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SubjectRe: [PATCH RFC V2 0/6] rxe_map_mr_sg() fix cleanup and refactor
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在 2023/11/9 10:24, Zhijian Li (Fujitsu) 写道:
>
> On 06/11/2023 21:58, Zhu Yanjun wrote:
>> 在 2023/11/6 12:07, Zhijian Li (Fujitsu) 写道:
>>>
>>> On 03/11/2023 21:00, Zhu Yanjun wrote:
>>>> 在 2023/11/3 17:55, Li Zhijian 写道:
>>>>> I don't collect the Reviewed-by to the patch1-2 this time, since i
>>>>> think we can make it better.
>>>>>
>>>>> Patch1-2: Fix kernel panic[1] and benifit to make srp work again.
>>>>>             Almost nothing change from V1.
>>>>> Patch3-5: cleanups # newly add
>>>>> Patch6: make RXE support PAGE_SIZE aligned mr # newly add, but not fully tested
>>>>>
>>>>> My bad arm64 mechine offten hangs when doing blktests even though i use the
>>>>> default siw driver.
>>>>>
>>>>> - nvme and ULPs(rtrs, iser) always registers 4K mr still don't supported yet.
>>>> Zhijian
>>>>
>>>> Please read carefully the whole discussion about this problem. You will find a lot of valuable suggestions, especially suggestions from Jason.
>>> Okay, i will read it again. If you can tell me which thread, that would be better.
>>>
>>>
>>>>   From the whole discussion, it seems that the root cause is very clear.
>>>> We need to fix this prolem. Please do not send this kind of commits again.
>>>>
>>> Let's think about what's our goal first.
>>>
>>> - 1) Fix the panic[1] and only support PAGE_SIZE MR
>>> - 2) support PAGE_SIZE aligned MR
>>> - 3) support any page_size MR.
>>>
>>> I'm sorry i'm not familiar with the linux MM subsystem. It seem it's safe/correct to access
>>> address/memory across pages start from the return of kmap_loca_page(page).
>>> In other words, 2) is already native supported, right?
>> Yes. Please read the comments from Jason, Leon and Bart. They shared a lot of good advice.
> I read the whole discussion again, but I believed i still missed a lost.
>
>
>> From them, we can know the root cause and how to fix this problem.
> I don't think i misunderstood the root cause:
> RXE splits memory into PAGE_SIZE units in the xarray. As a result, when we extract an address from the xarray,
> we should not access address beyond a PAGE_SIZE window.

This is a complicated problem and it is deeply involved with memory
management.

A guy who is very familiar with linux MM is to provide a better solution
to this problem.

I expect a whole perfect solution to this problem.

Zhu Yanjun

>
> IIUC, then how to fix it?
> - I'm not going to "removing page_size set", it's out of this patch scope.
> Feel free to do the cleanup separately.
> - I'm not going to fix the NVMe/rtrs etc problems in this patch set when 64K page is enabled.
> But RXE will tell its callers explicitly "RXE don't don't support such page_size"
> - I didn't state RXE supports PAGE_SIZE aligned page_size MR before refactoring rxe_map_mr_sg(),
> because I worry about it was not correct to access address beyond the PAGE_SIZE window.
>
> What I should do next?
> Just state "RXE support PAGE_SIZE aligned MR" ? Then patches become
> RDMA/rxe: RDMA/rxe: don't allow registering !PAGE_SIZE aligned MR
> RDMA/rxe: set RXE_PAGE_SIZE_CAP to starting from PAGE_SIZE
>
> Or just keep we have done in the V1
>
> Thanks
>
>
>> Good Luck.
>>
>> Zhu Yanjun
>>
>>> I get totally confused now.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Zhu Yanjun
>>>>
>>>>> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHj4cs9XRqE25jyVw9rj9YugffLn5+f=1znaBEnu1usLOciD+g@mail.gmail.com/T/
>>>>>
>>>>> Li Zhijian (6):
>>>>>     RDMA/rxe: RDMA/rxe: don't allow registering !PAGE_SIZE mr
>>>>>     RDMA/rxe: set RXE_PAGE_SIZE_CAP to PAGE_SIZE
>>>>>     RDMA/rxe: remove unused rxe_mr.page_shift
>>>>>     RDMA/rxe: Use PAGE_SIZE and PAGE_SHIFT to extract address from
>>>>>       page_list
>>>>>     RDMA/rxe: cleanup rxe_mr.{page_size,page_shift}
>>>>>     RDMA/rxe: Support PAGE_SIZE aligned MR
>>>>>
>>>>>    drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mr.c    | 80 ++++++++++++++++-----------
>>>>>    drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_param.h |  2 +-
>>>>>    drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.h |  9 ---
>>>>>    3 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
>>>>>

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