[PATCH RFT 3/3] drm/ttm, drm/vmwgfx: directly create writable PTEs when mkwrite is in use
From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Fri Jul 31 2026 - 13:09:24 EST
This ensures that fixup_user_fault() users see a writable PTE when
they request one. The flip side is that vmw_bo_vm_fault() now has
to record by hand the write fault, because .pfn_mkwrite() is
not invoked.
Prefaulting works as before because only the first entry comes
out writable, while the following ones still end up executing
the .pfn_mkwrite() callback.
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_vm.c | 3 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_page_dirty.c | 42 ++++++++++++----------
2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_vm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_vm.c
index a80510489c45..ef27a2d7afc0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_vm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_vm.c
@@ -263,7 +263,8 @@ vm_fault_t ttm_bo_vm_fault_reserved(struct vm_fault *vmf,
* at arbitrary times while the data is mmap'ed.
* See vmf_insert_pfn_prot() for a discussion.
*/
- ret = vmf_insert_pfn_prot(vma, address, pfn, prot);
+ ret = __vmf_insert_pfn_prot(vma, address, pfn, prot,
+ i == 0 && !!(vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE));
/* Never error on prefaulted PTEs */
if (unlikely((ret & VM_FAULT_ERROR))) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_page_dirty.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_page_dirty.c
index 45561bc1c9ef..2cc490e7d758 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_page_dirty.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_page_dirty.c
@@ -398,15 +398,33 @@ void vmw_bo_dirty_clear_res(struct vmw_resource *res)
dirty->end = res_start;
}
+static vm_fault_t vmw_bo_dirty_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf, struct ttm_buffer_object *bo)
+{
+ unsigned long page_offset;
+ struct vmw_bo *vbo = to_vmw_bo(&bo->base);
+
+ page_offset = vmf->pgoff - drm_vma_node_start(&bo->base.vma_node);
+ if (unlikely(page_offset >= PFN_UP(bo->resource->size)))
+ return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
+
+ if (vbo->dirty && vbo->dirty->method == VMW_BO_DIRTY_MKWRITE &&
+ !test_bit(page_offset, &vbo->dirty->bitmap[0])) {
+ struct vmw_bo_dirty *dirty = vbo->dirty;
+
+ __set_bit(page_offset, &dirty->bitmap[0]);
+ dirty->start = min(dirty->start, page_offset);
+ dirty->end = max(dirty->end, page_offset + 1);
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
vm_fault_t vmw_bo_vm_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
{
struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
struct ttm_buffer_object *bo = (struct ttm_buffer_object *)
vma->vm_private_data;
vm_fault_t ret;
- unsigned long page_offset;
unsigned int save_flags;
- struct vmw_bo *vbo = to_vmw_bo(&bo->base);
/*
* mkwrite() doesn't handle the VM_FAULT_RETRY return value correctly.
@@ -419,22 +437,7 @@ vm_fault_t vmw_bo_vm_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
if (ret)
return ret;
- page_offset = vmf->pgoff - drm_vma_node_start(&bo->base.vma_node);
- if (unlikely(page_offset >= PFN_UP(bo->resource->size))) {
- ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
- goto out_unlock;
- }
-
- if (vbo->dirty && vbo->dirty->method == VMW_BO_DIRTY_MKWRITE &&
- !test_bit(page_offset, &vbo->dirty->bitmap[0])) {
- struct vmw_bo_dirty *dirty = vbo->dirty;
-
- __set_bit(page_offset, &dirty->bitmap[0]);
- dirty->start = min(dirty->start, page_offset);
- dirty->end = max(dirty->end, page_offset + 1);
- }
-
-out_unlock:
+ ret = vmw_bo_dirty_mkwrite(vmf, bo);
dma_resv_unlock(bo->base.resv);
return ret;
}
@@ -484,6 +487,9 @@ vm_fault_t vmw_bo_vm_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
prot = vm_get_page_prot(vma->vm_flags);
ret = ttm_bo_vm_fault_reserved(vmf, prot, num_prefault);
+ if (ret == VM_FAULT_NOPAGE && (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE))
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(vmw_bo_dirty_mkwrite(vmf, bo));
+
if (ret == VM_FAULT_RETRY && !(vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT))
return ret;
--
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