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McKenney" , Neeraj Upadhyay , Randy Dunlap , Damien Le Moal , Florian Fainelli , David Hildenbrand , Zi Yan , Oscar Salvador , Hari Bathini , Kees Cook , - , KOSAKI Motohiro , Mel Gorman , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, iommu@lists.linux.dev References: <20220913195508.3511038-1-opendmb@gmail.com> <20220913195508.3511038-17-opendmb@gmail.com> <20220914145506.GA2149379-robh@kernel.org> <57f19774-39a1-03a6-fe68-83d7e4b16521@gmail.com> <07d87203-6fe1-c612-cb79-9080e1988454@linaro.org> From: Doug Berger In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ARC-Seal: i=1; s=arc-20220608; d=hostedemail.com; t=1663719258; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=szAVZncZ+YAh8RN6a9FFVVoZyxCAVhk3fUlcZk5cYqE79pGafxdP/nJBf7LCHpHn6QocnP hpnVwSa2+6EsE0y2E7WPynjLnZ8GSVVZiiupWTMWKPeWrWSphil/7DEQT6c+y9+VeO+Wuq mEwHZtswmtmL5oW1MMm6Y71xHaiyHRc= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=hostedemail.com; s=arc-20220608; t=1663719258; h=from:from:sender:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references:dkim-signature; bh=aCeri+hfbuGIwO2XasovhLElcJko/KHACF2kQywU+Xo=; b=PBBElMS5M0hpB35nLjbpLol09DrNAlI/z+DxTtx3yC82vmgE/Zl374RXI5pkkkd67to2e5 +AIpAScn97PYa/NUk4y/jU/pVxk4RHQf9sINmiRGER+4IIkHMKlBzNi4CXeYYW+qNFlag6 Clb2/N/+1Lk0ClVi7ZcKUvEfWU4Qx34= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; imf16.hostedemail.com; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20210112 header.b=If+MVDYK; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (imf16.hostedemail.com: domain of opendmb@gmail.com designates 209.85.219.48 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=opendmb@gmail.com X-Stat-Signature: xqorh9u5wobap6j3e5mukoqzxeo6joqh X-Rspamd-Server: rspam02 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 7DC4918000B Authentication-Results: imf16.hostedemail.com; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20210112 header.b=If+MVDYK; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (imf16.hostedemail.com: domain of opendmb@gmail.com designates 209.85.219.48 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=opendmb@gmail.com X-Rspam-User: X-HE-Tag: 1663719258-576685 X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: On 9/19/2022 4:03 AM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > On 19/09/2022 01:12, Doug Berger wrote: >> On 9/18/2022 3:31 AM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: >>> On 14/09/2022 18:13, Doug Berger wrote: >>>> On 9/14/2022 7:55 AM, Rob Herring wrote: >>>>> On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 12:55:03PM -0700, Doug Berger wrote: >>>>>> Introduce designated-movable-block.yaml to document the >>>>>> devicetree binding for Designated Movable Block children of the >>>>>> reserved-memory node. >>>>> >>>>> What is a Designated Movable Block? This patch needs to stand on its >>>>> own. >>>> As noted in my reply to your [PATCH 00/21] comment, my intention in >>>> submitting the entire patch set (and specifically PATCH 00/21]) was to >>>> communicate this context. Now that I believe I understand that only this >>>> patch should have been submitted to the devicetree-spec mailing list, I >>>> will strive harder to make it more self contained. >>> >>> The submission of entire thread was ok. What is missing is the >>> explanation in this commit. This commit must be self-explanatory (e.g. >>> in explaining "Why are you doing it?"), not rely on other commits for >>> such explanation. >>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Why does this belong or need to be in DT? >>>> While my preferred method of declaring Designated Movable Blocks is >>>> through the movablecore kernel parameter, I can conceive that others may >>>> wish to take advantage of the reserved-memory DT nodes. In particular, >>>> it has the advantage that a device can claim ownership of the >>>> reserved-memory via device tree, which is something that has yet to be >>>> implemented for DMBs defined with movablecore. >>> >>> Rephrasing the question: why OS memory layout and OS behavior is a >>> property of hardware (DTS)? >> I would say the premise is fundamentally the same as the existing >> reserved-memory child node. > > I don't think it is fundamentally the same. > > The existing reserved-memory node describes memory used by hardware - by > other devices. The OS way of handling this memory - movable, reclaimable > etc - is not part of it. > > So no, it is not the same. > >> >> I've been rethinking how this should be specified. I am now thinking >> that it may be better to introduce a new Reserved Memory property that >> serves as a modifier to the 'reusable' property. The 'reusable' property >> allows the OS to use memory that has been reserved for a device and >> therefore requires the device driver to reclaim the memory prior to its >> use. However, an OS may have multiple ways of implementing such reuse >> and reclamation. > > ... and I repeat the question - why OS way of implementing reuse and > reclamation is relevant to DT? > >> I am considering introducing the vendor specific 'linux,dmb' property >> that is dependent on the 'reusable' property to allow both the OS and >> the device driver to identify the method used by the Linux OS to support >> reuse and reclamation of the reserved-memory child node. > > Sure, but why? Why OS and Linux driver specific pieces should be in DT? >> Such a property would remove any need for new compatible strings to the >> device tree. Does that approach seem reasonable to you? > > No, because you did not explain original question. At all. I apologize if I have somehow offended you, but please recognize that my apparent inability to answer your question does not come from an unwillingness to do so. I believe an example of the reserved-memory node being used the way you indicate (though there are other uses) can be expressed with device tree nodes like these: reserved-memory { #address-cells = <0x1>; #size-cells = <0x1>; ranges; multimedia_reserved: multimedia@80000000 { reg = <0x80000000 0x10000000>; }; }; decoder@8012000 { memory-region = <&multimedia_reserved>; /* ... */ }; Here a 256MB chunk of memory is reserved for use by a hardware decoder as part of rendering a video stream. In this case the memory is reserved for the exclusive use of the decoder device and its associated device driver. The Devicetree Specification includes a property named 'reusable' that could be applied to the multimedia node to allow the OS to "use the memory in this region with the limitation that the device driver(s) owning the region need to be able to reclaim it back". This is a good idea, because this memory could probably be put to good use when the decoder is not active. Unfortunately, the methods for reusing this memory are not defined for Linux so the multimedia reserved memory would not be reused even though the devicetree indicates that it is allowed. The notion behind this commit was to introduce the 'designated-movable-block' compatible string that could be added to the multimedia node to allow the Client Program (i.e. Linux) to select a device driver that knows how to reclaim reserved memory back from the OS when it is needed by the decoder device and release it back to the OS when the decoder no longer needs it. In this way, the purpose of the multimedia node remains the same (i.e. to reserve memory for use by a device), but a new compatible string is defined to allow for selection of an appropriate device driver and allow successful reuse of the memory for the benefit of the system. From Rob's feedback it is clear that 'designated-movable-block' is not an appropriate name, but maybe 'linux,dmb' might have been. However, it would be more flexible if a 'linux,dmb' property could be introduced as a modifier to the existing 'reusable' property to provide a general mechanism for clarifying how 'reusable' should be supported by the Client Software and its device drivers. Such a property is not directly relevant to hardware, but the devicetree is not wholly concerned with hardware. Reserved memory node children include support for 'linux,cma-default' and 'linux,dma-default' properties that signal behavioral intent to the Linux OS. Some aspects of the devicetree (e.g. the /chosen node and 'reusable' property) are for the benefit of the Client Program. > > Best regards, > Krzysztof I hope this is closer to the answer you seek, but I may simply not understand the question being asked, -Doug