From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
To: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
Jerome Glisse <jglisse@redhat.com>,
John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm: introduce put_user_page*(), placeholder versions
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 21:26:28 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPcyv4h=j=Kc=uOzdbfoYvmJ54aqSq6tHra2QZQwtpE+80WkVw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181219030329.GI21992@ziepe.ca>
On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 7:03 PM Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 10:42:54AM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
>
> > Essentially, what we are talking about is how to handle broken
> > hardware. I say we should just brun it with napalm and thermite
> > (i.e. taint the kernel with "unsupportable hardware") and force
> > wait_for_stable_page() to trigger when there are GUP mappings if
> > the underlying storage doesn't already require it.
>
> If you want to ban O_DIRECT/etc from writing to file backed pages,
> then just do it.
>
> Otherwise I'm not sure demanding some unrealistic HW design is
> reasonable. ie nvme drives are not likely to add page faulting to
> their IO path any time soon.
>
> A SW architecture that relies on page faulting is just not going to
> support real world block IO devices.
>
> GPUs and one RDMA are about the only things that can do this today,
> and they are basically irrelevant to O_DIRECT.
Yes.
I'm missing why a bounce buffer is needed. If writeback hits a
DMA-writable page why can't that path just turn around and trigger
another mkwrite notifcation on behalf of hardware that will never send
it? "Nice try writeback, this page is dirty again".
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-12-19 5:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 213+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-12-04 0:17 [PATCH 0/2] put_user_page*(): start converting the call sites john.hubbard
2018-12-04 0:17 ` [PATCH 1/2] mm: introduce put_user_page*(), placeholder versions john.hubbard
2018-12-04 7:53 ` Mike Rapoport
2018-12-05 1:40 ` John Hubbard
2018-12-04 20:28 ` Dan Williams
2018-12-04 21:56 ` John Hubbard
2018-12-04 23:03 ` Dan Williams
2018-12-05 0:36 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-05 0:40 ` Dan Williams
2018-12-05 0:59 ` John Hubbard
2018-12-05 0:58 ` John Hubbard
2018-12-05 1:00 ` Dan Williams
2018-12-05 1:15 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-12-05 1:44 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-05 1:57 ` John Hubbard
2018-12-07 2:45 ` John Hubbard
2018-12-07 19:16 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-07 19:26 ` Dan Williams
2018-12-07 19:40 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-08 0:52 ` John Hubbard
2018-12-08 2:24 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-10 10:28 ` Jan Kara
2018-12-12 15:03 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-12 16:27 ` Dan Williams
2018-12-12 17:02 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-12 17:49 ` Dan Williams
2018-12-12 19:07 ` John Hubbard
2018-12-12 21:30 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-12 21:40 ` Dan Williams
2018-12-12 21:53 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-12 22:11 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-12-12 22:16 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-12 23:37 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2018-12-12 23:46 ` John Hubbard
2018-12-12 23:54 ` Dan Williams
2018-12-13 0:01 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-13 0:18 ` Dan Williams
2018-12-13 0:44 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-13 3:26 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2018-12-13 3:20 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2018-12-13 12:43 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-13 13:40 ` Tom Talpey
2018-12-13 14:18 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-13 14:51 ` Tom Talpey
2018-12-13 15:18 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-13 18:12 ` Tom Talpey
2018-12-13 19:18 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-14 10:41 ` Jan Kara
2018-12-14 15:25 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-12 21:56 ` John Hubbard
2018-12-12 22:04 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-12 22:11 ` John Hubbard
2018-12-12 22:14 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-12 22:17 ` John Hubbard
2018-12-12 21:46 ` Dave Chinner
2018-12-12 21:59 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-13 0:51 ` Dave Chinner
2018-12-13 2:02 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-13 15:56 ` Christopher Lameter
2018-12-13 16:02 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-14 6:00 ` Dave Chinner
2018-12-14 15:13 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-14 3:52 ` John Hubbard
2018-12-14 5:21 ` Dan Williams
2018-12-14 6:11 ` John Hubbard
2018-12-14 15:20 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-14 19:38 ` Dan Williams
2018-12-14 19:48 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-12-14 19:53 ` Dave Hansen
2018-12-14 20:03 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-12-14 20:17 ` Dan Williams
2018-12-14 20:29 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-12-15 0:41 ` John Hubbard
2018-12-17 8:56 ` Jan Kara
2018-12-17 18:28 ` Dan Williams
2018-12-14 15:43 ` Jan Kara
2018-12-16 21:58 ` Dave Chinner
2018-12-17 18:11 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-17 18:34 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-12-17 19:48 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-17 19:51 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-12-17 19:54 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-17 19:59 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-12-17 20:55 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-17 21:03 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-12-17 21:15 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-18 1:09 ` Dave Chinner
2018-12-18 6:12 ` Darrick J. Wong
2018-12-18 9:30 ` Jan Kara
2018-12-18 23:29 ` John Hubbard
2018-12-19 2:07 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-19 11:08 ` Jan Kara
2018-12-20 10:54 ` John Hubbard
2018-12-20 16:50 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-20 16:57 ` Dan Williams
2018-12-20 16:49 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-03 1:55 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-03 3:27 ` John Hubbard
2019-01-03 14:57 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-03 9:26 ` Jan Kara
2019-01-03 14:44 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-11 2:59 ` John Hubbard
2019-01-11 2:59 ` John Hubbard
2019-01-11 16:51 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-11 16:51 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-12 1:04 ` John Hubbard
2019-01-12 1:04 ` John Hubbard
2019-01-12 2:02 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-12 2:02 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-12 2:38 ` John Hubbard
2019-01-12 2:38 ` John Hubbard
2019-01-12 2:46 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-12 2:46 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-12 3:06 ` John Hubbard
2019-01-12 3:06 ` John Hubbard
2019-01-12 3:25 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-12 3:25 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-12 20:46 ` John Hubbard
2019-01-12 20:46 ` John Hubbard
2019-01-14 14:54 ` Jan Kara
2019-01-14 14:54 ` Jan Kara
2019-01-14 17:21 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-14 17:21 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-14 19:09 ` John Hubbard
2019-01-14 19:09 ` John Hubbard
2019-01-15 8:34 ` Jan Kara
2019-01-15 8:34 ` Jan Kara
2019-01-15 21:39 ` John Hubbard
2019-01-15 21:39 ` John Hubbard
2019-01-15 8:07 ` Jan Kara
2019-01-15 8:07 ` Jan Kara
2019-01-15 17:15 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-15 17:15 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-15 21:56 ` John Hubbard
2019-01-15 21:56 ` John Hubbard
2019-01-15 22:12 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-15 22:12 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-16 0:44 ` John Hubbard
2019-01-16 0:44 ` John Hubbard
2019-01-16 1:56 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-16 1:56 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-16 2:01 ` Dan Williams
2019-01-16 2:01 ` Dan Williams
2019-01-16 2:23 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-16 2:23 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-16 4:34 ` Dave Chinner
2019-01-16 4:34 ` Dave Chinner
2019-01-16 14:50 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-16 14:50 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-16 22:51 ` Dave Chinner
2019-01-16 22:51 ` Dave Chinner
2019-01-16 11:38 ` Jan Kara
2019-01-16 11:38 ` Jan Kara
2019-01-16 13:08 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-16 13:08 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-17 5:42 ` John Hubbard
2019-01-17 5:42 ` John Hubbard
2019-01-17 15:21 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-17 15:21 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-18 0:16 ` Dave Chinner
2019-01-18 1:59 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-17 9:30 ` Jan Kara
2019-01-17 9:30 ` Jan Kara
2019-01-17 15:17 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-17 15:17 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-22 15:24 ` Jan Kara
2019-01-22 16:46 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-23 18:02 ` Jan Kara
2019-01-23 19:04 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-29 0:22 ` John Hubbard
2019-01-29 1:23 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-29 6:41 ` John Hubbard
2019-01-29 10:12 ` Jan Kara
2019-01-30 2:21 ` John Hubbard
2019-01-17 5:25 ` John Hubbard
2019-01-17 5:25 ` John Hubbard
2019-01-17 9:04 ` Jan Kara
2019-01-17 9:04 ` Jan Kara
2019-01-12 3:14 ` Jerome Glisse
2019-01-12 3:14 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-18 10:33 ` Jan Kara
2018-12-18 23:42 ` Dave Chinner
2018-12-19 3:03 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2018-12-19 5:26 ` Dan Williams [this message]
2018-12-19 11:19 ` Jan Kara
2018-12-19 10:28 ` Dave Chinner
2018-12-19 11:35 ` Jan Kara
2018-12-19 16:56 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2018-12-19 22:33 ` Dave Chinner
2018-12-20 9:07 ` Jan Kara
2018-12-20 16:54 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-19 13:24 ` Jan Kara
2018-12-08 5:18 ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-12-12 19:13 ` John Hubbard
2018-12-08 7:16 ` Dan Williams
2018-12-08 16:33 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-08 16:48 ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-12-08 17:47 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-08 18:26 ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-12-08 18:45 ` Jerome Glisse
2018-12-08 18:09 ` Dan Williams
2018-12-08 18:12 ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-12-11 6:18 ` Dave Chinner
2018-12-05 5:52 ` Dan Williams
2018-12-05 11:16 ` Jan Kara
2018-12-04 0:17 ` [PATCH 2/2] infiniband/mm: convert put_page() to put_user_page*() john.hubbard
2018-12-04 17:10 ` [PATCH 0/2] put_user_page*(): start converting the call sites David Laight
2018-12-05 1:05 ` John Hubbard
2018-12-05 14:08 ` David Laight
2018-12-28 8:37 ` Pavel Machek
2019-02-08 7:56 [PATCH 0/2] mm: put_user_page() call site conversion first john.hubbard
2019-02-08 7:56 ` [PATCH 1/2] mm: introduce put_user_page*(), placeholder versions john.hubbard
2019-02-08 10:32 ` Mike Rapoport
2019-02-08 20:44 ` John Hubbard
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