Re: [PATCH 3/9] drm/i915: Use kmap_local_page() in gem/i915_gem_shmem.c

[Ira Weiny]

On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 05:37:19PM +0800, Zhao Liu wrote:
> From: Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The use of kmap_atomic() is being deprecated in favor of
> kmap_local_page()[1].
> 
> The main difference between atomic and local mappings is that local
> mappings doesn't disable page faults or preemption.
> 
> In drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_shmem.c, the function shmem_pwrite() need to
> disable pagefault to eliminate the potential recursion fault[2]. But
> here __copy_from_user_inatomic() doesn't need to disable preemption and
> local mapping is valid for sched in/out.
> 
> So it can use kmap_local_page() / kunmap_local() with
> pagefault_disable() / pagefault_enable() to replace atomic mapping.
> 
> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220813220034.806698-1-ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx
> [2]: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/295840/
> 
> Suggested-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>

> Signed-off-by: Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Suggested by credits:
>   Ira: Referred to his suggestions about keeping pagefault_disable().
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_shmem.c | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_shmem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_shmem.c
> index f42ca1179f37..e279a3e30c02 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_shmem.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_shmem.c
> @@ -472,11 +472,13 @@ shmem_pwrite(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
>  		if (err < 0)
>  			return err;
>  
> -		vaddr = kmap_atomic(page);
> +		vaddr = kmap_local_page(page);
> +		pagefault_disable();
>  		unwritten = __copy_from_user_inatomic(vaddr + pg,
>  						      user_data,
>  						      len);
> -		kunmap_atomic(vaddr);
> +		pagefault_enable();
> +		kunmap_local(vaddr);
>  
>  		err = aops->write_end(obj->base.filp, mapping, offset, len,
>  				      len - unwritten, page, data);
> -- 
> 2.34.1
>