Introduce the 'panthor.transparent_hugepage' boolean module parameter
(false by default). When the parameter is set to true, a new tmpfs
mount point is created and mounted using the 'huge=within_size'
option. It's then used at GEM object creation instead of the default
'shm_mnt' mount point in order to enable Transparent Hugepage (THP)
for the object (without having to rely on a system wide parameter).
Signed-off-by: Loïc Molinari <loic.molinari@collabora.com>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.c | 4 ++++
drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.h | 3 +++
drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.c | 7 ++++++
drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.h | 11 +++++++++
drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.h | 3 +++
6 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.h
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.c
index 81df49880bd8..4f254b574287 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
#include "panthor_devfreq.h"
#include "panthor_device.h"
#include "panthor_fw.h"
+#include "panthor_gem.h"
#include "panthor_gpu.h"
#include "panthor_hw.h"
#include "panthor_mmu.h"
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ void panthor_device_unplug(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
/* Now, try to cleanly shutdown the GPU before the device resources
* get reclaimed.
*/
+ panthor_gem_fini(ptdev);
panthor_sched_unplug(ptdev);
panthor_fw_unplug(ptdev);
panthor_mmu_unplug(ptdev);
@@ -269,6 +271,8 @@ int panthor_device_init(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
if (ret)
goto err_unplug_fw;
+ panthor_gem_init(ptdev);
+
/* ~3 frames */
pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(ptdev->base.dev, 50);
pm_runtime_use_autosuspend(ptdev->base.dev);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.h
index 4fc7cf2aeed5..54ca61567426 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.h
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ struct panthor_device {
/** @devfreq: Device frequency scaling management data. */
struct panthor_devfreq *devfreq;
+ /** @huge_mnt: tmpfs mount point with Transparent Hugepage enabled. */
+ struct vfsmount *huge_mnt;
+
/** @unplug: Device unplug related fields. */
struct {
/** @lock: Lock used to serialize unplug operations. */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.c
index fdbe89ef7f43..a2be3b904ca2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.c
@@ -1556,6 +1556,7 @@ static const struct file_operations panthor_drm_driver_fops = {
.read = drm_read,
.llseek = noop_llseek,
.mmap = panthor_mmap,
+ .get_unmapped_area = drm_gem_get_unmapped_area,
.show_fdinfo = drm_show_fdinfo,
.fop_flags = FOP_UNSIGNED_OFFSET,
};
@@ -1623,6 +1624,12 @@ static const struct drm_driver panthor_drm_driver = {
#endif
};
+#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
+bool panthor_transparent_hugepage;
+module_param_named(transparent_hugepage, panthor_transparent_hugepage, bool, 0400);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(transparent_hugepage, "Use a dedicated tmpfs mount point with Transparent Hugepage enabled (false = default)");
+#endif
+
static int panthor_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
struct panthor_device *ptdev;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..27fe9b6f77bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 or MIT
+/* Copyright 2025 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates */
+
+#ifndef __PANTHOR_DRV_H__
+#define __PANTHOR_DRV_H__
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
+extern bool panthor_transparent_hugepage;
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.c
index 156c7a0b62a2..16916e0b6d89 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 or MIT
/* Copyright 2019 Linaro, Ltd, Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> */
/* Copyright 2023 Collabora ltd. */
+/* Copyright 2025 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates */
#include <linux/cleanup.h>
#include <linux/dma-buf.h>
@@ -11,10 +12,35 @@
#include <drm/panthor_drm.h>
#include "panthor_device.h"
+#include "panthor_drv.h"
#include "panthor_fw.h"
#include "panthor_gem.h"
#include "panthor_mmu.h"
+void panthor_gem_init(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
+{
+ struct vfsmount *huge_mnt;
+
+ if (!panthor_transparent_hugepage)
+ return;
+
+ huge_mnt = drm_gem_shmem_huge_mnt_create("within_size");
+ if (IS_ERR(huge_mnt)) {
+ drm_warn(&ptdev->base, "Can't use Transparent Hugepage (%ld)\n",
+ PTR_ERR(huge_mnt));
+ return;
+ }
+
+ ptdev->huge_mnt = huge_mnt;
+
+ drm_info(&ptdev->base, "Using Transparent Hugepage\n");
+}
+
+void panthor_gem_fini(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
+{
+ drm_gem_shmem_huge_mnt_free(ptdev->huge_mnt);
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
static void panthor_gem_debugfs_bo_init(struct panthor_gem_object *bo)
{
@@ -270,10 +296,12 @@ panthor_gem_create_with_handle(struct drm_file *file,
u64 *size, u32 flags, u32 *handle)
{
int ret;
+ struct panthor_device *ptdev =
+ container_of(ddev, struct panthor_device, base);
struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem;
struct panthor_gem_object *bo;
- shmem = drm_gem_shmem_create(ddev, *size);
+ shmem = drm_gem_shmem_create_with_mnt(ddev, *size, ptdev->huge_mnt);
if (IS_ERR(shmem))
return PTR_ERR(shmem);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.h
index 80c6e24112d0..6804b3912cc2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.h
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ struct panthor_gem_object *to_panthor_bo(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
return container_of(to_drm_gem_shmem_obj(obj), struct panthor_gem_object, base);
}
+void panthor_gem_init(struct panthor_device *ptdev);
+void panthor_gem_fini(struct panthor_device *ptdev);
+
struct drm_gem_object *panthor_gem_create_object(struct drm_device *ddev, size_t size);
int
--
2.47.3
Hi Loïc,
kernel test robot noticed the following build errors:
[auto build test ERROR on drm-misc/drm-misc-next]
[cannot apply to akpm-mm/mm-everything linus/master v6.17 next-20250929]
[If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note.
And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in
https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information]
url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Lo-c-Molinari/drm-shmem-helper-Add-huge-page-fault-handler/20250930-040600
base: git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm-misc drm-misc-next
patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250929200316.18417-7-loic.molinari%40collabora.com
patch subject: [PATCH 6/8] drm/panthor: Introduce huge tmpfs mount point option
config: i386-buildonly-randconfig-004-20250930 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20250930/202509301834.aoEcLO0C-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: gcc-14 (Debian 14.2.0-19) 14.2.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20250930/202509301834.aoEcLO0C-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)
If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202509301834.aoEcLO0C-lkp@intel.com/
All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):
drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.c: In function 'panthor_gem_init':
>> drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.c:24:14: error: 'panthor_transparent_hugepage' undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean 'has_transparent_hugepage'?
24 | if (!panthor_transparent_hugepage)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| has_transparent_hugepage
drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.c:24:14: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
vim +24 drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.c
19
20 void panthor_gem_init(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
21 {
22 struct vfsmount *huge_mnt;
23
> 24 if (!panthor_transparent_hugepage)
25 return;
26
27 huge_mnt = drm_gem_shmem_huge_mnt_create("within_size");
28 if (IS_ERR(huge_mnt)) {
29 drm_warn(&ptdev->base, "Can't use Transparent Hugepage (%ld)\n",
30 PTR_ERR(huge_mnt));
31 return;
32 }
33
34 ptdev->huge_mnt = huge_mnt;
35
36 drm_info(&ptdev->base, "Using Transparent Hugepage\n");
37 }
38
--
0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service
https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests/wiki
On Mon, 29 Sep 2025 22:03:14 +0200
Loïc Molinari <loic.molinari@collabora.com> wrote:
> Introduce the 'panthor.transparent_hugepage' boolean module parameter
> (false by default). When the parameter is set to true, a new tmpfs
> mount point is created and mounted using the 'huge=within_size'
> option. It's then used at GEM object creation instead of the default
> 'shm_mnt' mount point in order to enable Transparent Hugepage (THP)
> for the object (without having to rely on a system wide parameter).
>
> Signed-off-by: Loïc Molinari <loic.molinari@collabora.com>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.c | 4 ++++
> drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.h | 3 +++
> drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.c | 7 ++++++
> drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.h | 11 +++++++++
> drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
> drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.h | 3 +++
> 6 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.h
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.c
> index 81df49880bd8..4f254b574287 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.c
> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
> #include "panthor_devfreq.h"
> #include "panthor_device.h"
> #include "panthor_fw.h"
> +#include "panthor_gem.h"
> #include "panthor_gpu.h"
> #include "panthor_hw.h"
> #include "panthor_mmu.h"
> @@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ void panthor_device_unplug(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
> /* Now, try to cleanly shutdown the GPU before the device resources
> * get reclaimed.
> */
> + panthor_gem_fini(ptdev);
> panthor_sched_unplug(ptdev);
> panthor_fw_unplug(ptdev);
> panthor_mmu_unplug(ptdev);
> @@ -269,6 +271,8 @@ int panthor_device_init(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
> if (ret)
> goto err_unplug_fw;
>
> + panthor_gem_init(ptdev);
> +
> /* ~3 frames */
> pm_runtime_set_autosuspend_delay(ptdev->base.dev, 50);
> pm_runtime_use_autosuspend(ptdev->base.dev);
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.h
> index 4fc7cf2aeed5..54ca61567426 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.h
> @@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ struct panthor_device {
> /** @devfreq: Device frequency scaling management data. */
> struct panthor_devfreq *devfreq;
>
> + /** @huge_mnt: tmpfs mount point with Transparent Hugepage enabled. */
> + struct vfsmount *huge_mnt;
Now that we have a helper to create a huge mountpoint, wouldn't it
make sense to have this field in drm_device instead of having each
driver add a huge_mnt field to their <driver>_device object.
> +
> /** @unplug: Device unplug related fields. */
> struct {
> /** @lock: Lock used to serialize unplug operations. */
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.c
> index fdbe89ef7f43..a2be3b904ca2 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.c
> @@ -1556,6 +1556,7 @@ static const struct file_operations panthor_drm_driver_fops = {
> .read = drm_read,
> .llseek = noop_llseek,
> .mmap = panthor_mmap,
> + .get_unmapped_area = drm_gem_get_unmapped_area,
> .show_fdinfo = drm_show_fdinfo,
> .fop_flags = FOP_UNSIGNED_OFFSET,
> };
> @@ -1623,6 +1624,12 @@ static const struct drm_driver panthor_drm_driver = {
> #endif
> };
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
> +bool panthor_transparent_hugepage;
> +module_param_named(transparent_hugepage, panthor_transparent_hugepage, bool, 0400);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(transparent_hugepage, "Use a dedicated tmpfs mount point with Transparent Hugepage enabled (false = default)");
> +#endif
> +
> static int panthor_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> {
> struct panthor_device *ptdev;
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..27fe9b6f77bd
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_drv.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 or MIT
> +/* Copyright 2025 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates */
> +
> +#ifndef __PANTHOR_DRV_H__
> +#define __PANTHOR_DRV_H__
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
> +extern bool panthor_transparent_hugepage;
> +#endif
> +
> +#endif
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.c
> index 156c7a0b62a2..16916e0b6d89 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.c
> @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
> // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 or MIT
> /* Copyright 2019 Linaro, Ltd, Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> */
> /* Copyright 2023 Collabora ltd. */
> +/* Copyright 2025 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates */
>
> #include <linux/cleanup.h>
> #include <linux/dma-buf.h>
> @@ -11,10 +12,35 @@
> #include <drm/panthor_drm.h>
>
> #include "panthor_device.h"
> +#include "panthor_drv.h"
> #include "panthor_fw.h"
> #include "panthor_gem.h"
> #include "panthor_mmu.h"
>
> +void panthor_gem_init(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
> +{
> + struct vfsmount *huge_mnt;
> +
> + if (!panthor_transparent_hugepage)
> + return;
> +
> + huge_mnt = drm_gem_shmem_huge_mnt_create("within_size");
> + if (IS_ERR(huge_mnt)) {
> + drm_warn(&ptdev->base, "Can't use Transparent Hugepage (%ld)\n",
> + PTR_ERR(huge_mnt));
> + return;
> + }
> +
> + ptdev->huge_mnt = huge_mnt;
> +
> + drm_info(&ptdev->base, "Using Transparent Hugepage\n");
> +}
> +
> +void panthor_gem_fini(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
> +{
> + drm_gem_shmem_huge_mnt_free(ptdev->huge_mnt);
> +}
> +
> #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
> static void panthor_gem_debugfs_bo_init(struct panthor_gem_object *bo)
> {
> @@ -270,10 +296,12 @@ panthor_gem_create_with_handle(struct drm_file *file,
> u64 *size, u32 flags, u32 *handle)
> {
> int ret;
> + struct panthor_device *ptdev =
> + container_of(ddev, struct panthor_device, base);
> struct drm_gem_shmem_object *shmem;
> struct panthor_gem_object *bo;
>
> - shmem = drm_gem_shmem_create(ddev, *size);
> + shmem = drm_gem_shmem_create_with_mnt(ddev, *size, ptdev->huge_mnt);
> if (IS_ERR(shmem))
> return PTR_ERR(shmem);
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.h
> index 80c6e24112d0..6804b3912cc2 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.h
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.h
> @@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ struct panthor_gem_object *to_panthor_bo(struct drm_gem_object *obj)
> return container_of(to_drm_gem_shmem_obj(obj), struct panthor_gem_object, base);
> }
>
> +void panthor_gem_init(struct panthor_device *ptdev);
> +void panthor_gem_fini(struct panthor_device *ptdev);
> +
> struct drm_gem_object *panthor_gem_create_object(struct drm_device *ddev, size_t size);
>
> int
On 30/09/2025 12:34, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Sep 2025 22:03:14 +0200
> Loïc Molinari <loic.molinari@collabora.com> wrote:
>
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.h
>> index 4fc7cf2aeed5..54ca61567426 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.h
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.h
>> @@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ struct panthor_device {
>> /** @devfreq: Device frequency scaling management data. */
>> struct panthor_devfreq *devfreq;
>>
>> + /** @huge_mnt: tmpfs mount point with Transparent Hugepage enabled. */
>> + struct vfsmount *huge_mnt;
>
> Now that we have a helper to create a huge mountpoint, wouldn't it
> make sense to have this field in drm_device instead of having each
> driver add a huge_mnt field to their <driver>_device object.
Not sure this should be enforced for all DRM drivers since most of them
don't create separate huge mountpoints (only 4 for now including this
patchset) and I guess some maintainers might prefer to depend on the
sysfs interace to enable huge pages.
>> +
>> /** @unplug: Device unplug related fields. */
>> struct {
>> /** @lock: Lock used to serialize unplug operations. */
>
Loïc
On Tue, 30 Sep 2025 18:31:11 +0200
Loïc Molinari <loic.molinari@collabora.com> wrote:
> On 30/09/2025 12:34, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> > On Mon, 29 Sep 2025 22:03:14 +0200
> > Loïc Molinari <loic.molinari@collabora.com> wrote:
> >
> >> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.h
> >> index 4fc7cf2aeed5..54ca61567426 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.h
> >> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.h
> >> @@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ struct panthor_device {
> >> /** @devfreq: Device frequency scaling management data. */
> >> struct panthor_devfreq *devfreq;
> >>
> >> + /** @huge_mnt: tmpfs mount point with Transparent Hugepage enabled. */
> >> + struct vfsmount *huge_mnt;
> >
> > Now that we have a helper to create a huge mountpoint, wouldn't it
> > make sense to have this field in drm_device instead of having each
> > driver add a huge_mnt field to their <driver>_device object.
>
> Not sure this should be enforced for all DRM drivers since most of them
> don't create separate huge mountpoints (only 4 for now including this
> patchset) and I guess some maintainers might prefer to depend on the
> sysfs interace to enable huge pages.
I'm not saying we should create the huge mountpoint by default, but if
this is a generic helper, it makes sense to also manage this mountpoint
internally. In the end, it'd be a small price to pay for drivers that
don't need it (the size of a pointer in the drm_device object), and
with this in place, driver wouldn't even have to call
drm_gem_shmem_huge_mnt_free() manually (can be automated with a
drmm_add_action_or_reset() calling kern_unmount() inside
drm_gem_shmem_huge_mnt_create()).
>
> >> +
> >> /** @unplug: Device unplug related fields. */
> >> struct {
> >> /** @lock: Lock used to serialize unplug operations. */
> >
>
> Loïc
On 30/09/2025 18:52, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Sep 2025 18:31:11 +0200
> Loïc Molinari <loic.molinari@collabora.com> wrote:
>
>> On 30/09/2025 12:34, Boris Brezillon wrote:
>>> On Mon, 29 Sep 2025 22:03:14 +0200
>>> Loïc Molinari <loic.molinari@collabora.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.h
>>>> index 4fc7cf2aeed5..54ca61567426 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.h
>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_device.h
>>>> @@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ struct panthor_device {
>>>> /** @devfreq: Device frequency scaling management data. */
>>>> struct panthor_devfreq *devfreq;
>>>>
>>>> + /** @huge_mnt: tmpfs mount point with Transparent Hugepage enabled. */
>>>> + struct vfsmount *huge_mnt;
>>>
>>> Now that we have a helper to create a huge mountpoint, wouldn't it
>>> make sense to have this field in drm_device instead of having each
>>> driver add a huge_mnt field to their <driver>_device object.
>>
>> Not sure this should be enforced for all DRM drivers since most of them
>> don't create separate huge mountpoints (only 4 for now including this
>> patchset) and I guess some maintainers might prefer to depend on the
>> sysfs interace to enable huge pages.
>
> I'm not saying we should create the huge mountpoint by default, but if
> this is a generic helper, it makes sense to also manage this mountpoint
> internally. In the end, it'd be a small price to pay for drivers that
> don't need it (the size of a pointer in the drm_device object), and
> with this in place, driver wouldn't even have to call
> drm_gem_shmem_huge_mnt_free() manually (can be automated with a
> drmm_add_action_or_reset() calling kern_unmount() inside
> drm_gem_shmem_huge_mnt_create()).
Ok. I've just sent a v3 of the series with the huge vfsmount stored in
the drm_device struct. This also allowed to get rid of some of the
*_with_mnt helpers.
>
>>
>>>> +
>>>> /** @unplug: Device unplug related fields. */
>>>> struct {
>>>> /** @lock: Lock used to serialize unplug operations. */
>>>
>>
>> Loïc
>
Loïc
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