Commit 92b64bd0 authored by Fabio M. De Francesco's avatar Fabio M. De Francesco Committed by Andrew Morton

mm/highmem: add notes about conversions from kmap{,_atomic}()

kmap() and kmap_atomic() have been deprecated.  kmap_local_page() should
always be used in new code and the call sites of the two deprecated
functions should be converted.  This latter task can lead to errors if it
is not carried out with the necessary attention to the context around and
between the maps and unmaps.

Therefore, add further information to the Highmem's documentation for the
purpose to make it clearer that (1) kmap() and kmap_atomic() must not any
longer be called in new code and (2) developers doing conversions from
kmap() amd kmap_atomic() are expected to take care of the context around
and between the maps and unmaps, in order to not break the code.

Relevant parts of this patch have been taken from messages exchanged
privately with Ira Weiny (thanks!).

[fmdefrancesco@gmail.com: merge two sentences into one, per Bagas]
  Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230119123945.10471-1-fmdefrancesco@gmail.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221207225308.8290-1-fmdefrancesco@gmail.comSigned-off-by: default avatarFabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@gmail.com>
Cc: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
parent 5ab0fc15
......@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ list shows them in order of preference of use.
It can be invoked from any context (including interrupts) but the mappings
can only be used in the context which acquired them.
This function should be preferred, where feasible, over all the others.
This function should always be used, whereas kmap_atomic() and kmap() have
been deprecated.
These mappings are thread-local and CPU-local, meaning that the mapping
can only be accessed from within this thread and the thread is bound to the
......@@ -100,10 +101,21 @@ list shows them in order of preference of use.
(included in the "Functions" section) for details on how to manage nested
mappings.
* kmap_atomic(). This permits a very short duration mapping of a single
page. Since the mapping is restricted to the CPU that issued it, it
performs well, but the issuing task is therefore required to stay on that
CPU until it has finished, lest some other task displace its mappings.
* kmap_atomic(). This function has been deprecated; use kmap_local_page().
NOTE: Conversions to kmap_local_page() must take care to follow the mapping
restrictions imposed on kmap_local_page(). Furthermore, the code between
calls to kmap_atomic() and kunmap_atomic() may implicitly depend on the side
effects of atomic mappings, i.e. disabling page faults or preemption, or both.
In that case, explicit calls to pagefault_disable() or preempt_disable() or
both must be made in conjunction with the use of kmap_local_page().
[Legacy documentation]
This permits a very short duration mapping of a single page. Since the
mapping is restricted to the CPU that issued it, it performs well, but
the issuing task is therefore required to stay on that CPU until it has
finished, lest some other task displace its mappings.
kmap_atomic() may also be used by interrupt contexts, since it does not
sleep and the callers too may not sleep until after kunmap_atomic() is
......@@ -115,11 +127,20 @@ list shows them in order of preference of use.
It is assumed that k[un]map_atomic() won't fail.
* kmap(). This should be used to make short duration mapping of a single
page with no restrictions on preemption or migration. It comes with an
overhead as mapping space is restricted and protected by a global lock
for synchronization. When mapping is no longer needed, the address that
the page was mapped to must be released with kunmap().
* kmap(). This function has been deprecated; use kmap_local_page().
NOTE: Conversions to kmap_local_page() must take care to follow the mapping
restrictions imposed on kmap_local_page(). In particular, it is necessary to
make sure that the kernel virtual memory pointer is only valid in the thread
that obtained it.
[Legacy documentation]
This should be used to make short duration mapping of a single page with no
restrictions on preemption or migration. It comes with an overhead as mapping
space is restricted and protected by a global lock for synchronization. When
mapping is no longer needed, the address that the page was mapped to must be
released with kunmap().
Mapping changes must be propagated across all the CPUs. kmap() also
requires global TLB invalidation when the kmap's pool wraps and it might
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