[PATCH v4 2/3] gup: introduce unpin_user_folio_dirty_locked()
From: lizhe . 67
Date: Tue Jun 17 2025 - 00:19:26 EST
From: Li Zhe <lizhe.67@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Introduce a new interface, unpin_user_folio_dirty_locked(). This
interface is similar to unpin_user_folio(), but it adds the
capability to conditionally mark a folio as dirty. VFIO will utilize
this interface to accelerate the VFIO DMA unmap process.
Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Li Zhe <lizhe.67@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/mm.h | 2 ++
mm/gup.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++------
2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index fdda6b16263b..242b05671502 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1689,6 +1689,8 @@ void unpin_user_page_range_dirty_lock(struct page *page, unsigned long npages,
bool make_dirty);
void unpin_user_pages(struct page **pages, unsigned long npages);
void unpin_user_folio(struct folio *folio, unsigned long npages);
+void unpin_user_folio_dirty_locked(struct folio *folio,
+ unsigned long npins, bool make_dirty);
void unpin_folios(struct folio **folios, unsigned long nfolios);
static inline bool is_cow_mapping(vm_flags_t flags)
diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index 84461d384ae2..15debead5f5b 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -360,12 +360,7 @@ void unpin_user_page_range_dirty_lock(struct page *page, unsigned long npages,
for (i = 0; i < npages; i += nr) {
folio = gup_folio_range_next(page, npages, i, &nr);
- if (make_dirty && !folio_test_dirty(folio)) {
- folio_lock(folio);
- folio_mark_dirty(folio);
- folio_unlock(folio);
- }
- gup_put_folio(folio, nr, FOLL_PIN);
+ unpin_user_folio_dirty_locked(folio, nr, make_dirty);
}
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(unpin_user_page_range_dirty_lock);
@@ -435,6 +430,26 @@ void unpin_user_folio(struct folio *folio, unsigned long npages)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(unpin_user_folio);
+/**
+ * unpin_user_folio_dirty_locked() - conditionally mark a folio
+ * dirty and unpin it
+ *
+ * @folio: pointer to folio to be released
+ * @npins: number of pins
+ * @make_dirty: whether to mark the folio dirty
+ *
+ * Mark the folio as being modified if @make_dirty is true. Then
+ * release npins of the folio.
+ */
+void unpin_user_folio_dirty_locked(struct folio *folio,
+ unsigned long npins, bool make_dirty)
+{
+ if (make_dirty && !folio_test_dirty(folio))
+ folio_mark_dirty_lock(folio);
+ gup_put_folio(folio, npins, FOLL_PIN);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unpin_user_folio_dirty_locked);
+
/**
* unpin_folios() - release an array of gup-pinned folios.
* @folios: array of folios to be marked dirty and released.
--
2.20.1