Re: [PATCH drm-next v4 00/14] [RFC] DRM GPUVA Manager & Nouveau VM_BIND UAPI

[Danilo Krummrich <dakr@redhat.com>]

On 6/7/23 00:31, Danilo Krummrich wrote:

>    Maple Tree:
>      - Maple tree uses the 'unsinged long' type for node entries. While this
>        works for 64bit, it's incompatible with the DRM GPUVA Manager on 32bit,
>        since the DRM GPUVA Manager uses the u64 type and so do drivers using it.
>        While it's questionable whether a 32bit kernel and a > 32bit GPU address
>        space make any sense, it creates tons of compiler warnings when compiling
>        for 32bit. Maybe it makes sense to expand the maple tree API to let users
>        decide which size to pick - other ideas / proposals are welcome.

I remember you told me that the filesystem folks had some interest in a 
64-bit maple tree for a 32-bit kernel as well. Are there any news or 
plans for such a feature?

For the short term I'd probably add a feature flag to the GPUVA manager, 
where drivers explicitly need to promise not to pass in addresses 
exceeding 32-bit on a 32-bit kernel, and if they don't refuse to 
initialize the GPUVA manager on 32-bit kernels - or something similar...