[PATCH v2 13/14] vfio_iommu_type1: specify FOLL_HINT_BULK to pin_user_pages()

From: Ankur Arora
Date: Wed Oct 20 2021 - 14:52:55 EST


Specify FOLL_HINT_BULK to pin_user_pages() so it is aware that
this pin is part of a larger region being pinned, so it can
optimize based on that expectation.

Cc: alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ankur Arora <ankur.a.arora@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c b/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
index 0e9217687f5c..0d45b0c6464d 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
@@ -557,6 +557,9 @@ static int vaddr_get_pfns(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long vaddr,
if (prot & IOMMU_WRITE)
flags |= FOLL_WRITE;

+ /* Tell gup that this iterations is part of larger set of pins. */
+ flags |= FOLL_HINT_BULK;
+
mmap_read_lock(mm);
ret = pin_user_pages_remote(mm, vaddr, npages, flags | FOLL_LONGTERM,
pages, NULL, NULL);
--
2.29.2