On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 7:22 AM Christian König <christian.koe...@amd.com> wrote: > > Am 09.04.24 um 18:37 schrieb T.J. Mercier: > > On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 12:34 AM Rong Qianfeng <11065...@vivo.com> wrote: > >> > >> 在 2024/4/8 15:58, Christian König 写道: > >>> Am 07.04.24 um 09:50 schrieb Rong Qianfeng: > >>>> [SNIP] > >>>>> Am 13.11.21 um 07:22 schrieb Jianqun Xu: > >>>>>> Add DMA_BUF_IOCTL_SYNC_PARTIAL support for user to sync dma-buf with > >>>>>> offset and len. > >>>>> You have not given an use case for this so it is a bit hard to > >>>>> review. And from the existing use cases I don't see why this should > >>>>> be necessary. > >>>>> > >>>>> Even worse from the existing backend implementation I don't even see > >>>>> how drivers should be able to fulfill this semantics. > >>>>> > >>>>> Please explain further, > >>>>> Christian. > >>>> Here is a practical case: > >>>> The user space can allocate a large chunk of dma-buf for > >>>> self-management, used as a shared memory pool. > >>>> Small dma-buf can be allocated from this shared memory pool and > >>>> released back to it after use, thus improving the speed of dma-buf > >>>> allocation and release. > >>>> Additionally, custom functionalities such as memory statistics and > >>>> boundary checking can be implemented in the user space. > >>>> Of course, the above-mentioned functionalities require the > >>>> implementation of a partial cache sync interface. > >>> Well that is obvious, but where is the code doing that? > >>> > >>> You can't send out code without an actual user of it. That will > >>> obviously be rejected. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Christian. > >> In fact, we have already used the user-level dma-buf memory pool in the > >> camera shooting scenario on the phone. > >> > >> From the test results, The execution time of the photo shooting > >> algorithm has been reduced from 3.8s to 3s. > >> > > For phones, the (out of tree) Android version of the system heap has a > > page pool connected to a shrinker. > > Well, it should be obvious but I'm going to repeat it here: Submitting > kernel patches for our of tree code is a rather *extreme* no-go. > Sorry I think my comment led to some confusion. I wasn't suggesting you should take the patch; it's clearly incomplete. I was pointing out another option to Rong. It appears Rong is creating a single oversized dma-buf, and subdividing it in userspace to avoid multiple allocations for multiple buffers. That would lead to a need for a partial sync of the buffer from userspace. Instead of that, using a heap with a page pool gets you kind of the same thing with a lot less headache in userspace, and no need for partial sync. So I wanted to share that option, and that can go in just Android if necessary without this patch.
> That in kernel code *must* have an in kernel user is a number one rule. > > When somebody violates this rule he pretty much disqualifying himself as > reliable source of patches since maintainers then have to assume that > this person tries to submit code which doesn't have a justification to > be upstream. > > So while this actually looks useful from the technical side as long as > nobody does an implementation based on an upstream driver I absolutely > have to reject it from the organizational side. > > Regards, > Christian. > > > That allows you to skip page > > allocation without fully pinning the memory like you get when > > allocating a dma-buf that's way larger than necessary. If it's for a > > camera maybe you need physically contiguous memory, but it's also > > possible to set that up. > > > > https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common/+/refs/heads/android14-6.1/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c#377 > > > > > >> To be honest, I didn't understand your concern "...how drivers should be > >> able to fulfill this semantics." Can you please help explain it in more > >> detail? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Rong Qianfeng. > >> > >>>> Thanks > >>>> Rong Qianfeng. >
