On Wed, 2026-02-04 at 20:19 -0800, Matthew Brost wrote:
> The dma-map IOVA alloc, link, and sync APIs perform significantly
> better
> than dma-map / dma-unmap, as they avoid costly IOMMU
> synchronizations.
> This difference is especially noticeable when mapping a 2MB region in
> 4KB pages.
>
> Use the IOVA alloc, link, and sync APIs for DRM pagemap, which create
> DMA
> mappings between the CPU and GPU for copying data.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Brost <[email protected]>
> ---
> v4:
> - Pack IOVA and drop dummy page (Jason)
>
> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pagemap.c | 84 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> --
> 1 file changed, 70 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pagemap.c
> b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pagemap.c
> index 29677b19bb69..52a196bc8459 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pagemap.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pagemap.c
> @@ -280,6 +280,20 @@ drm_pagemap_migrate_map_device_pages(struct
> device *dev,
> return 0;
> }
>
> +/**
> + * struct drm_pagemap_iova_state - DRM pagemap IOVA state
> + *
No newline
> + * @dma_state: DMA IOVA state.
> + * @offset: Current offset in IOVA.
> + *
> + * This structure acts as an iterator for packing all IOVA addresses
> within a
> + * contiguous range.
> + */
> +struct drm_pagemap_iova_state {
> + struct dma_iova_state dma_state;
> + unsigned long offset;
> +};
> +
> /**
> * drm_pagemap_migrate_map_system_pages() - Map system migration
> pages for GPU SVM migration
> * @dev: The device performing the migration.
> @@ -287,6 +301,7 @@ drm_pagemap_migrate_map_device_pages(struct
> device *dev,
> * @migrate_pfn: Array of page frame numbers of system pages or peer
> pages to map.
> * @npages: Number of system pages or peer pages to map.
> * @dir: Direction of data transfer (e.g., DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL)
> + * @state: DMA IOVA state for mapping.
> *
> * This function maps pages of memory for migration usage in GPU
> SVM. It
> * iterates over each page frame number provided in @migrate_pfn,
> maps the
> @@ -300,9 +315,11 @@ drm_pagemap_migrate_map_system_pages(struct
> device *dev,
> struct drm_pagemap_addr
> *pagemap_addr,
> unsigned long *migrate_pfn,
> unsigned long npages,
> - enum dma_data_direction dir)
> + enum dma_data_direction dir,
> + struct drm_pagemap_iova_state
> *state)
> {
> unsigned long i;
> + bool try_alloc = false;
>
> for (i = 0; i < npages;) {
> struct page *page =
> migrate_pfn_to_page(migrate_pfn[i]);
> @@ -317,9 +334,31 @@ drm_pagemap_migrate_map_system_pages(struct
> device *dev,
> folio = page_folio(page);
> order = folio_order(folio);
>
> - dma_addr = dma_map_page(dev, page, 0,
> page_size(page), dir);
> - if (dma_mapping_error(dev, dma_addr))
> - return -EFAULT;
> + if (!try_alloc) {
> + dma_iova_try_alloc(dev, &state->dma_state,
> + npages * PAGE_SIZE >=
> + HPAGE_PMD_SIZE ?
> + HPAGE_PMD_SIZE : 0,
> + npages * PAGE_SIZE);
> + try_alloc = true;
> + }
What happens if dma_iova_try_alloc() fails for all i < some value x and
then suddenly succeeds for i == x? While the below code looks correct,
I figure we'd allocate a too large IOVA region and possibly get the
alignment wrong?
Otherwise LGTM.
> +
> + if (dma_use_iova(&state->dma_state)) {
> + int err = dma_iova_link(dev, &state-
> >dma_state,
> + page_to_phys(page),
> + state->offset,
> page_size(page),
> + dir, 0);
> + if (err)
> + return err;
> +
> + dma_addr = state->dma_state.addr + state-
> >offset;
> + state->offset += page_size(page);
> + } else {
> + dma_addr = dma_map_page(dev, page, 0,
> page_size(page),
> + dir);
> + if (dma_mapping_error(dev, dma_addr))
> + return -EFAULT;
> + }
>
> pagemap_addr[i] =
> drm_pagemap_addr_encode(dma_addr,
> @@ -330,6 +369,9 @@ drm_pagemap_migrate_map_system_pages(struct
> device *dev,
> i += NR_PAGES(order);
> }
>
> + if (dma_use_iova(&state->dma_state))
> + return dma_iova_sync(dev, &state->dma_state, 0,
> state->offset);
> +
> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -341,6 +383,7 @@ drm_pagemap_migrate_map_system_pages(struct
> device *dev,
> * @pagemap_addr: Array of DMA information corresponding to mapped
> pages
> * @npages: Number of pages to unmap
> * @dir: Direction of data transfer (e.g., DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL)
> + * @state: DMA IOVA state for mapping.
> *
> * This function unmaps previously mapped pages of memory for GPU
> Shared Virtual
> * Memory (SVM). It iterates over each DMA address provided in
> @dma_addr, checks
> @@ -350,10 +393,17 @@ static void
> drm_pagemap_migrate_unmap_pages(struct device *dev,
> struct drm_pagemap_addr
> *pagemap_addr,
> unsigned long
> *migrate_pfn,
> unsigned long npages,
> - enum dma_data_direction
> dir)
> + enum dma_data_direction
> dir,
> + struct
> drm_pagemap_iova_state *state)
> {
> unsigned long i;
>
> + if (state && dma_use_iova(&state->dma_state)) {
> + dma_iova_unlink(dev, &state->dma_state, 0, state-
> >offset, dir, 0);
> + dma_iova_free(dev, &state->dma_state);
> + return;
> + }
> +
> for (i = 0; i < npages;) {
> struct page *page =
> migrate_pfn_to_page(migrate_pfn[i]);
>
> @@ -406,7 +456,7 @@ drm_pagemap_migrate_remote_to_local(struct
> drm_pagemap_devmem *devmem,
> devmem->pre_migrate_fence);
> out:
> drm_pagemap_migrate_unmap_pages(remote_device, pagemap_addr,
> local_pfns,
> - npages, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
> + npages, DMA_FROM_DEVICE,
> NULL);
> return err;
> }
>
> @@ -416,11 +466,13 @@ drm_pagemap_migrate_sys_to_dev(struct
> drm_pagemap_devmem *devmem,
> struct page *local_pages[],
> struct drm_pagemap_addr
> pagemap_addr[],
> unsigned long npages,
> - const struct drm_pagemap_devmem_ops
> *ops)
> + const struct drm_pagemap_devmem_ops
> *ops,
> + struct drm_pagemap_iova_state *state)
> {
> int err = drm_pagemap_migrate_map_system_pages(devmem->dev,
> pagemap_addr,
> sys_pfns,
> - npages,
> DMA_TO_DEVICE);
> + npages,
> DMA_TO_DEVICE,
> + state);
>
> if (err)
> goto out;
> @@ -429,7 +481,7 @@ drm_pagemap_migrate_sys_to_dev(struct
> drm_pagemap_devmem *devmem,
> devmem->pre_migrate_fence);
> out:
> drm_pagemap_migrate_unmap_pages(devmem->dev, pagemap_addr,
> sys_pfns, npages,
> - DMA_TO_DEVICE);
> + DMA_TO_DEVICE, state);
> return err;
> }
>
> @@ -457,6 +509,7 @@ static int drm_pagemap_migrate_range(struct
> drm_pagemap_devmem *devmem,
> const struct migrate_range_loc
> *cur,
> const struct
> drm_pagemap_migrate_details *mdetails)
> {
> + struct drm_pagemap_iova_state state = {};
> int ret = 0;
>
> if (cur->start == 0)
> @@ -484,7 +537,7 @@ static int drm_pagemap_migrate_range(struct
> drm_pagemap_devmem *devmem,
> &pages[last-
> >start],
>
> &pagemap_addr[last->start],
> cur->start -
> last->start,
> - last->ops);
> + last->ops,
> &state);
>
> out:
> *last = *cur;
> @@ -1001,6 +1054,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_pagemap_put);
> int drm_pagemap_evict_to_ram(struct drm_pagemap_devmem
> *devmem_allocation)
> {
> const struct drm_pagemap_devmem_ops *ops =
> devmem_allocation->ops;
> + struct drm_pagemap_iova_state state = {};
> unsigned long npages, mpages = 0;
> struct page **pages;
> unsigned long *src, *dst;
> @@ -1042,7 +1096,7 @@ int drm_pagemap_evict_to_ram(struct
> drm_pagemap_devmem *devmem_allocation)
> err =
> drm_pagemap_migrate_map_system_pages(devmem_allocation->dev,
> pagemap_addr,
> dst, npages,
> - DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
> + DMA_FROM_DEVICE,
> &state);
> if (err)
> goto err_finalize;
>
> @@ -1059,7 +1113,7 @@ int drm_pagemap_evict_to_ram(struct
> drm_pagemap_devmem *devmem_allocation)
> migrate_device_pages(src, dst, npages);
> migrate_device_finalize(src, dst, npages);
> drm_pagemap_migrate_unmap_pages(devmem_allocation->dev,
> pagemap_addr, dst, npages,
> - DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
> + DMA_FROM_DEVICE, &state);
>
> err_free:
> kvfree(buf);
> @@ -1103,6 +1157,7 @@ static int __drm_pagemap_migrate_to_ram(struct
> vm_area_struct *vas,
> MIGRATE_VMA_SELECT_DEVICE_COHERENT,
> .fault_page = page,
> };
> + struct drm_pagemap_iova_state state = {};
> struct drm_pagemap_zdd *zdd;
> const struct drm_pagemap_devmem_ops *ops;
> struct device *dev = NULL;
> @@ -1162,7 +1217,7 @@ static int __drm_pagemap_migrate_to_ram(struct
> vm_area_struct *vas,
>
> err = drm_pagemap_migrate_map_system_pages(dev,
> pagemap_addr,
> migrate.dst,
> npages,
> - DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
> + DMA_FROM_DEVICE,
> &state);
> if (err)
> goto err_finalize;
>
> @@ -1180,7 +1235,8 @@ static int __drm_pagemap_migrate_to_ram(struct
> vm_area_struct *vas,
> migrate_vma_finalize(&migrate);
> if (dev)
> drm_pagemap_migrate_unmap_pages(dev, pagemap_addr,
> migrate.dst,
> - npages,
> DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
> + npages,
> DMA_FROM_DEVICE,
> + &state);
> err_free:
> kvfree(buf);
> err_out:
