[PATCH rdma-next 3/6] RDMA/mlx5: Refactor VAR table to use region abstraction

From: Leon Romanovsky

Date: Wed Feb 25 2026 - 09:21:01 EST


From: Maher Sanalla <msanalla@xxxxxxxxxx>

Extract mlx5_var_region struct from mlx5_var_table to enable
supporting multiple VAR regions in VAR table, which will be used in
the upcoming patches (Virtio emulation VAR and TLP emulation VAR).

Signed-off-by: Maher Sanalla <msanalla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c | 62 +++++++++++++++++++-----------------
drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h | 6 +++-
2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
index 26ee8e763d5e..835fe2a95ad6 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
@@ -2524,6 +2524,7 @@ static void mlx5_ib_mmap_free(struct rdma_user_mmap_entry *entry)
struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev = to_mdev(entry->ucontext->device);
struct mlx5_var_table *var_table = &dev->var_table;
struct mlx5_ib_ucontext *context = to_mucontext(entry->ucontext);
+ struct mlx5_var_region *var_region;

switch (mentry->mmap_flag) {
case MLX5_IB_MMAP_TYPE_MEMIC:
@@ -2531,9 +2532,10 @@ static void mlx5_ib_mmap_free(struct rdma_user_mmap_entry *entry)
mlx5_ib_dm_mmap_free(dev, mentry);
break;
case MLX5_IB_MMAP_TYPE_VAR:
- mutex_lock(&var_table->bitmap_lock);
- clear_bit(mentry->page_idx, var_table->bitmap);
- mutex_unlock(&var_table->bitmap_lock);
+ var_region = &var_table->var_region;
+ mutex_lock(&var_region->bitmap_lock);
+ clear_bit(mentry->page_idx, var_region->bitmap);
+ mutex_unlock(&var_region->bitmap_lock);
kfree(mentry);
break;
case MLX5_IB_MMAP_TYPE_UAR_WC:
@@ -4143,43 +4145,45 @@ static struct mlx5_user_mmap_entry *
alloc_var_entry(struct mlx5_ib_ucontext *c)
{
struct mlx5_user_mmap_entry *entry;
+ struct mlx5_var_region *var_region;
struct mlx5_var_table *var_table;
u32 page_idx;
int err;

var_table = &to_mdev(c->ibucontext.device)->var_table;
+ var_region = &var_table->var_region;
entry = kzalloc_obj(*entry);
if (!entry)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);

- mutex_lock(&var_table->bitmap_lock);
- page_idx = find_first_zero_bit(var_table->bitmap,
- var_table->num_var_hw_entries);
- if (page_idx >= var_table->num_var_hw_entries) {
+ mutex_lock(&var_region->bitmap_lock);
+ page_idx = find_first_zero_bit(var_region->bitmap,
+ var_region->num_var_hw_entries);
+ if (page_idx >= var_region->num_var_hw_entries) {
err = -ENOSPC;
- mutex_unlock(&var_table->bitmap_lock);
+ mutex_unlock(&var_region->bitmap_lock);
goto end;
}

- set_bit(page_idx, var_table->bitmap);
- mutex_unlock(&var_table->bitmap_lock);
+ set_bit(page_idx, var_region->bitmap);
+ mutex_unlock(&var_region->bitmap_lock);

- entry->address = var_table->hw_start_addr +
- (page_idx * var_table->stride_size);
+ entry->address = var_region->hw_start_addr +
+ (page_idx * var_region->stride_size);
entry->page_idx = page_idx;
entry->mmap_flag = MLX5_IB_MMAP_TYPE_VAR;

err = mlx5_rdma_user_mmap_entry_insert(c, entry,
- var_table->stride_size);
+ var_region->stride_size);
if (err)
goto err_insert;

return entry;

err_insert:
- mutex_lock(&var_table->bitmap_lock);
- clear_bit(page_idx, var_table->bitmap);
- mutex_unlock(&var_table->bitmap_lock);
+ mutex_lock(&var_region->bitmap_lock);
+ clear_bit(page_idx, var_region->bitmap);
+ mutex_unlock(&var_region->bitmap_lock);
end:
kfree(entry);
return ERR_PTR(err);
@@ -4607,10 +4611,10 @@ static const struct ib_device_ops mlx5_ib_dev_xrc_ops = {
INIT_RDMA_OBJ_SIZE(ib_xrcd, mlx5_ib_xrcd, ibxrcd),
};

-static int mlx5_ib_init_var_table(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev)
+static int mlx5_ib_init_var_region(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev)
{
+ struct mlx5_var_region *var_region = &dev->var_table.var_region;
struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = dev->mdev;
- struct mlx5_var_table *var_table = &dev->var_table;
u8 log_doorbell_bar_size;
u8 log_doorbell_stride;
u64 bar_size;
@@ -4619,17 +4623,17 @@ static int mlx5_ib_init_var_table(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev)
log_doorbell_bar_size);
log_doorbell_stride = MLX5_CAP_DEV_VDPA_EMULATION(mdev,
log_doorbell_stride);
- var_table->hw_start_addr = dev->mdev->bar_addr +
+ var_region->hw_start_addr = dev->mdev->bar_addr +
MLX5_CAP64_DEV_VDPA_EMULATION(mdev,
doorbell_bar_offset);
bar_size = (1ULL << log_doorbell_bar_size) * 4096;
- var_table->stride_size = 1ULL << log_doorbell_stride;
- var_table->num_var_hw_entries = div_u64(bar_size,
- var_table->stride_size);
- mutex_init(&var_table->bitmap_lock);
- var_table->bitmap = bitmap_zalloc(var_table->num_var_hw_entries,
- GFP_KERNEL);
- return (var_table->bitmap) ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
+ var_region->stride_size = 1ULL << log_doorbell_stride;
+ var_region->num_var_hw_entries = div_u64(bar_size,
+ var_region->stride_size);
+ mutex_init(&var_region->bitmap_lock);
+ var_region->bitmap = bitmap_zalloc(var_region->num_var_hw_entries,
+ GFP_KERNEL);
+ return (var_region->bitmap) ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
}

static void mlx5_ib_cleanup_ucaps(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev)
@@ -4673,7 +4677,7 @@ static void mlx5_ib_stage_caps_cleanup(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev)
MLX5_HCA_CAP_2_GENERAL_OBJECT_TYPES_RDMA_CTRL)
mlx5_ib_cleanup_ucaps(dev);

- bitmap_free(dev->var_table.bitmap);
+ bitmap_free(dev->var_table.var_region.bitmap);
}

static int mlx5_ib_stage_caps_init(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev)
@@ -4721,7 +4725,7 @@ static int mlx5_ib_stage_caps_init(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev)

if (MLX5_CAP_GEN_64(dev->mdev, general_obj_types) &
MLX5_GENERAL_OBJ_TYPES_CAP_VIRTIO_NET_Q) {
- err = mlx5_ib_init_var_table(dev);
+ err = mlx5_ib_init_var_region(dev);
if (err)
return err;
}
@@ -4738,7 +4742,7 @@ static int mlx5_ib_stage_caps_init(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev)
return 0;

err_ucaps:
- bitmap_free(dev->var_table.bitmap);
+ bitmap_free(dev->var_table.var_region.bitmap);
return err;
}

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h
index 2556e326afde..3d0ae52c68a7 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ struct mlx5_devx_event_table {
struct xarray event_xa;
};

-struct mlx5_var_table {
+struct mlx5_var_region {
/* serialize updating the bitmap */
struct mutex bitmap_lock;
unsigned long *bitmap;
@@ -1141,6 +1141,10 @@ struct mlx5_var_table {
u64 num_var_hw_entries;
};

+struct mlx5_var_table {
+ struct mlx5_var_region var_region;
+};
+
struct mlx5_port_caps {
bool has_smi;
u8 ext_port_cap;

--
2.53.0