Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] vfio/type1: optimize vfio_unpin_pages_remote() for large folio

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Tue Jun 17 2025 - 05:51:06 EST


On 17.06.25 11:47, lizhe.67@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Tue, 17 Jun 2025 09:43:56 +0200, david@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c b/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
index e952bf8bdfab..d7653f4c10d5 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
@@ -801,16 +801,43 @@ static long vfio_pin_pages_remote(struct vfio_dma *dma, unsigned long vaddr,
return pinned;
}
+/* Returned number includes the provided current page. */
+static inline unsigned long folio_remaining_pages(struct folio *folio,
+ struct page *page, unsigned long max_pages)
+{
+ if (!folio_test_large(folio))
+ return 1;
+ return min_t(unsigned long, max_pages,
+ folio_nr_pages(folio) - folio_page_idx(folio, page));
+}

Note that I think that should go somewhere into mm.h, and also get used
by GUP. So factoring it out from GUP and then using it here.

I think I need to separate this out into a distinct patch within the
patchset. Is that correct?

Yes, that's what I would do.

--
Cheers,

David / dhildenb