Re: [PATCH 05/16] dma-mapping: Introduce dma_map_sg_p2pdma()

From: John Hubbard
Date: Sun May 02 2021 - 17:23:53 EST


On 4/8/21 10:01 AM, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
dma_map_sg() either returns a positive number indicating the number
of entries mapped or zero indicating that resources were not available
to create the mapping. When zero is returned, it is always safe to retry
the mapping later once resources have been freed.

Once P2PDMA pages are mixed into the SGL there may be pages that may
never be successfully mapped with a given device because that device may
not actually be able to access those pages. Thus, multiple error
conditions will need to be distinguished to determine weather a retry
is safe.

Introduce dma_map_sg_p2pdma[_attrs]() with a different calling
convention from dma_map_sg(). The function will return a positive
integer on success or a negative errno on failure.

ENOMEM will be used to indicate a resource failure and EREMOTEIO to
indicate that a P2PDMA page is not mappable.

The __DMA_ATTR_PCI_P2PDMA attribute is introduced to inform the lower
level implementations that P2PDMA pages are allowed and to warn if a
caller introduces them into the regular dma_map_sg() interface.

Signed-off-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/dma-mapping.h | 15 +++++++++++
kernel/dma/mapping.c | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
2 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
index 2a984cb4d1e0..50b8f586cf59 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@
* at least read-only at lesser-privileged levels).
*/
#define DMA_ATTR_PRIVILEGED (1UL << 9)
+/*
+ * __DMA_ATTR_PCI_P2PDMA: This should not be used directly, use
+ * dma_map_sg_p2pdma() instead. Used internally to indicate that the
+ * caller is using the dma_map_sg_p2pdma() interface.
+ */
+#define __DMA_ATTR_PCI_P2PDMA (1UL << 10)


As mentioned near the top of this file,
Documentation/core-api/dma-attributes.rst also needs to be updated, for
this new item.


/*
* A dma_addr_t can hold any valid DMA or bus address for the platform. It can
@@ -107,6 +113,8 @@ void dma_unmap_page_attrs(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t addr, size_t size,
enum dma_data_direction dir, unsigned long attrs);
int dma_map_sg_attrs(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg, int nents,
enum dma_data_direction dir, unsigned long attrs);
+int dma_map_sg_p2pdma_attrs(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
+ int nents, enum dma_data_direction dir, unsigned long attrs);
void dma_unmap_sg_attrs(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
int nents, enum dma_data_direction dir,
unsigned long attrs);
@@ -160,6 +168,12 @@ static inline int dma_map_sg_attrs(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
{
return 0;
}
+static inline int dma_map_sg_p2pdma_attrs(struct device *dev,
+ struct scatterlist *sg, int nents, enum dma_data_direction dir,
+ unsigned long attrs)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
static inline void dma_unmap_sg_attrs(struct device *dev,
struct scatterlist *sg, int nents, enum dma_data_direction dir,
unsigned long attrs)
@@ -392,6 +406,7 @@ static inline void dma_sync_sgtable_for_device(struct device *dev,
#define dma_map_single(d, a, s, r) dma_map_single_attrs(d, a, s, r, 0)
#define dma_unmap_single(d, a, s, r) dma_unmap_single_attrs(d, a, s, r, 0)
#define dma_map_sg(d, s, n, r) dma_map_sg_attrs(d, s, n, r, 0)
+#define dma_map_sg_p2pdma(d, s, n, r) dma_map_sg_p2pdma_attrs(d, s, n, r, 0)

This hunk is fine, of course.

But, about pre-existing issues: note to self, or to anyone: send a patch to turn
these into inline functions. The macro redirection here is not adding value, but
it does make things just a little bit worse.


#define dma_unmap_sg(d, s, n, r) dma_unmap_sg_attrs(d, s, n, r, 0)
#define dma_map_page(d, p, o, s, r) dma_map_page_attrs(d, p, o, s, r, 0)
#define dma_unmap_page(d, a, s, r) dma_unmap_page_attrs(d, a, s, r, 0)
diff --git a/kernel/dma/mapping.c b/kernel/dma/mapping.c
index b6a633679933..923089c4267b 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/mapping.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/mapping.c
@@ -177,12 +177,8 @@ void dma_unmap_page_attrs(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t addr, size_t size,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dma_unmap_page_attrs);
-/*
- * dma_maps_sg_attrs returns 0 on error and > 0 on success.
- * It should never return a value < 0.
- */

It would be better to leave the comment in place, given the non-standard
return values. However, looking around here, it would be better if we go
with the standard -ERRNO for error, and >0 for sucess.

There are pre-existing BUG_ON() and WARN_ON_ONCE() items that are partly
an attempt to compensate for not being able to return proper -ERRNO
codes. For example, this:

BUG_ON(!valid_dma_direction(dir));

...arguably should be more like this:

if(WARN_ON_ONCE(!valid_dma_direction(dir)))
return -EINVAL;


-int dma_map_sg_attrs(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg, int nents,
- enum dma_data_direction dir, unsigned long attrs)
+static int __dma_map_sg_attrs(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
+ int nents, enum dma_data_direction dir, unsigned long attrs)
{
const struct dma_map_ops *ops = get_dma_ops(dev);
int ents;
@@ -197,6 +193,20 @@ int dma_map_sg_attrs(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg, int nents,
ents = dma_direct_map_sg(dev, sg, nents, dir, attrs);
else
ents = ops->map_sg(dev, sg, nents, dir, attrs);
+
+ return ents;
+}
+
+/*
+ * dma_maps_sg_attrs returns 0 on error and > 0 on success.
+ * It should never return a value < 0.
+ */
+int dma_map_sg_attrs(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg, int nents,
+ enum dma_data_direction dir, unsigned long attrs)
+{
+ int ents;

Pre-existing note, feel free to ignore: the ents and nents in the same
routines together, are way too close to the each other in naming. Maybe
using "requested_nents", or "nents_arg", for the incoming value, would
help.

+
+ ents = __dma_map_sg_attrs(dev, sg, nents, dir, attrs);
BUG_ON(ents < 0);
debug_dma_map_sg(dev, sg, nents, ents, dir);
@@ -204,6 +214,36 @@ int dma_map_sg_attrs(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg, int nents,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dma_map_sg_attrs);
+/*
+ * like dma_map_sg_attrs, but returns a negative errno on error (and > 0
+ * on success). This function must be used if PCI P2PDMA pages might
+ * be in the scatterlist.

Let's turn this into a kernel doc comment block, seeing as how it clearly
wants to be--you're almost there already. You've even reinvented @Return,
below. :)

+ *
+ * On error this function may return:
+ * -ENOMEM indicating that there was not enough resources available and
+ * the transfer may be retried later
+ * -EREMOTEIO indicating that P2PDMA pages were included but cannot
+ * be mapped by the specified device, retries will always fail
+ *
+ * The scatterlist should be unmapped with the regular dma_unmap_sg[_attrs]().

How about:

"The scatterlist should be unmapped via dma_unmap_sg[_attrs]()."

+ */
+int dma_map_sg_p2pdma_attrs(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
+ int nents, enum dma_data_direction dir, unsigned long attrs)
+{
+ int ents;
+
+ ents = __dma_map_sg_attrs(dev, sg, nents, dir,
+ attrs | __DMA_ATTR_PCI_P2PDMA);
+ if (!ents)
+ ents = -ENOMEM;
+
+ if (ents > 0)
+ debug_dma_map_sg(dev, sg, nents, ents, dir);
+
+ return ents;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dma_map_sg_p2pdma_attrs);
+
void dma_unmap_sg_attrs(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
int nents, enum dma_data_direction dir,
unsigned long attrs)


thanks,
--
John Hubbard
NVIDIA