Re: [for-next PATCH 0/5] iova_to_vaddr refactor

["lizhijian@fujitsu.com" <lizhijian@fujitsu.com>]

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On 11/11/2022 12:30, Li Zhijian wrote:
> Background:
> iova_to_addr just lookups at the map which is constructed and manages the
> relationship between iova to vaddr when MR is registering. By conventional,
> we should map the userspace address(iova) every time we want to access it.
> Please refer to the previous discussion[1][2] for more details.
> 
> Refactor:
> In this refactoring, we will do the map every time before the user really
> accesses it.
> 
> patch1,3,5 are cleanup and preparation.
> patch2 is to make all subroutines accessing the iova use iova_to_vaddr() API.
> patch4 is the refactor.
> 
> [1]: https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-rdma/msg113206.html
> [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220118123505.GF84788@nvidia.com/
> 
> Li Zhijian (5):
>    RDMA/rxe: Remove rxe_phys_buf.size
>    RDMA/rxe: use iova_to_vaddr to transform iova for rxe_mr_copy
>    RDMA/rxe: iova_to_vaddr cleanup
>    RDMA/rxe: refactor iova_to_vaddr
>    RDMA/rxe: Rename iova_to_vaddr to rxe_map_iova
> 
>   drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_loc.h   |   3 +-
>   drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mr.c    | 128 +++++++++++---------------
>   drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_resp.c  |   5 +-
>   drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c |   1 -
>   drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.h |   6 +-
>   5 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 81 deletions(-)
>