> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christian König <christian.koe...@amd.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2025 8:00 PM
> To: wangtao <tao.wang...@honor.com>; sumit.sem...@linaro.org;
> benjamin.gaign...@collabora.com; brian.star...@arm.com;
> jstu...@google.com; tjmerc...@google.com
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> mm-...@lists.linaro.org; linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org;
> wangbintian(BintianWang) <bintian.w...@honor.com>; yipengxiang
> <yipengxi...@honor.com>; <liulu....@honor.com>; hanfeng
> <feng....@honor.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] dmabuf/heaps: implement
> DMA_BUF_IOCTL_RW_FILE for system_heap
>
> On 5/14/25 13:02, wangtao wrote:
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Christian König <christian.koe...@amd.com>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2025 9:18 PM
> >> To: wangtao <tao.wang...@honor.com>; sumit.sem...@linaro.org;
> >> benjamin.gaign...@collabora.com; brian.star...@arm.com;
> >> jstu...@google.com; tjmerc...@google.com
> >> Cc: linux-me...@vger.kernel.org; dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org;
> >> linaro- mm-...@lists.linaro.org; linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org;
> >> wangbintian(BintianWang) <bintian.w...@honor.com>; yipengxiang
> >> <yipengxi...@honor.com>; <liulu....@honor.com>;
> <feng....@honor.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] dmabuf/heaps: implement
> >> DMA_BUF_IOCTL_RW_FILE for system_heap
> >>
> >> On 5/13/25 14:30, wangtao wrote:
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: Christian König <christian.koe...@amd.com>
> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2025 7:32 PM
> >>>> To: wangtao <tao.wang...@honor.com>; sumit.sem...@linaro.org;
> >>>> benjamin.gaign...@collabora.com; brian.star...@arm.com;
> >>>> jstu...@google.com; tjmerc...@google.com
> >>>> Cc: linux-me...@vger.kernel.org; dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org;
> >>>> linaro- mm-...@lists.linaro.org; linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org;
> >>>> wangbintian(BintianWang) <bintian.w...@honor.com>; yipengxiang
> >>>> <yipengxi...@honor.com>; <liulu....@honor.com>;
> >>>> <feng....@honor.com>
> >>>> Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] dmabuf/heaps: implement
> >>>> DMA_BUF_IOCTL_RW_FILE for system_heap
> >>>>
> >>>> On 5/13/25 11:28, wangtao wrote:
> >>>>> Support direct file I/O operations for system_heap dma-buf objects.
> >>>>> Implementation includes:
> >>>>> 1. Convert sg_table to bio_vec
> >>>>
> >>>> That is usually illegal for DMA-bufs.
> >>> [wangtao] The term 'convert' is misleading in this context. The
> >>> appropriate
> >> phrasing should be: Construct bio_vec from sg_table.
> >>
> >> Well it doesn't matter what you call it. Touching the page inside an
> >> sg table of a DMA-buf is illegal, we even have code to actively prevent
> that.
> > [wangtao] For a driver using DMA-buf: Don't touch pages in the sg_table.
> But the system heap exporter (sg_table owner) should be allowed to use
> them.
>
> Good point that might be possible.
>
> > If a driver takes ownership via dma_buf_map_attachment or similar calls,
> the exporter must stop using the sg_table.
> > User-space programs should call DMA_BUF_IOCTL_RW_FILE only when the
> DMA-buf is not attached.
> > The exporter must check ownership (e.g., ensure no map_dma_buf/vmap
> is active) and block new calls during operations.
> > I'll add these checks in patch v2.
> >
> >>
> >> Once more: This approach was already rejected multiple times! Please
> >> use udmabuf instead!
> >>
> >> The hack you came up here is simply not necessary.
> > [wangtao] Many people need DMA-buf direct I/O. I tried it 2 years ago. My
> method is simpler, uses less CPU/power, and performs better:
>
> I don't think that this is a valid argument.
>
> > - Speed: 3418 MB/s vs. 2073 MB/s (udmabuf) at 1GHz CPU.
> > - udmabuf wastes half its CPU time on __get_user_pages.
> > - Creating 32x32MB DMA-bufs + reading 1GB file takes 346 ms vs. 1145 ms
> for udmabuf (10x slower) vs. 1503 ms for DMA-buf normal.
>
> Why would using udmabuf be slower here?
>
> > udmabuf is slightly faster but not enough. Switching to udmabuf is easy for
> small apps but hard in complex systems without major benefits.
>
> Yeah, but your approach here is a rather clear hack. Using udmabuf is much
> more cleaner and generally accepted by everybody now.
>
> As far as I can see I have to reject your approach here.
>
[wangtao] My Test Configuration (CPU 1GHz, 5-test average):
Allocation: 32x32MB buffer creation
- dmabuf 53ms vs. udmabuf 694ms (10X slower)
- Note: shmem shows excessive allocation time
Read 1024MB File:
- dmabuf direct 326ms vs. udmabuf direct 461ms (40% slower)
- Note: pin_user_pages_fast consumes majority CPU cycles
Key function call timing: See details below.
Dmabuf direct io:
|- 12.39% DmaBufTest_PerfDmabufDirectIO_Test::TestBody()
|-|- 5.95% perf_dmabuf_alloc_and_io
|-|-|- 4.38% dmabuf_io_back
|-|-|-|- 3.47% ioctl
|-|-|-|-|- 3.47% __ioctl
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- 3.47% dma_buf_ioctl
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- 3.47% system_heap_dma_buf_rw_file
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- 3.46% system_heap_rw_file
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- 3.46% f2fs_file_read_iter
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- 3.46% __iomap_dio_rw
|-|-|- 1.33% ioctl
|-|-|-|- 1.33% __ioctl
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- 1.33% dma_heap_ioctl
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- 1.33% dma_heap_buffer_alloc
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- 1.33% system_heap_allocate
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- 1.33% system_heap_do_allocate
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- 1.28% __alloc_pages
Udmabuf direct io:
|- 39.35% DmaBufTest_PerfDmabufUDirectIO_Test::TestBody()
|-|- 32.76% perf_dmabuf_alloc_and_io
|-|-|- 17.43% alloc_udmabuf
|-|-|-|- 13.34% ioctl
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- 13.34% udmabuf_ioctl
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- 13.32% udmabuf_create
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- 13.26% shmem_read_mapping_page_gfp
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- 11.94% shmem_read_folio_gfp
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- 11.28% shmem_get_folio_gfp
|-|-|- 10.81% dmabuf_io_back
|-|-|-|- 8.85% read
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- 8.85% __arm64_sys_read
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- 8.85% f2fs_file_read_iter
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- 8.84% __iomap_dio_rw
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- 7.85% iomap_dio_bio_iter
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- 5.61% bio_iov_iter_get_pages
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- 5.46% iov_iter_extract_pages
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- 5.46% pin_user_pages_fast
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- 5.46% internal_get_user_pages_fast
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- 5.46% __gup_longterm_locked
|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|- 5.36% __get_user_pages
> Regards,
> Christian.
>
>
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Christian.
> >>
> >>
> >>> Appreciate your feedback.
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>> Christian.
> >>>>
> >>>>> 2. Set IOCB_DIRECT when O_DIRECT is supported 3. Invoke
> >>>>> vfs_iocb_iter_read()/vfs_iocb_iter_write() for actual I/O
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Performance metrics (UFS 4.0 device @4GB/s, Arm64 CPU @1GHz):
> >>>>>
> >>>>> | Metric | 1MB | 8MB | 64MB | 1024MB | 3072MB |
> >>>>> |--------------------|-------:|-------:|--------:|---------:|-----
> >>>>> |--------------------|--
> >>>>> |--------------------|--
> >>>>> |--------------------|:|
> >>>>> | Buffer Read (us) | 1658 | 9028 | 69295 | 1019783 | 2978179 |
> >>>>> | Direct Read (us) | 707 | 2647 | 18689 | 299627 | 937758 |
> >>>>> | Buffer Rate (MB/s) | 603 | 886 | 924 | 1004 | 1032 |
> >>>>> | Direct Rate (MB/s) | 1414 | 3022 | 3425 | 3418 | 3276 |
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Signed-off-by: wangtao <tao.wang...@honor.com>
> >>>>> ---
> >>>>> drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c | 118
> >>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>>>> 1 file changed, 118 insertions(+)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c
> >>>>> b/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c
> >>>>> index 26d5dc89ea16..f7b71b9843aa 100644
> >>>>> --- a/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c
> >>>>> +++ b/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c
> >>>>> @@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
> >>>>> #include <linux/scatterlist.h>
> >>>>> #include <linux/slab.h>
> >>>>> #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
> >>>>> +#include <linux/bvec.h>
> >>>>> +#include <linux/uio.h>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> static struct dma_heap *sys_heap;
> >>>>>
> >>>>> @@ -281,6 +283,121 @@ static void system_heap_vunmap(struct
> >> dma_buf
> >>>> *dmabuf, struct iosys_map *map)
> >>>>> iosys_map_clear(map);
> >>>>> }
> >>>>>
> >>>>> +static struct bio_vec *system_heap_init_bvec(struct
> >>>> system_heap_buffer *buffer,
> >>>>> + size_t offset, size_t len, int *nr_segs) {
> >>>>> + struct sg_table *sgt = &buffer->sg_table;
> >>>>> + struct scatterlist *sg;
> >>>>> + size_t length = 0;
> >>>>> + unsigned int i, k = 0;
> >>>>> + struct bio_vec *bvec;
> >>>>> + size_t sg_left;
> >>>>> + size_t sg_offset;
> >>>>> + size_t sg_len;
> >>>>> +
> >>>>> + bvec = kvcalloc(sgt->nents, sizeof(*bvec), GFP_KERNEL);
> >>>>> + if (!bvec)
> >>>>> + return NULL;
> >>>>> +
> >>>>> + for_each_sg(sgt->sgl, sg, sgt->nents, i) {
> >>>>> + length += sg->length;
> >>>>> + if (length <= offset)
> >>>>> + continue;
> >>>>> +
> >>>>> + sg_left = length - offset;
> >>>>> + sg_offset = sg->offset + sg->length - sg_left;
> >>>>> + sg_len = min(sg_left, len);
> >>>>> +
> >>>>> + bvec[k].bv_page = sg_page(sg);
> >>>>> + bvec[k].bv_len = sg_len;
> >>>>> + bvec[k].bv_offset = sg_offset;
> >>>>> + k++;
> >>>>> +
> >>>>> + offset += sg_len;
> >>>>> + len -= sg_len;
> >>>>> + if (len <= 0)
> >>>>> + break;
> >>>>> + }
> >>>>> +
> >>>>> + *nr_segs = k;
> >>>>> + return bvec;
> >>>>> +}
> >>>>> +
> >>>>> +static int system_heap_rw_file(struct system_heap_buffer *buffer,
> >>>>> +bool
> >>>> is_read,
> >>>>> + bool direct_io, struct file *filp, loff_t file_offset,
> >>>>> + size_t buf_offset, size_t len)
> >>>>> +{
> >>>>> + struct bio_vec *bvec;
> >>>>> + int nr_segs = 0;
> >>>>> + struct iov_iter iter;
> >>>>> + struct kiocb kiocb;
> >>>>> + ssize_t ret = 0;
> >>>>> +
> >>>>> + if (direct_io) {
> >>>>> + if (!(filp->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_ODIRECT))
> >>>>> + return -EINVAL;
> >>>>> + }
> >>>>> +
> >>>>> + bvec = system_heap_init_bvec(buffer, buf_offset, len,
> &nr_segs);
> >>>>> + if (!bvec)
> >>>>> + return -ENOMEM;
> >>>>> +
> >>>>> + iov_iter_bvec(&iter, is_read ? ITER_DEST : ITER_SOURCE,
> bvec,
> >>>> nr_segs, len);
> >>>>> + init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, filp);
> >>>>> + kiocb.ki_pos = file_offset;
> >>>>> + if (direct_io)
> >>>>> + kiocb.ki_flags |= IOCB_DIRECT;
> >>>>> +
> >>>>> + while (kiocb.ki_pos < file_offset + len) {
> >>>>> + if (is_read)
> >>>>> + ret = vfs_iocb_iter_read(filp, &kiocb, &iter);
> >>>>> + else
> >>>>> + ret = vfs_iocb_iter_write(filp, &kiocb, &iter);
> >>>>> + if (ret <= 0)
> >>>>> + break;
> >>>>> + }
> >>>>> +
> >>>>> + kvfree(bvec);
> >>>>> + return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
> >>>>> +}
> >>>>> +
> >>>>> +static int system_heap_dma_buf_rw_file(struct dma_buf *dmabuf,
> >>>>> + struct dma_buf_rw_file *back)
> >>>>> +{
> >>>>> + struct system_heap_buffer *buffer = dmabuf->priv;
> >>>>> + int ret = 0;
> >>>>> + __u32 op = back->flags & DMA_BUF_RW_FLAGS_OP_MASK;
> >>>>> + bool direct_io = back->flags & DMA_BUF_RW_FLAGS_DIRECT;
> >>>>> + struct file *filp;
> >>>>> +
> >>>>> + if (op != DMA_BUF_RW_FLAGS_READ && op !=
> >>>> DMA_BUF_RW_FLAGS_WRITE)
> >>>>> + return -EINVAL;
> >>>>> + if (direct_io) {
> >>>>> + if (!PAGE_ALIGNED(back->file_offset) ||
> >>>>> + !PAGE_ALIGNED(back->buf_offset) ||
> >>>>> + !PAGE_ALIGNED(back->buf_len))
> >>>>> + return -EINVAL;
> >>>>> + }
> >>>>> + if (!back->buf_len || back->buf_len > dmabuf->size ||
> >>>>> + back->buf_offset >= dmabuf->size ||
> >>>>> + back->buf_offset + back->buf_len > dmabuf->size)
> >>>>> + return -EINVAL;
> >>>>> + if (back->file_offset + back->buf_len < back->file_offset)
> >>>>> + return -EINVAL;
> >>>>> +
> >>>>> + filp = fget(back->fd);
> >>>>> + if (!filp)
> >>>>> + return -EBADF;
> >>>>> +
> >>>>> + mutex_lock(&buffer->lock);
> >>>>> + ret = system_heap_rw_file(buffer, op ==
> >>>> DMA_BUF_RW_FLAGS_READ, direct_io,
> >>>>> + filp, back->file_offset, back->buf_offset,
> back-
> >>>>> buf_len);
> >>>>> + mutex_unlock(&buffer->lock);
> >>>>> +
> >>>>> + fput(filp);
> >>>>> + return ret;
> >>>>> +}
> >>>>> +
> >>>>> static void system_heap_dma_buf_release(struct dma_buf *dmabuf)
> {
> >>>>> struct system_heap_buffer *buffer = dmabuf->priv; @@ -308,6
> >>>> +425,7
> >>>>> @@ static const struct dma_buf_ops system_heap_buf_ops = {
> >>>>> .mmap = system_heap_mmap,
> >>>>> .vmap = system_heap_vmap,
> >>>>> .vunmap = system_heap_vunmap,
> >>>>> + .rw_file = system_heap_dma_buf_rw_file,
> >>>>> .release = system_heap_dma_buf_release, };
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >
