kravetz-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
linux-mm-Bw31MaZKKs3YtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org,
linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
Marek Szyprowski
<m.szyprowski-Sze3O3UU22JBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>,
Michal Nazarewicz
<mina86-deATy8a+UHjQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
"Aneesh Kumar K . V"
<aneesh.kumar-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>,
Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim-Hm3cg6mZ9cc@public.gmane.org>,
Guy Shattah <sguy-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>,
Anshuman Khandual
<khandual-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>,
Laura Abbott <labbott-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] mm/map_contig: Add mmap(MAP_CONTIG) support
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 10:56:13 -0500 (CDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1710131053450.4400@nuc-kabylake> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171013154747.2jv7rtfqyyagiodn-2MMpYkNvuYDjFM9bn6wA6Q@public.gmane.org>
On Fri, 13 Oct 2017, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > There is a generic posix interface that could we used for a variety of
> > specific hardware dependent use cases.
>
> Yes you wrote that already and my counter argument was that this generic
> posix interface shouldn't bypass virtual memory abstraction.
It does do that? In what way?
> > There are numerous RDMA devices that would all need the mmap
> > implementation. And this covers only the needs of one subsystem. There are
> > other use cases.
>
> That doesn't prevent providing a library function which could be reused
> by all those drivers. Nothing really too much different from
> remap_pfn_range.
And then in all the other use cases as well. It would be much easier if
mmap could give you the memory you need instead of havig numerous drivers
improvise on their own. This is in particular also useful
for numerous embedded use cases where you need contiguous memory.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-10-13 15:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-10-03 23:56 [RFC] mmap(MAP_CONTIG) Mike Kravetz
2017-10-04 11:54 ` Michal Nazarewicz
2017-10-04 17:08 ` Mike Kravetz
2017-10-04 21:29 ` Laura Abbott
2017-10-04 13:49 ` Anshuman Khandual
2017-10-04 16:05 ` Christopher Lameter
2017-10-04 17:38 ` Mike Kravetz
2017-10-04 17:35 ` Mike Kravetz
2017-10-05 7:06 ` Vlastimil Babka
2017-10-05 8:58 ` Guy Shattah
2017-10-05 12:36 ` Guy Shattah
2017-10-05 14:30 ` Christopher Lameter
2017-10-12 1:46 ` [RFC PATCH 0/3] Add mmap(MAP_CONTIG) support Mike Kravetz
2017-10-12 1:46 ` [RFC PATCH 1/3] mm/map_contig: Add VM_CONTIG flag to vma struct Mike Kravetz
2017-10-12 1:46 ` [RFC PATCH 2/3] mm/map_contig: Use pre-allocated pages for VM_CONTIG mappings Mike Kravetz
2017-10-12 11:04 ` Anshuman Khandual
2017-10-12 1:46 ` [RFC PATCH 3/3] mm/map_contig: Add mmap(MAP_CONTIG) support Mike Kravetz
2017-10-12 11:22 ` Anshuman Khandual
2017-10-13 15:14 ` Christopher Lameter
2017-10-12 14:37 ` Michal Hocko
2017-10-12 17:19 ` Mike Kravetz
2017-10-13 8:40 ` Michal Hocko
2017-10-13 15:20 ` Christopher Lameter
2017-10-13 15:28 ` Michal Hocko
2017-10-13 15:42 ` Christopher Lameter
2017-10-13 15:47 ` Michal Hocko
[not found] ` <20171013154747.2jv7rtfqyyagiodn-2MMpYkNvuYDjFM9bn6wA6Q@public.gmane.org>
2017-10-13 15:56 ` Christopher Lameter [this message]
2017-10-13 16:17 ` Michal Hocko
2017-10-15 7:50 ` Guy Shattah
2017-10-16 8:24 ` Michal Hocko
2017-10-16 9:11 ` Guy Shattah
2017-10-16 12:32 ` Michal Hocko
[not found] ` <20171016123248.csntl6luxgafst6q-2MMpYkNvuYDjFM9bn6wA6Q@public.gmane.org>
2017-10-16 16:00 ` Christopher Lameter
2017-10-16 17:42 ` Michal Hocko
[not found] ` <20171016174229.pz3o4uhzz3qbrp6n-2MMpYkNvuYDjFM9bn6wA6Q@public.gmane.org>
2017-10-16 17:56 ` Christopher Lameter
2017-10-16 18:17 ` Michal Hocko
2017-10-23 15:25 ` David Nellans
2017-10-17 10:50 ` Guy Shattah
2017-10-17 10:59 ` Michal Hocko
2017-10-17 13:22 ` Michal Nazarewicz
2017-10-17 14:20 ` Guy Shattah
2017-10-17 17:44 ` Vlastimil Babka
2017-10-17 18:23 ` Mike Kravetz
2017-10-17 19:56 ` Vlastimil Babka
2017-10-16 10:33 ` Michal Nazarewicz
2017-10-16 11:09 ` Guy Shattah
2017-10-16 17:43 ` Mike Kravetz
2017-10-16 18:07 ` Michal Hocko
2017-10-16 20:32 ` Mike Kravetz
2017-10-16 20:58 ` Michal Hocko
2017-10-16 21:03 ` Laura Abbott
2017-10-16 21:18 ` Mike Kravetz
2017-10-17 6:59 ` Vlastimil Babka
2017-10-15 6:58 ` Pavel Machek
2017-10-16 8:18 ` Michal Hocko
2017-10-16 9:54 ` Pavel Machek
2017-10-16 12:18 ` Michal Hocko
[not found] ` <20171016121808.m4sq3g5nxeyxoymc-2MMpYkNvuYDjFM9bn6wA6Q@public.gmane.org>
2017-10-16 16:02 ` Christopher Lameter
2017-10-16 17:33 ` Michal Hocko
2017-10-16 17:53 ` Christopher Lameter
2017-10-15 8:07 ` Guy Shattah
2017-10-12 10:36 ` [RFC PATCH 0/3] " Anshuman Khandual
2017-10-12 14:25 ` Anshuman Khandual
2017-10-23 22:10 ` [RFC] mmap(MAP_CONTIG) Dave Hansen
2017-10-24 22:49 ` Mike Kravetz
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