Re: [PATCH v7 0/8] dma-buf: Use revoke mechanism to invalidate shared buffers

From: Alex Williamson

Date: Wed Feb 04 2026 - 09:58:56 EST


On Wed, 4 Feb 2026 13:47:51 +0200
Leon Romanovsky <leon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 04, 2026 at 09:54:13AM +0100, Christian König wrote:
> > On 2/4/26 09:16, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > > On Mon, Feb 02, 2026 at 06:04:25PM +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > >> On Sat, Jan 31, 2026 at 07:34:10AM +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > >>> Changelog:
> > >>> v7:
> > >>
> > >> <...>
> > >>
> > >>> Leon Romanovsky (8):
> > >>> dma-buf: Rename .move_notify() callback to a clearer identifier
> > >>> dma-buf: Rename dma_buf_move_notify() to dma_buf_invalidate_mappings()
> > >>> dma-buf: Always build with DMABUF_MOVE_NOTIFY
> > >>> vfio: Wait for dma-buf invalidation to complete
> > >>> dma-buf: Make .invalidate_mapping() truly optional
> > >>> dma-buf: Add dma_buf_attach_revocable()
> > >>> vfio: Permit VFIO to work with pinned importers
> > >>> iommufd: Add dma_buf_pin()
> > >>>
> > >>> drivers/dma-buf/Kconfig | 12 -----
> > >>> drivers/dma-buf/dma-buf.c | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
> > >>> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_dma_buf.c | 14 ++---
> > >>> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_object.c | 2 +-
> > >>> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/Kconfig | 2 +-
> > >>> drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_prime.c | 2 +-
> > >>> drivers/gpu/drm/xe/tests/xe_dma_buf.c | 7 ++-
> > >>> drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c | 2 +-
> > >>> drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_dma_buf.c | 14 ++---
> > >>> drivers/infiniband/core/umem_dmabuf.c | 13 -----
> > >>> drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c | 2 +-
> > >>> drivers/iommu/iommufd/pages.c | 11 +++-
> > >>> drivers/iommu/iommufd/selftest.c | 2 +-
> > >>> drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_dmabuf.c | 80 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> > >>> include/linux/dma-buf.h | 17 +++---
> > >>> 15 files changed, 153 insertions(+), 96 deletions(-)
> > >>
> > >> Christian,
> > >>
> > >> Given the ongoing discussion around patch v5, I'm a bit unclear on the
> > >> current state. Is the series ready for merging, or do you need me to
> > >> rework anything further?
> > >
> > > Christian,
> > >
> > > Let's not miss the merge window for work that is already ready.
> >
> > Mhm, sounds like AMDs mail servers never send my last mail out.
> >
> > As far as I can see all patches have an reviewed-by, I also gave an rb on patch #6 (should that mail never got out as well). The discussion on patch v5 is just orthogonal I think, the handling was there even completely before this patch set.
> >
> > For upstreaming as long as the VFIO and infiniband folks don't object I would like to take that through the drm-misc branch (like every other DMA-buf change).
>
> Infiniband folks don't object :).

No objection from vfio, I added one last R-b. Thanks,

Alex