Re: [PATCH v7 01/13] PCI/P2PDMA: Support peer-to-peer memory
From: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com>
Date: 2018-09-25 18:09:55
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linux-nvme, linux-pci, linux-rdma, lkml, nvdimm
On 2018-09-25 11:25 a.m., Bart Van Assche wrote:
It's great to see this patch series making progress. Unfortunately I didn't have the time earlier to have a closer look at this patch series. I hope that you don't mind that I ask a few questions about the implementation?
Thanks for the review Bart!
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+static void pci_p2pdma_percpu_kill(void *data) +{ + struct percpu_ref *ref = data; + + if (percpu_ref_is_dying(ref)) + return; + + percpu_ref_kill(ref); +}The percpu_ref_is_dying() test should either be removed or a comment should be added above it that explains why it is necessary. Is the purpose of that call perhaps to protect against multiple calls of pci_p2pdma_percpu_kill()? If so, which mechanism serializes these multiple calls?
Hmm, yes, this was copied from device DAX, but I see it has been removed from there since then. I'll remove it for v8.
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+static void pci_p2pdma_release(void *data) +{ + struct pci_dev *pdev = data; + + if (!pdev->p2pdma) + return; + + wait_for_completion(&pdev->p2pdma->devmap_ref_done); + percpu_ref_exit(&pdev->p2pdma->devmap_ref); + + gen_pool_destroy(pdev->p2pdma->pool); + pdev->p2pdma = NULL; +}Which code frees the memory pdev->p2pdma points at? Other functions similar to pci_p2pdma_release() call devm_remove_action(), e.g. hmm_devmem_ref_exit().
pdev->p2pdma is allocated using devm so it will be freed when the PCI driver is being unwound. pci_p2pdma_release() is a devm action itself which is registered right after the devm_kzalloc() call. Therefore the memory will be freed in the next devm action. I don't exactly know what hmm is doing there but we don't have similar actions to remove.
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+static int pci_p2pdma_setup(struct pci_dev *pdev) +{ + int error = -ENOMEM; + struct pci_p2pdma *p2p; + + p2p = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*p2p), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!p2p) + return -ENOMEM; + + p2p->pool = gen_pool_create(PAGE_SHIFT, dev_to_node(&pdev->dev)); + if (!p2p->pool) + goto out; + + init_completion(&p2p->devmap_ref_done); + error = percpu_ref_init(&p2p->devmap_ref, + pci_p2pdma_percpu_release, 0, GFP_KERNEL); + if (error) + goto out_pool_destroy; + + percpu_ref_switch_to_atomic_sync(&p2p->devmap_ref);Why are percpu_ref_init() and percpu_ref_switch_to_atomic_sync() called separately instead of passing PERCPU_REF_INIT_ATOMIC to percpu_ref_init()? Would using PERCPU_REF_INIT_ATOMIC eliminate a call_rcu_sched() call and hence make this function faster?
I can't even remember why we are switching to atomic at all. It probably shouldn't be there. I'll remove it for v8.
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+static struct pci_dev *find_parent_pci_dev(struct device *dev)The above function increases the reference count of the device it returns a pointer to. It is a good habit to explain such behavior above the function definition.
Will do.
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+static void seq_buf_print_bus_devfn(struct seq_buf *buf, struct pci_dev *pdev) +{ + if (!buf) + return; + + seq_buf_printf(buf, "%s;", pci_name(pdev)); +}NULL checks in functions that print to a seq buffer are unusual. Is it possible that a NULL pointer gets passed as the first argument to seq_buf_print_bus_devfn()?
Yes. There are two paths here one that's verbose and one that's not. In the non-verbose case, we pass NULL instead of the seq_buf, so both calls need to ensure the seq_buf is not NULL before trying to print to it.
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+struct pci_p2pdma_client { + struct list_head list; + struct pci_dev *client; + struct pci_dev *provider; +};Is there a reason that the peer-to-peer client and server code exist in the same source file? If not, have you considered to split the p2pdma.c file into two files - one with the code for devices that provide p2p functionality and another file with the code that supports p2p users? I think that would make it easier to follow the code.
I see what you're saying but generally I get push back against adding extra files. I'm going to leave it the way it is unless other people voice their opinions in favour of the change.
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+/** + * pci_free_p2pmem - allocate peer-to-peer DMA memory + * @pdev: the device the memory was allocated from + * @addr: address of the memory that was allocated + * @size: number of bytes that was allocated + */ +void pci_free_p2pmem(struct pci_dev *pdev, void *addr, size_t size) +{ + gen_pool_free(pdev->p2pdma->pool, (uintptr_t)addr, size); + percpu_ref_put(&pdev->p2pdma->devmap_ref); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pci_free_p2pmem);Please fix the header of this function - there is a copy-paste error in the function header.
Will do. Logan