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From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
To: "Sierra Guiza, Alejandro (Alex)" <alex.sierra@amd.com>
Cc: rcampbell@nvidia.com, Felix.Kuehling@amd.com,
	amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, jglisse@redhat.com,
	dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
	linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, hch@lst.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 10/13] lib: test_hmm add module param for zone device type
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2021 14:26:48 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210722172648.GN1117491@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4ee9e946-d380-ba84-d6ac-5ad337afc835@amd.com>

On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 11:59:17AM -0500, Sierra Guiza, Alejandro (Alex) wrote:
> 
> On 7/22/2021 7:23 AM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 17, 2021 at 02:21:32PM -0500, Alex Sierra wrote:
> > > In order to configure device generic in test_hmm, two
> > > module parameters should be passed, which correspon to the
> > > SP start address of each device (2) spm_addr_dev0 &
> > > spm_addr_dev1. If no parameters are passed, private device
> > > type is configured.
> > I don't think tests should need configuration like this, is it really
> > necessary? How can people with normal HW run this test?
> Hi Jason,
> The idea was to add an easy way to validate the codepaths touched by this
> patch series, which make modifications to the migration helpers for device
> generic type pages. We're using CONFIG_EFI_FAKE_MEMMAP to create fake SPM
> devices inside system memory. No special HW needed. And passing the kernel
> parameter efi_fake_mem. Ex. efi_fake_mem=1G@0x100000000:0x40000. I should
> probably need to include a small example of how to set this in the
> test_hmm.sh
> usage().

I don't think anything about hmm is sensitive to how the pages are
acquired - you can't create device generic pages without relying on
FAKE_MEMMAP?

Jason

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
To: "Sierra Guiza, Alejandro (Alex)" <alex.sierra@amd.com>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, Felix.Kuehling@amd.com,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, rcampbell@nvidia.com,
	linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org,
	amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
	hch@lst.de, jglisse@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 10/13] lib: test_hmm add module param for zone device type
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2021 14:26:48 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210722172648.GN1117491@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4ee9e946-d380-ba84-d6ac-5ad337afc835@amd.com>

On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 11:59:17AM -0500, Sierra Guiza, Alejandro (Alex) wrote:
> 
> On 7/22/2021 7:23 AM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 17, 2021 at 02:21:32PM -0500, Alex Sierra wrote:
> > > In order to configure device generic in test_hmm, two
> > > module parameters should be passed, which correspon to the
> > > SP start address of each device (2) spm_addr_dev0 &
> > > spm_addr_dev1. If no parameters are passed, private device
> > > type is configured.
> > I don't think tests should need configuration like this, is it really
> > necessary? How can people with normal HW run this test?
> Hi Jason,
> The idea was to add an easy way to validate the codepaths touched by this
> patch series, which make modifications to the migration helpers for device
> generic type pages. We're using CONFIG_EFI_FAKE_MEMMAP to create fake SPM
> devices inside system memory. No special HW needed. And passing the kernel
> parameter efi_fake_mem. Ex. efi_fake_mem=1G@0x100000000:0x40000. I should
> probably need to include a small example of how to set this in the
> test_hmm.sh
> usage().

I don't think anything about hmm is sensitive to how the pages are
acquired - you can't create device generic pages without relying on
FAKE_MEMMAP?

Jason

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
To: "Sierra Guiza, Alejandro (Alex)" <alex.sierra@amd.com>
Cc: rcampbell@nvidia.com, Felix.Kuehling@amd.com,
	amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, jglisse@redhat.com,
	dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
	linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, hch@lst.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 10/13] lib: test_hmm add module param for zone device type
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2021 14:26:48 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210722172648.GN1117491@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4ee9e946-d380-ba84-d6ac-5ad337afc835@amd.com>

On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 11:59:17AM -0500, Sierra Guiza, Alejandro (Alex) wrote:
> 
> On 7/22/2021 7:23 AM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 17, 2021 at 02:21:32PM -0500, Alex Sierra wrote:
> > > In order to configure device generic in test_hmm, two
> > > module parameters should be passed, which correspon to the
> > > SP start address of each device (2) spm_addr_dev0 &
> > > spm_addr_dev1. If no parameters are passed, private device
> > > type is configured.
> > I don't think tests should need configuration like this, is it really
> > necessary? How can people with normal HW run this test?
> Hi Jason,
> The idea was to add an easy way to validate the codepaths touched by this
> patch series, which make modifications to the migration helpers for device
> generic type pages. We're using CONFIG_EFI_FAKE_MEMMAP to create fake SPM
> devices inside system memory. No special HW needed. And passing the kernel
> parameter efi_fake_mem. Ex. efi_fake_mem=1G@0x100000000:0x40000. I should
> probably need to include a small example of how to set this in the
> test_hmm.sh
> usage().

I don't think anything about hmm is sensitive to how the pages are
acquired - you can't create device generic pages without relying on
FAKE_MEMMAP?

Jason
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  reply	other threads:[~2021-07-22 17:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-07-17 19:21 [PATCH v4 00/13] Support DEVICE_GENERIC memory in migrate_vma_* Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21 ` Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21 ` Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21 ` [PATCH v4 01/13] ext4/xfs: add page refcount helper Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21   ` Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21   ` Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21 ` [PATCH v4 02/13] mm: remove extra ZONE_DEVICE struct page refcount Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21   ` Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21   ` Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21 ` [PATCH v4 03/13] kernel: resource: lookup_resource as exported symbol Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21   ` Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21   ` Alex Sierra
2021-07-19  9:16   ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-07-19  9:16     ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-07-17 19:21 ` [PATCH v4 04/13] drm/amdkfd: add SPM support for SVM Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21   ` Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21   ` Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21 ` [PATCH v4 05/13] drm/amdkfd: generic type as sys mem on migration to ram Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21   ` Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21   ` Alex Sierra
2021-07-19  9:17   ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-07-19  9:17     ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-07-17 19:21 ` [PATCH v4 06/13] include/linux/mm.h: helpers to check zone device generic type Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21   ` Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21   ` Alex Sierra
2021-07-19 20:47   ` Zeng, Oak
2021-07-19 20:47     ` Zeng, Oak
2021-07-19 20:47     ` Zeng, Oak
2021-07-17 19:21 ` [PATCH v4 07/13] mm: add generic type support to migrate_vma helpers Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21   ` Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21   ` Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21 ` [PATCH v4 08/13] mm: call pgmap->ops->page_free for DEVICE_GENERIC pages Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21   ` Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21   ` Alex Sierra
2021-07-19  9:18   ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-07-19  9:18     ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-07-17 19:21 ` [PATCH v4 09/13] lib: test_hmm add ioctl to get zone device type Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21   ` Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21   ` Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21 ` [PATCH v4 10/13] lib: test_hmm add module param for " Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21   ` Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21   ` Alex Sierra
2021-07-22 12:23   ` Jason Gunthorpe
2021-07-22 12:23     ` Jason Gunthorpe
2021-07-22 12:23     ` Jason Gunthorpe
2021-07-22 16:59     ` Sierra Guiza, Alejandro (Alex)
2021-07-22 16:59       ` Sierra Guiza, Alejandro (Alex)
2021-07-22 16:59       ` Sierra Guiza, Alejandro (Alex)
2021-07-22 17:26       ` Jason Gunthorpe [this message]
2021-07-22 17:26         ` Jason Gunthorpe
2021-07-22 17:26         ` Jason Gunthorpe
2021-07-28 23:45         ` Sierra Guiza, Alejandro (Alex)
2021-07-28 23:45           ` Sierra Guiza, Alejandro (Alex)
2021-07-28 23:45           ` Sierra Guiza, Alejandro (Alex)
2021-07-30 19:11           ` Felix Kuehling
2021-07-17 19:21 ` [PATCH v4 11/13] lib: add support for device generic type in test_hmm Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21   ` Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21   ` Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21 ` [PATCH v4 12/13] tools: update hmm-test to support device generic type Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21   ` Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21   ` Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21 ` [PATCH v4 13/13] tools: update test_hmm script to support SP config Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21   ` Alex Sierra
2021-07-17 19:21   ` Alex Sierra

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