Re: [PATCH v6 03/13] PCI/P2PDMA: Add PCI p2pmem DMA mappings to adjust the bus offset

[Bjorn Helgaas]

On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 08:15:50AM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 06:11:46PM -0600, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
> > The DMA address used when mapping PCI P2P memory must be the PCI bus
> > address. Thus, introduce pci_p2pmem_map_sg() to map the correct
> > addresses when using P2P memory. Memory mapped in this way does not
> > need to be unmapped.
> 
> I think the use of "map" in this context is slightly confusing because the
> general expectation is that map/unmap must be balanced.
> 
> I assume it's because the "mapping" consumes no resources, e.g., requires
> no page table entries.  Possibly there's a better verb than "map", e.g.,
> "convert", "convert_to_p2pdma", etc?
> 
> If you keep "map", maybe add a sentence or two about why there's no
> corresponding unmap?

Another wrinkle is that "map" usually takes an A and gives you back a
B.  Now the caller has both A and B and both are still valid.

Here we pass in an SGL and the SGL is transformed, so the caller only
has B and A has been destroyed, i.e., the SGL can no longer be used as
it was before, and there's no way to get A back.

Maybe this is pointless bikeshedding, so if your color is the best,
don't change anything.

Bjorn