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Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/mm.h | 63 |
1 files changed, 50 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h index 3b88618e361a..79ca557349c6 100644 --- a/include/linux/mm.h +++ b/include/linux/mm.h @@ -1042,16 +1042,14 @@ static inline void put_page(struct page *page) * put_user_page() - release a gup-pinned page * @page: pointer to page to be released * - * Pages that were pinned via get_user_pages*() must be released via - * either put_user_page(), or one of the put_user_pages*() routines - * below. This is so that eventually, pages that are pinned via - * get_user_pages*() can be separately tracked and uniquely handled. In - * particular, interactions with RDMA and filesystems need special - * handling. + * Pages that were pinned via pin_user_pages*() must be released via either + * put_user_page(), or one of the put_user_pages*() routines. This is so that + * eventually such pages can be separately tracked and uniquely handled. In + * particular, interactions with RDMA and filesystems need special handling. * * put_user_page() and put_page() are not interchangeable, despite this early * implementation that makes them look the same. put_user_page() calls must - * be perfectly matched up with get_user_page() calls. + * be perfectly matched up with pin*() calls. */ static inline void put_user_page(struct page *page) { @@ -1509,9 +1507,16 @@ long get_user_pages_remote(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages, struct vm_area_struct **vmas, int *locked); +long pin_user_pages_remote(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm, + unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, + unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages, + struct vm_area_struct **vmas, int *locked); long get_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages, struct vm_area_struct **vmas); +long pin_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, + unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages, + struct vm_area_struct **vmas); long get_user_pages_locked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages, int *locked); long get_user_pages_unlocked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, @@ -1519,6 +1524,8 @@ long get_user_pages_unlocked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, int get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages); +int pin_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, + unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages); int account_locked_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long pages, bool inc); int __account_locked_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long pages, bool inc, @@ -2583,13 +2590,15 @@ struct page *follow_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, #define FOLL_ANON 0x8000 /* don't do file mappings */ #define FOLL_LONGTERM 0x10000 /* mapping lifetime is indefinite: see below */ #define FOLL_SPLIT_PMD 0x20000 /* split huge pmd before returning */ +#define FOLL_PIN 0x40000 /* pages must be released via put_user_page() */ /* - * NOTE on FOLL_LONGTERM: + * FOLL_PIN and FOLL_LONGTERM may be used in various combinations with each + * other. Here is what they mean, and how to use them: * * FOLL_LONGTERM indicates that the page will be held for an indefinite time - * period _often_ under userspace control. This is contrasted with - * iov_iter_get_pages() where usages which are transient. + * period _often_ under userspace control. This is in contrast to + * iov_iter_get_pages(), whose usages are transient. * * FIXME: For pages which are part of a filesystem, mappings are subject to the * lifetime enforced by the filesystem and we need guarantees that longterm @@ -2604,11 +2613,39 @@ struct page *follow_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, * Currently only get_user_pages() and get_user_pages_fast() support this flag * and calls to get_user_pages_[un]locked are specifically not allowed. This * is due to an incompatibility with the FS DAX check and - * FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY + * FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY. * - * In the CMA case: longterm pins in a CMA region would unnecessarily fragment - * that region. And so CMA attempts to migrate the page before pinning when + * In the CMA case: long term pins in a CMA region would unnecessarily fragment + * that region. And so, CMA attempts to migrate the page before pinning, when * FOLL_LONGTERM is specified. + * + * FOLL_PIN indicates that a special kind of tracking (not just page->_refcount, + * but an additional pin counting system) will be invoked. This is intended for + * anything that gets a page reference and then touches page data (for example, + * Direct IO). This lets the filesystem know that some non-file-system entity is + * potentially changing the pages' data. In contrast to FOLL_GET (whose pages + * are released via put_page()), FOLL_PIN pages must be released, ultimately, by + * a call to put_user_page(). + * + * FOLL_PIN is similar to FOLL_GET: both of these pin pages. They use different + * and separate refcounting mechanisms, however, and that means that each has + * its own acquire and release mechanisms: + * + * FOLL_GET: get_user_pages*() to acquire, and put_page() to release. + * + * FOLL_PIN: pin_user_pages*() to acquire, and put_user_pages to release. + * + * FOLL_PIN and FOLL_GET are mutually exclusive for a given function call. + * (The underlying pages may experience both FOLL_GET-based and FOLL_PIN-based + * calls applied to them, and that's perfectly OK. This is a constraint on the + * callers, not on the pages.) + * + * FOLL_PIN should be set internally by the pin_user_pages*() APIs, never + * directly by the caller. That's in order to help avoid mismatches when + * releasing pages: get_user_pages*() pages must be released via put_page(), + * while pin_user_pages*() pages must be released via put_user_page(). + * + * Please see Documentation/vm/pin_user_pages.rst for more information. */ static inline int vm_fault_to_errno(vm_fault_t vm_fault, int foll_flags) |