Re: [PATCH v18 08/26] drm/shmem-helper: Add and use lockless drm_gem_shmem_get_pages()

[Maxime Ripard]

On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 02:01:47AM +0300, Dmitry Osipenko wrote:
> Add lockless drm_gem_shmem_get_pages() helper that skips taking reservation
> lock if pages_use_count is non-zero, leveraging from atomicity of the
> refcount_t. Make drm_gem_shmem_mmap() to utilize the new helper.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c | 19 +++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c
> index 6e02643ed87e..41b749bedb11 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c
> @@ -226,6 +226,20 @@ void drm_gem_shmem_put_pages_locked(struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(drm_gem_shmem_put_pages_locked);
>  
> +static int drm_gem_shmem_get_pages(struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	if (refcount_inc_not_zero(&shmem->pages_use_count))
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	dma_resv_lock(shmem->base.resv, NULL);
> +	ret = drm_gem_shmem_get_pages_locked(shmem);
> +	dma_resv_unlock(shmem->base.resv);
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +

Wait, so the locked suffix is to indicate that we need to take the lock
before we call it? I think that's the opposite to all(?) the naming
convention we have

Especially since the function name doesn't describe what the function
does anymore, but the context in which to call it. I'm sure if I was to
use it, I would have gotten it wrong, or at the very least been very
confused about it.

Maxime

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