Re: [PATCH 7/9] drm/i915: Use memcpy_from_page() in gt/uc/intel_uc_fw.c

From: Ira Weiny
Date: Thu Nov 03 2022 - 15:03:25 EST


On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 05:37:23PM +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/gt/uc/intel_us_fw.c, the function intel_uc_fw_copy_rsa()
> just use the mapping to do memory copy so it doesn't need to disable
> pagefaults and preemption for mapping. Thus the local mapping without
> atomic context (not disable pagefaults / preemption) is enough.
>
> Therefore, intel_uc_fw_copy_rsa() is a function where the use of
> memcpy_from_page() with kmap_local_page() in place of memcpy() with
> kmap_atomic() is correctly suited.
>
> Convert the calls of memcpy() with kmap_atomic() / kunmap_atomic() to
> memcpy_from_page() which uses local mapping to copy.
>
> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220813220034.806698-1-ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx/T/#u
>
> Suggested-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>

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

> Suggested-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Suggested by credits:
> Ira: Referred to his task document and suggestions about using
> memcpy_from_page() directly.
> Fabio: Referred to his boiler plate commit message.
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc_fw.c | 5 +----
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc_fw.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc_fw.c
> index b91ad4aede1f..64d56f175d32 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc_fw.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc_fw.c
> @@ -962,16 +962,13 @@ size_t intel_uc_fw_copy_rsa(struct intel_uc_fw *uc_fw, void *dst, u32 max_len)
>
> for_each_sgt_page(page, iter, uc_fw->obj->mm.pages) {
> u32 len = min_t(u32, size, PAGE_SIZE - offset);
> - void *vaddr;
>
> if (idx > 0) {
> idx--;
> continue;
> }
>
> - vaddr = kmap_atomic(page);
> - memcpy(dst, vaddr + offset, len);
> - kunmap_atomic(vaddr);
> + memcpy_from_page(dst, page, offset, len);
>
> offset = 0;
> dst += len;
> --
> 2.34.1
>