Re: [PATCH v4 4/9] drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_gem.c: Convert to use vm_insert_range

[Russell King - ARM Linux]

On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 05:36:04PM +0530, Souptick Joarder wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 3:27 PM Russell King - ARM Linux
> <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This looks like a change in behaviour.
> >
> > If user_count is zero, and offset is zero, then we pass into
> > vm_insert_range() a page_count of zero, and vm_insert_range() does
> > nothing and returns zero.
> >
> > However, as we can see from the above code, the original behaviour
> > was to return -ENXIO in that case.
> 
> I think these checks are not necessary. I am not sure if we get into mmap
> handlers of driver with user_count = 0.

I'm not sure either, I'm just pointing out the change of behaviour.

> > The other thing that I'm wondering is that if (eg) count is 8 (the
> > object is 8 pages), offset is 2, and the user requests mapping 6
> > pages (user_count = 6), then we call vm_insert_range() with a
> > pages of rk_obj->pages + 2, and a pages_count of 6 - 2 = 4. So we
> > end up inserting four pages.
> 
> Considering the scenario, user_count will remain 8 (user_count =
> vma_pages(vma) ). ? No ?
> Then we call vm_insert_range() with a pages of rk_obj->pages + 2, and
> a pages_count
> of 8 - 2 = 6. So we end up inserting 6 pages.
> 
> Please correct me if I am wrong.

vma_pages(vma) is the number of pages that the user requested, it is
the difference between vma->vm_end and vma->vm_start in pages.  As I
said above, "the user requests mapping 6 pages", so vma_pages() will
be 6, and so user_count will also be 6.  You are passing
user_count - offset into vm_insert_range(), which will be 6 - 2 = 4
in my example.  This is two pages short of what the user requested.

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