Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] dma-contiguous: Abstract dma_{alloc,free}_contiguous()
From: Ezequiel Garcia
Date: Thu Jul 25 2019 - 14:08:03 EST
I can't find a way to forward-redirect from Gmail, so I'm Ccing Dafna
who found a regression caused by this commit. Dafna, can you give all
the details, including the log and how you are reproducing it?
On Fri, 24 May 2019 at 01:08, Nicolin Chen <nicoleotsuka@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Both dma_alloc_from_contiguous() and dma_release_from_contiguous()
> are very simply implemented, but requiring callers to pass certain
> parameters like count and align, and taking a boolean parameter to
> check __GFP_NOWARN in the allocation flags. So every function call
> duplicates similar work:
> /* A piece of example */
> unsigned long order = get_order(size);
> size_t count = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> page = dma_alloc_from_contiguous(dev, count, order, gfp & __GFP_NOWARN);
> [...]
> dma_release_from_contiguous(dev, page, size >> PAGE_SHIFT);
>
> Additionally, as CMA can be used only in the context which permits
> sleeping, most of callers do a gfpflags_allow_blocking() check and
> a corresponding fallback allocation of normal pages upon any false
> result:
> /* A piece of example */
> if (gfpflags_allow_blocking(flag))
> page = dma_alloc_from_contiguous();
> if (!page)
> page = alloc_pages();
> [...]
> if (!dma_release_from_contiguous(dev, page, count))
> __free_pages(page, get_order(size));
>
> So this patch simplifies those function calls by abstracting these
> operations into the two new functions: dma_{alloc,free}_contiguous.
>
> As some callers of dma_{alloc,release}_from_contiguous() might be
> complicated, this patch just implements these two new functions to
> kernel/dma/direct.c only as an initial step.
>
> Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Nicolin Chen <nicoleotsuka@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changelog
> v2->v3:
> * Added missing "static inline" in header file to fix build error.
> v1->v2:
> * Added new functions beside the old ones so we can replace callers
> one by one later.
> * Applied new functions to dma/direct.c only, because it's the best
> example caller to apply and should be safe with the new functions.
>
> include/linux/dma-contiguous.h | 11 ++++++++
> kernel/dma/contiguous.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> kernel/dma/direct.c | 24 +++--------------
> 3 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/dma-contiguous.h b/include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
> index f247e8aa5e3d..00a370c1c140 100644
> --- a/include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
> +++ b/include/linux/dma-contiguous.h
> @@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ struct page *dma_alloc_from_contiguous(struct device *dev, size_t count,
> unsigned int order, bool no_warn);
> bool dma_release_from_contiguous(struct device *dev, struct page *pages,
> int count);
> +struct page *dma_alloc_contiguous(struct device *dev, size_t size, gfp_t gfp);
> +void dma_free_contiguous(struct device *dev, struct page *page, size_t size);
>
> #else
>
> @@ -157,6 +159,15 @@ bool dma_release_from_contiguous(struct device *dev, struct page *pages,
> return false;
> }
>
> +static inline
> +struct page *dma_alloc_contiguous(struct device *dev, size_t size, gfp_t gfp)
> +{
> + return NULL;
> +}
> +
> +static inline
> +void dma_free_contiguous(struct device *dev, struct page *page, size_t size) { }
> +
> #endif
>
> #endif
> diff --git a/kernel/dma/contiguous.c b/kernel/dma/contiguous.c
> index b2a87905846d..21f39a6cb04f 100644
> --- a/kernel/dma/contiguous.c
> +++ b/kernel/dma/contiguous.c
> @@ -214,6 +214,54 @@ bool dma_release_from_contiguous(struct device *dev, struct page *pages,
> return cma_release(dev_get_cma_area(dev), pages, count);
> }
>
> +/**
> + * dma_alloc_contiguous() - allocate contiguous pages
> + * @dev: Pointer to device for which the allocation is performed.
> + * @size: Requested allocation size.
> + * @gfp: Allocation flags.
> + *
> + * This function allocates contiguous memory buffer for specified device. It
> + * first tries to use device specific contiguous memory area if available or
> + * the default global one, then tries a fallback allocation of normal pages.
> + */
> +struct page *dma_alloc_contiguous(struct device *dev, size_t size, gfp_t gfp)
> +{
> + int node = dev ? dev_to_node(dev) : NUMA_NO_NODE;
> + size_t count = PAGE_ALIGN(size) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> + size_t align = get_order(PAGE_ALIGN(size));
> + struct cma *cma = dev_get_cma_area(dev);
> + struct page *page = NULL;
> +
> + /* CMA can be used only in the context which permits sleeping */
> + if (cma && gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp)) {
> + align = min_t(size_t, align, CONFIG_CMA_ALIGNMENT);
> + page = cma_alloc(cma, count, align, gfp & __GFP_NOWARN);
> + }
> +
> + /* Fallback allocation of normal pages */
> + if (!page)
> + page = alloc_pages_node(node, gfp, align);
> +
> + return page;
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * dma_free_contiguous() - release allocated pages
> + * @dev: Pointer to device for which the pages were allocated.
> + * @page: Pointer to the allocated pages.
> + * @size: Size of allocated pages.
> + *
> + * This function releases memory allocated by dma_alloc_contiguous(). As the
> + * cma_release returns false when provided pages do not belong to contiguous
> + * area and true otherwise, this function then does a fallback __free_pages()
> + * upon a false-return.
> + */
> +void dma_free_contiguous(struct device *dev, struct page *page, size_t size)
> +{
> + if (!cma_release(dev_get_cma_area(dev), page, size >> PAGE_SHIFT))
> + __free_pages(page, get_order(size));
> +}
> +
> /*
> * Support for reserved memory regions defined in device tree
> */
> diff --git a/kernel/dma/direct.c b/kernel/dma/direct.c
> index 2c2772e9702a..0816c1e8b05a 100644
> --- a/kernel/dma/direct.c
> +++ b/kernel/dma/direct.c
> @@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ static bool dma_coherent_ok(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t phys, size_t size)
> struct page *__dma_direct_alloc_pages(struct device *dev, size_t size,
> dma_addr_t *dma_handle, gfp_t gfp, unsigned long attrs)
> {
> - unsigned int count = PAGE_ALIGN(size) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> - int page_order = get_order(size);
> struct page *page = NULL;
> u64 phys_mask;
>
> @@ -109,20 +107,9 @@ struct page *__dma_direct_alloc_pages(struct device *dev, size_t size,
> gfp |= __dma_direct_optimal_gfp_mask(dev, dev->coherent_dma_mask,
> &phys_mask);
> again:
> - /* CMA can be used only in the context which permits sleeping */
> - if (gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp)) {
> - page = dma_alloc_from_contiguous(dev, count, page_order,
> - gfp & __GFP_NOWARN);
> - if (page && !dma_coherent_ok(dev, page_to_phys(page), size)) {
> - dma_release_from_contiguous(dev, page, count);
> - page = NULL;
> - }
> - }
> - if (!page)
> - page = alloc_pages_node(dev_to_node(dev), gfp, page_order);
> -
> + page = dma_alloc_contiguous(dev, size, gfp);
> if (page && !dma_coherent_ok(dev, page_to_phys(page), size)) {
> - __free_pages(page, page_order);
> + dma_free_contiguous(dev, page, size);
> page = NULL;
>
> if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32) &&
> @@ -154,7 +141,7 @@ void *dma_direct_alloc_pages(struct device *dev, size_t size,
> if (PageHighMem(page)) {
> /*
> * Depending on the cma= arguments and per-arch setup
> - * dma_alloc_from_contiguous could return highmem pages.
> + * dma_alloc_contiguous could return highmem pages.
> * Without remapping there is no way to return them here,
> * so log an error and fail.
> */
> @@ -176,10 +163,7 @@ void *dma_direct_alloc_pages(struct device *dev, size_t size,
>
> void __dma_direct_free_pages(struct device *dev, size_t size, struct page *page)
> {
> - unsigned int count = PAGE_ALIGN(size) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> -
> - if (!dma_release_from_contiguous(dev, page, count))
> - __free_pages(page, get_order(size));
> + dma_free_contiguous(dev, page, size);
> }
>
> void dma_direct_free_pages(struct device *dev, size_t size, void *cpu_addr,
> --
> 2.17.1
>