On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 04:57:58PM +0300, Oded Gabbay wrote:
> Forgot to add mm mailing list. Sorry.
>
> This patch enables the amdkfd driver to retrieve the kfd_process
> object from the process's mm_struct. This is needed because kfd_process
> lifespan is bound to the process's mm_struct lifespan.
>
> When amdkfd is notified about an mm_struct tear-down, it checks if the
> kfd_process pointer is valid. If so, it releases the kfd_process object
> and all relevant resources.
>
> In v3 of the patchset I will update the binding to match the final discussions
> on [PATCH 1/8] mmput: use notifier chain to call subsystem exit handler.
> In the meantime, I'm going to try and see if I can drop the kfd_process
> in mm_struct and remove the use of the new notification chain in mmput.
> Instead, I will try to use the mmu release notifier.
So the mmput notifier chain will not happen. I did a patch with call_srcu
and adding couple more helper to mmu_notifier. I will send that today for
review.
That being said, adding a device driver specific to mm_struct will most
likely be a big no. I am myself gonna remove hmm from mm_struct as people
are reluctant to see such change.
Cheers,
Jérôme
>
> Signed-off-by: Oded Gabbay <oded.gab...@amd.com>
> ---
> include/linux/mm_types.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
> index 678097c..ff71496 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
> @@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
> struct hmm;
> #endif
> +#if defined(CONFIG_HSA_RADEON) || defined(CONFIG_HSA_RADEON_MODULE)
> +struct kfd_process;
> +#endif
> +
> #ifndef AT_VECTOR_SIZE_ARCH
> #define AT_VECTOR_SIZE_ARCH 0
> #endif
> @@ -439,6 +443,16 @@ struct mm_struct {
> */
> struct hmm *hmm;
> #endif
> +#if defined(CONFIG_HSA_RADEON) || defined(CONFIG_HSA_RADEON_MODULE)
> + /*
> + * kfd always register an mmu_notifier we rely on mmu notifier to keep
> + * refcount on mm struct as well as forbiding registering kfd on a
> + * dying mm
> + *
> + * This field is set with mmap_sem old in write mode.
> + */
> + struct kfd_process *kfd_process;
> +#endif
> #if defined(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) && !USE_SPLIT_PMD_PTLOCKS
> pgtable_t pmd_huge_pte; /* protected by page_table_lock */
> #endif
> --
> 1.9.1
>
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