Re: [PATCH v2 3/6] drm/ttm, drm/vmwgfx: directly create writable PTEs when mkwrite is in use

["Christian König" <christian.koenig@amd.com>]

On 8/4/26 14:05, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> This ensures that fixup_user_fault() users see a writable PTE when
> they request one.  The flip side is that vmw_bo_vm_fault() now has
> to record by hand the write fault, because .pfn_mkwrite() is
> not invoked.
> 
> Prefaulting works as before because only the first entry comes
> out writable, while the following ones still end up executing
> the .pfn_mkwrite() callback.
> 
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_vm.c            |  7 ++--
>  drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_page_dirty.c | 42 ++++++++++++----------
>  2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_vm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_vm.c
> index a80510489c45..3ebde936ce60 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_vm.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_bo_vm.c
> @@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ vm_fault_t ttm_bo_vm_fault_reserved(struct vm_fault *vmf,
>  	unsigned long pfn;
>  	struct ttm_tt *ttm = NULL;
>  	struct page *page;
> +	bool mkwrite;
>  	int err;
>  	pgoff_t i;
>  	vm_fault_t ret = VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
> @@ -242,6 +243,7 @@ vm_fault_t ttm_bo_vm_fault_reserved(struct vm_fault *vmf,
>  	 * Speculatively prefault a number of pages. Only error on
>  	 * first page.
>  	 */
> +	mkwrite = !!(vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE);
>  	for (i = 0; i < num_prefault; ++i) {
>  		if (bo->resource->bus.is_iomem) {
>  			pfn = ttm_bo_io_mem_pfn(bo, page_offset);
> @@ -263,9 +265,10 @@ vm_fault_t ttm_bo_vm_fault_reserved(struct vm_fault *vmf,
>  		 * at arbitrary times while the data is mmap'ed.
>  		 * See vmf_insert_pfn_prot() for a discussion.
>  		 */
> -		ret = vmf_insert_pfn_prot(vma, address, pfn, prot);
> +		ret = vmf_insert_pfn_prot_mkwrite(vma, address, pfn, prot, mkwrite);
>  
> -		/* Never error on prefaulted PTEs */
> +		/* Never error on prefaulted PTEs and never map them writable */
> +		mkwrite = false;

As far as I can see that is a really bad idea, we do want the prefaulted PTEs writeable.

The whole prefaulting is essentially an optimization for cases where taking a fault has massively overhead (virtualization for example).

Wasn't vmf_insert_pfn_prot() making them writeable before?

Regards,
Christian.


>  		if (unlikely((ret & VM_FAULT_ERROR))) {
>  			if (i == 0)
>  				return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_page_dirty.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_page_dirty.c
> index 45561bc1c9ef..3099558c0762 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_page_dirty.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_page_dirty.c
> @@ -398,15 +398,33 @@ void vmw_bo_dirty_clear_res(struct vmw_resource *res)
>  		dirty->end = res_start;
>  }
>  
> +static vm_fault_t vmw_bo_dirty_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf, struct ttm_buffer_object *bo)
> +{
> +	unsigned long page_offset;
> +	struct vmw_bo *vbo = to_vmw_bo(&bo->base);
> +
> +	page_offset = vmf->pgoff - drm_vma_node_start(&bo->base.vma_node);
> +	if (unlikely(page_offset >= PFN_UP(bo->resource->size)))
> +		return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
> +
> +	if (vbo->dirty && vbo->dirty->method == VMW_BO_DIRTY_MKWRITE &&
> +	    !test_bit(page_offset, &vbo->dirty->bitmap[0])) {
> +		struct vmw_bo_dirty *dirty = vbo->dirty;
> +
> +		__set_bit(page_offset, &dirty->bitmap[0]);
> +		dirty->start = min(dirty->start, page_offset);
> +		dirty->end = max(dirty->end, page_offset + 1);
> +	}
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
>  vm_fault_t vmw_bo_vm_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>  {
>  	struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
>  	struct ttm_buffer_object *bo = (struct ttm_buffer_object *)
>  	    vma->vm_private_data;
>  	vm_fault_t ret;
> -	unsigned long page_offset;
>  	unsigned int save_flags;
> -	struct vmw_bo *vbo = to_vmw_bo(&bo->base);
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * mkwrite() doesn't handle the VM_FAULT_RETRY return value correctly.
> @@ -419,22 +437,7 @@ vm_fault_t vmw_bo_vm_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>  	if (ret)
>  		return ret;
>  
> -	page_offset = vmf->pgoff - drm_vma_node_start(&bo->base.vma_node);
> -	if (unlikely(page_offset >= PFN_UP(bo->resource->size))) {
> -		ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
> -		goto out_unlock;
> -	}
> -
> -	if (vbo->dirty && vbo->dirty->method == VMW_BO_DIRTY_MKWRITE &&
> -	    !test_bit(page_offset, &vbo->dirty->bitmap[0])) {
> -		struct vmw_bo_dirty *dirty = vbo->dirty;
> -
> -		__set_bit(page_offset, &dirty->bitmap[0]);
> -		dirty->start = min(dirty->start, page_offset);
> -		dirty->end = max(dirty->end, page_offset + 1);
> -	}
> -
> -out_unlock:
> +	ret = vmw_bo_dirty_mkwrite(vmf, bo);
>  	dma_resv_unlock(bo->base.resv);
>  	return ret;
>  }
> @@ -484,6 +487,9 @@ vm_fault_t vmw_bo_vm_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>  		prot = vm_get_page_prot(vma->vm_flags);
>  
>  	ret = ttm_bo_vm_fault_reserved(vmf, prot, num_prefault);
> +	if (ret == VM_FAULT_NOPAGE && (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE))
> +		WARN_ON_ONCE(vmw_bo_dirty_mkwrite(vmf, bo));
> +
>  	if (ret == VM_FAULT_RETRY && !(vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT))
>  		return ret;
>