[PATCH V1] accel/amdxdna: Remap BO pages instead of using vm_insert_pages

From: Lizhi Hou

Date: Tue Nov 03 2026 - 14:43:59 EST


VM_PFNMAP is set for shmem BO to prevent pin_user_pages() from pining BO
memory. Replacing it with VM_MIXEDMAP breaks this behavior.

Keep the VM_PFNMAP mapping established by drm_gem_shmem_mmap() and
populate its page tables with remap_pfn_range() immediately after
creating the mapping.

Fixes: df4d5352063a ("accel/amdxdna: Fix unsafe use of handle_mm_fault()")
Signed-off-by: Lizhi Hou <lizhi.hou@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.c | 157 +++++++++++-----------------
1 file changed, 62 insertions(+), 95 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.c b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.c
index 46b9f6c960d7..09e48c794e1b 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/amdxdna/amdxdna_gem.c
@@ -564,11 +564,51 @@ static void amdxdna_mark_mapp_invalid(struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo,
up_write(&xdna->notifier_lock);
}

+static int amdxdna_remap_pages(struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo,
+ struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+ unsigned long num_pages = vma_pages(vma);
+ struct page **pages = abo->base.pages;
+ unsigned long i, nr;
+ int ret;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < num_pages; i += nr) {
+ unsigned long pfn = page_to_pfn(pages[i]);
+
+ for (nr = 1; i + nr < num_pages; nr++) {
+ if (page_to_pfn(pages[i + nr]) != pfn + nr)
+ break;
+ }
+
+ ret = remap_pfn_range(vma, vma->vm_start + (i << PAGE_SHIFT), pfn,
+ nr << PAGE_SHIFT, vma->vm_page_prot);
+ if (ret) {
+ zap_special_vma_range(vma, vma->vm_start, i << PAGE_SHIFT);
+ return ret;
+ }
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * The page tables are populated upfront, thus the CPU never takes a
+ * write fault and drm_gem_shmem_vm_ops.pfn_mkwrite() never marks the
+ * folios dirty. The device writes to the pages through the IOMMU
+ * without any notification either. And the PTEs are special in a
+ * VM_PFNMAP VMA, so unmapping does not transfer their dirty bits
+ * back to the folios. Mark the pages dirty when they are released,
+ * the same way drm_gem_shmem_vmap() does.
+ */
+ dma_resv_lock(to_gobj(abo)->resv, NULL);
+ abo->base.pages_mark_dirty_on_put = true;
+ abo->base.pages_mark_accessed_on_put = true;
+ dma_resv_unlock(to_gobj(abo)->resv);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int amdxdna_insert_pages(struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo,
struct vm_area_struct *vma)
{
struct amdxdna_dev *xdna = to_xdna_dev(to_gobj(abo)->dev);
- unsigned long num_pages = vma_pages(vma);
int ret;

/*
@@ -587,7 +627,8 @@ static int amdxdna_insert_pages(struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo,
return ret;
}

- amdxdna_mark_mapp_invalid(abo, vma);
+ if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_PFNMAP))
+ amdxdna_mark_mapp_invalid(abo, vma);

/* Drop the reference drm_gem_mmap_obj() acquired.*/
drm_gem_object_put(to_gobj(abo));
@@ -600,10 +641,9 @@ static int amdxdna_insert_pages(struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo,
return ret;
}

- vm_flags_mod(vma, VM_MIXEDMAP, VM_PFNMAP);
- ret = vm_insert_pages(vma, vma->vm_start, abo->base.pages, &num_pages);
+ ret = amdxdna_remap_pages(abo, vma);
if (ret) {
- XDNA_ERR(xdna, "Failed to insert pages %d", ret);
+ XDNA_ERR(xdna, "Failed to remap pages %d", ret);
dma_resv_lock(to_gobj(abo)->resv, NULL);
drm_gem_shmem_put_pages_locked(&abo->base);
dma_resv_unlock(to_gobj(abo)->resv);
@@ -641,99 +681,21 @@ static int amdxdna_gem_obj_mmap(struct drm_gem_object *gobj,
return ret;
}

-/*
- * VM operations for amdxdna shmem VMAs that use VM_MIXEDMAP.
- *
- * drm_gem_shmem_vm_ops cannot be used on VM_MIXEDMAP VMAs because its fault
- * handler calls vmf_insert_pfn() → vmf_insert_pfn_prot() which contains:
- * BUG_ON((vma->vm_flags & VM_MIXEDMAP) && pfn_valid(pfn))
- * All amdxdna shmem pages are ordinary struct pages so pfn_valid() is always
- * true, making the combination fatal.
- *
- * These ops use vmf_insert_page() (struct-page based) instead, which is the
- * correct API for VM_MIXEDMAP VMAs backed by real struct pages. The open and
- * close handlers replicate drm_gem_shmem_vm_open/close using only exported
- * symbols.
- */
-static vm_fault_t amdxdna_gem_mixedmap_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
-{
- struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
- struct drm_gem_object *gobj = vma->vm_private_data;
- struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem = to_drm_gem_shmem_obj(gobj);
- loff_t num_pages = gobj->size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
- vm_fault_t ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
- pgoff_t page_offset;
- struct page *page;
-
- /*
- * Partial free of vma is unexpected. Otherwise, the wrong page
- * will be faulted in and the user application may crash itself.
- */
- page_offset = linear_page_delta(vma, vmf->address);
-
- dma_resv_lock(gobj->resv, NULL);
-
- if (!shmem->pages || shmem->madv < 0 || page_offset >= num_pages)
- goto out;
-
- page = shmem->pages[page_offset];
- if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!page))
- goto out;
-
- /*
- * Use vmf_insert_page() (struct-page path) not vmf_insert_pfn()
- * (PFN path) because this VMA carries VM_MIXEDMAP.
- */
- ret = vmf_insert_page(vma, vmf->address, page);
- if (ret == VM_FAULT_NOPAGE)
- folio_mark_accessed(page_folio(page));
-
-out:
- dma_resv_unlock(gobj->resv);
- return ret;
-}
-
-static void amdxdna_gem_mixedmap_vm_open(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
-{
- struct drm_gem_object *gobj = vma->vm_private_data;
- struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem = to_drm_gem_shmem_obj(gobj);
-
- /*
- * Bump pages_use_count so the page array stays alive for the new
- * mapping copy created by fork(). Mirrors drm_gem_shmem_vm_open().
- */
- dma_resv_lock(gobj->resv, NULL);
- drm_WARN_ON_ONCE(gobj->dev, !refcount_inc_not_zero(&shmem->pages_use_count));
- dma_resv_unlock(gobj->resv);
-
- drm_gem_vm_open(vma);
-}
-
-static void amdxdna_gem_mixedmap_vm_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
-{
- struct drm_gem_object *gobj = vma->vm_private_data;
- struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem = to_drm_gem_shmem_obj(gobj);
-
- dma_resv_lock(gobj->resv, NULL);
- drm_gem_shmem_put_pages_locked(shmem);
- dma_resv_unlock(gobj->resv);
-
- drm_gem_vm_close(vma);
-}
-
-static const struct vm_operations_struct amdxdna_gem_mixedmap_vm_ops = {
- .fault = amdxdna_gem_mixedmap_fault,
- .open = amdxdna_gem_mixedmap_vm_open,
- .close = amdxdna_gem_mixedmap_vm_close,
-};
-
static int amdxdna_gem_dmabuf_mmap(struct dma_buf *dma_buf, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
{
struct drm_gem_object *gobj = dma_buf->priv;
struct amdxdna_gem_obj *abo = to_xdna_obj(gobj);
int ret;

- vma->vm_ops = &amdxdna_gem_mixedmap_vm_ops;
+ /*
+ * vm_pgoff is the page offset within the dma-buf, see dma_buf_mmap().
+ * drm_gem_shmem_vm_ops indexes the BO pages by the page offset within
+ * the VMA. Thus the mapping has to start at the beginning of the BO.
+ */
+ if (vma->vm_pgoff)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ vma->vm_ops = &drm_gem_shmem_vm_ops;
vma->vm_private_data = gobj;

drm_gem_object_get(gobj);
@@ -741,11 +703,16 @@ static int amdxdna_gem_dmabuf_mmap(struct dma_buf *dma_buf, struct vm_area_struc
if (ret)
goto put_obj;

- /* The buffer is based on memory pages. Fix the flag. */
- vm_flags_mod(vma, VM_MIXEDMAP, VM_PFNMAP);
+ ret = amdxdna_remap_pages(abo, vma);
+ if (ret)
+ goto put_pages;

return 0;

+put_pages:
+ dma_resv_lock(gobj->resv, NULL);
+ drm_gem_shmem_put_pages_locked(&abo->base);
+ dma_resv_unlock(gobj->resv);
put_obj:
drm_gem_object_put(gobj);
return ret;
@@ -1043,7 +1010,7 @@ static const struct drm_gem_object_funcs amdxdna_gem_shmem_funcs = {
.vmap = amdxdna_gem_obj_vmap,
.vunmap = amdxdna_gem_obj_vunmap,
.mmap = amdxdna_gem_obj_mmap,
- .vm_ops = &amdxdna_gem_mixedmap_vm_ops,
+ .vm_ops = &drm_gem_shmem_vm_ops,
.export = amdxdna_gem_prime_export,
};

--
2.34.1