Re: [PATCH] Documentation/mm: Add kmap_local_folio() to Temporary Virt. Mappings

[Mike Rapoport]

On Fri, Jun 09, 2023 at 05:09:08AM +0200, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> The differences between kmap_local_page() and kmap_local_folio() consist
> only in the first taking a pointer to a page and the second taking two
> arguments, a pointer to a folio and the byte offset within the folio which
> identifies the page.
> 
> The two API's can be explained at the same time in the "Temporary Virtual
> Mappings" section of the Highmem's documentation.
> 
> Add information about kmap_local_folio() in the same subsection that
> explains kmap_local_page().
> 
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Collingbourne <pcc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  Documentation/mm/highmem.rst | 27 +++++++++++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/mm/highmem.rst b/Documentation/mm/highmem.rst
> index c964e0848702..bb9584f167a6 100644
> --- a/Documentation/mm/highmem.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/mm/highmem.rst
> @@ -51,11 +51,14 @@ Temporary Virtual Mappings
>  The kernel contains several ways of creating temporary mappings. The following
>  list shows them in order of preference of use.
>  
> -* kmap_local_page().  This function is used to require short term mappings.
> -  It can be invoked from any context (including interrupts) but the mappings
> -  can only be used in the context which acquired them.
> -
> -  This function should always be used, whereas kmap_atomic() and kmap() have
> +* kmap_local_page(), kmap_local_folio() - These functions are used to require
> +  short term mappings. They can be invoked from any context (including
> +  interrupts) but the mappings can only be used in the context which acquired
> +  them. The only differences between them consist in the first taking a pointer
> +  to a struct page and the second taking a pointer to struct folio and the byte
> +  offset within the folio which identifies the page.
> +
> +  These functions should always be used, whereas kmap_atomic() and kmap() have
>    been deprecated.
>  
>    These mappings are thread-local and CPU-local, meaning that the mapping
> @@ -72,17 +75,17 @@ list shows them in order of preference of use.
>    maps of the outgoing task are saved and those of the incoming one are
>    restored.
>  
> -  kmap_local_page() always returns a valid virtual address and it is assumed
> -  that kunmap_local() will never fail.
> +  kmap_local_page(), as well as kmap_local_folio() always returns valid virtual
> +  kernel addresses and it is assumed that kunmap_local() will never fail.
>  
> -  On CONFIG_HIGHMEM=n kernels and for low memory pages this returns the
> +  On CONFIG_HIGHMEM=n kernels and for low memory pages they return the
>    virtual address of the direct mapping. Only real highmem pages are
>    temporarily mapped. Therefore, users may call a plain page_address()
>    for pages which are known to not come from ZONE_HIGHMEM. However, it is
> -  always safe to use kmap_local_page() / kunmap_local().
> +  always safe to use kmap_local_{page,folio}() / kunmap_local().
>  
> -  While it is significantly faster than kmap(), for the highmem case it
> -  comes with restrictions about the pointers validity. Contrary to kmap()
> +  While they are significantly faster than kmap(), for the highmem case they
> +  come with restrictions about the pointers validity. Contrary to kmap()
>    mappings, the local mappings are only valid in the context of the caller
>    and cannot be handed to other contexts. This implies that users must
>    be absolutely sure to keep the use of the return address local to the
> @@ -91,7 +94,7 @@ list shows them in order of preference of use.
>    Most code can be designed to use thread local mappings. User should
>    therefore try to design their code to avoid the use of kmap() by mapping
>    pages in the same thread the address will be used and prefer
> -  kmap_local_page().
> +  kmap_local_page() or kmap_local_folio().
>  
>    Nesting kmap_local_page() and kmap_atomic() mappings is allowed to a certain
>    extent (up to KMAP_TYPE_NR) but their invocations have to be strictly ordered
> -- 
> 2.40.1
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.