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Re: [HMM v13 05/18] mm/ZONE_DEVICE/devmem_pages_remove: allow early removal of device memory

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On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 04:07:46PM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> On 11/18/2016 11:48 PM, Jérôme Glisse wrote:
> > HMM wants to remove device memory early before device tear down so add an
> > helper to do that.
> 
> Could you please explain why HMM wants to remove device memory before
> device tear down ?
> 

Some device driver want to manage memory for several physical devices from a
single fake device driver. Because it fits their driver architecture better
and those physical devices can have dedicated link between them.

Issue is that the fake device driver can outlive any of the real device for a
long time so we want to be able to remove device memory before the fake device
goes away to free up resources early.

Cheers,
Jérôme

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[HMM v13 00/18] HMM (Heterogeneous Memory Management) v13 Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@redhat.com> - 2016-11-18 18:20 +0100
  [HMM v13 13/18] mm/hmm/mirror: device page fault handler Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@redhat.com> - 2016-11-18 18:20 +0100
  [HMM v13 12/18] mm/hmm/mirror: helper to snapshot CPU page table Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@redhat.com> - 2016-11-18 18:30 +0100
  [HMM v13 02/18] mm/ZONE_DEVICE/unaddressable: add support for un-addressable device memory Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@redhat.com> - 2016-11-18 18:30 +0100
    Re: [HMM v13 02/18] mm/ZONE_DEVICE/unaddressable: add support for  un-addressable device memory Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-11-21 09:10 +0100
      Re: [HMM v13 02/18] mm/ZONE_DEVICE/unaddressable: add support for  un-addressable device memory Jerome Glisse <jglisse@redhat.com> - 2016-11-21 13:40 +0100
        Re: [HMM v13 02/18] mm/ZONE_DEVICE/unaddressable: add support for  un-addressable device memory Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-11-22 06:20 +0100
  [HMM v13 09/18] mm/hmm/mirror: mirror process address space on device with HMM helpers Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@redhat.com> - 2016-11-18 18:30 +0100
    Re: [HMM v13 09/18] mm/hmm/mirror: mirror process address space on  device with HMM helpers Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com> - 2016-11-21 03:50 +0100
      Re: [HMM v13 09/18] mm/hmm/mirror: mirror process address space on  device with HMM helpers Jerome Glisse <jglisse@redhat.com> - 2016-11-21 06:20 +0100
  [HMM v13 05/18] mm/ZONE_DEVICE/devmem_pages_remove: allow early removal of device memory Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@redhat.com> - 2016-11-18 18:30 +0100
    Re: [HMM v13 05/18] mm/ZONE_DEVICE/devmem_pages_remove: allow early  removal of device memory Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-11-21 11:40 +0100
      Re: [HMM v13 05/18] mm/ZONE_DEVICE/devmem_pages_remove: allow early  removal of device memory Jerome Glisse <jglisse@redhat.com> - 2016-11-21 13:40 +0100
        Re: [HMM v13 05/18] mm/ZONE_DEVICE/devmem_pages_remove: allow early  removal of device memory Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-11-22 06:00 +0100
  [HMM v13 04/18] mm/ZONE_DEVICE/free-page: callback when page is freed Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@redhat.com> - 2016-11-18 18:30 +0100
    Re: [HMM v13 04/18] mm/ZONE_DEVICE/free-page: callback when page is  freed Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com> - 2016-11-21 03:00 +0100
      Re: [HMM v13 04/18] mm/ZONE_DEVICE/free-page: callback when page is  freed Jerome Glisse <jglisse@redhat.com> - 2016-11-21 06:00 +0100
    Re: [HMM v13 04/18] mm/ZONE_DEVICE/free-page: callback when page is  freed Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-11-21 09:30 +0100
      Re: [HMM v13 04/18] mm/ZONE_DEVICE/free-page: callback when page is  freed Jerome Glisse <jglisse@redhat.com> - 2016-11-21 13:40 +0100
        Re: [HMM v13 04/18] mm/ZONE_DEVICE/free-page: callback when page is  freed Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-11-22 06:10 +0100
  [HMM v13 10/18] mm/hmm/mirror: add range lock helper, prevent CPU page table update for the range Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@redhat.com> - 2016-11-18 18:30 +0100
  [HMM v13 06/18] mm/ZONE_DEVICE/unaddressable: add special swap for unaddressable Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@redhat.com> - 2016-11-18 18:30 +0100
    Re: [HMM v13 06/18] mm/ZONE_DEVICE/unaddressable: add special swap  for unaddressable Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com> - 2016-11-21 03:10 +0100
      Re: [HMM v13 06/18] mm/ZONE_DEVICE/unaddressable: add special swap  for unaddressable Jerome Glisse <jglisse@redhat.com> - 2016-11-21 06:10 +0100
        Re: [HMM v13 06/18] mm/ZONE_DEVICE/unaddressable: add special swap  for unaddressable Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com> - 2016-11-22 03:30 +0100
          Re: [HMM v13 06/18] mm/ZONE_DEVICE/unaddressable: add special swap  for unaddressable Jerome Glisse <jglisse@redhat.com> - 2016-11-22 15:00 +0100
      Re: [HMM v13 06/18] mm/ZONE_DEVICE/unaddressable: add special swap  for unaddressable Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-11-21 12:20 +0100
    Re: [HMM v13 06/18] mm/ZONE_DEVICE/unaddressable: add special swap  for unaddressable Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-11-21 12:00 +0100
      Re: [HMM v13 06/18] mm/ZONE_DEVICE/unaddressable: add special swap  for unaddressable Jerome Glisse <jglisse@redhat.com> - 2016-11-21 13:50 +0100
        Re: [HMM v13 06/18] mm/ZONE_DEVICE/unaddressable: add special swap  for unaddressable Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-11-22 05:50 +0100
          Re: [HMM v13 06/18] mm/ZONE_DEVICE/unaddressable: add special swap  for unaddressable Jerome Glisse <jglisse@redhat.com> - 2016-11-24 15:00 +0100
  [HMM v13 11/18] mm/hmm/mirror: add range monitor helper, to monitor CPU page table update Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@redhat.com> - 2016-11-18 18:30 +0100
  Re: [HMM v13 00/18] HMM (Heterogeneous Memory Management) v13 John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com> - 2016-11-19 01:50 +0100
    Re: [HMM v13 00/18] HMM (Heterogeneous Memory Management) v13 "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-11-19 16:00 +0100

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