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[v9,8/8] ABI: sysfs-bus-pci: add documentation for p2pmem allocate

Message ID 20220825152425.6296-9-logang@deltatee.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Series Userspace P2PDMA with O_DIRECT NVMe devices | expand

Commit Message

Logan Gunthorpe Aug. 25, 2022, 3:24 p.m. UTC
Add documentation for the p2pmem/allocate binary file which allows
for allocating p2pmem buffers in userspace for passing to drivers
that support them. (Currently only O_DIRECT to NVMe devices.)

Signed-off-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com>
---
 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Greg KH Sept. 1, 2022, 4:18 p.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 09:24:25AM -0600, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
> Add documentation for the p2pmem/allocate binary file which allows
> for allocating p2pmem buffers in userspace for passing to drivers
> that support them. (Currently only O_DIRECT to NVMe devices.)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci | 12 +++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
> index 6fc2c2efe8ab..dca5e032b4fa 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
> @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ Description:
>  		binary file containing the Vital Product Data for the
>  		device.  It should follow the VPD format defined in
>  		PCI Specification 2.1 or 2.2, but users should consider
> -		that some devices may have incorrectly formatted data.  
> +		that some devices may have incorrectly formatted data.
>  		If the underlying VPD has a writable section then the
>  		corresponding section of this file will be writable.
>  

Not relevant change :(

thanks,

greg k-h
Logan Gunthorpe Sept. 1, 2022, 4:33 p.m. UTC | #2
On 2022-09-01 10:18, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 09:24:25AM -0600, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
>> Add documentation for the p2pmem/allocate binary file which allows
>> for allocating p2pmem buffers in userspace for passing to drivers
>> that support them. (Currently only O_DIRECT to NVMe devices.)
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci | 12 +++++++++++-
>>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
>> index 6fc2c2efe8ab..dca5e032b4fa 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
>> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
>> @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ Description:
>>  		binary file containing the Vital Product Data for the
>>  		device.  It should follow the VPD format defined in
>>  		PCI Specification 2.1 or 2.2, but users should consider
>> -		that some devices may have incorrectly formatted data.  
>> +		that some devices may have incorrectly formatted data.
>>  		If the underlying VPD has a writable section then the
>>  		corresponding section of this file will be writable.
>>  
> 
> Not relevant change :(

Oops! Will fix.

Thanks,

Logan
John Hubbard Sept. 6, 2022, 1:03 a.m. UTC | #3
On 8/25/22 08:24, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
> Add documentation for the p2pmem/allocate binary file which allows
> for allocating p2pmem buffers in userspace for passing to drivers
> that support them. (Currently only O_DIRECT to NVMe devices.)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci | 12 +++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
> index 6fc2c2efe8ab..dca5e032b4fa 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
> @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ Description:
>  		binary file containing the Vital Product Data for the
>  		device.  It should follow the VPD format defined in
>  		PCI Specification 2.1 or 2.2, but users should consider
> -		that some devices may have incorrectly formatted data.  
> +		that some devices may have incorrectly formatted data.
>  		If the underlying VPD has a writable section then the
>  		corresponding section of this file will be writable.
>  
> @@ -407,6 +407,16 @@ Description:
>  	        file contains a '1' if the memory has been published for
>  		use outside the driver that owns the device.
>  
> +What:		/sys/bus/pci/devices/.../p2pmem/allocate
> +Date:		August 2022
> +Contact:	Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com>
> +Description:
> +		Thes attribute allows mapping p2pmem into userspace. For

s/Thes/This/

Actually, the sentence goes on to say "file", which refers to the same
thing as "attribute". So maybe just saying "This attribute" would be
slightly clearer? So:

		This file allows mapping p2pmem into userspace. For


With the typo fix and optionally the "attribute" change (up to you),
please feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>


thanks,
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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
index 6fc2c2efe8ab..dca5e032b4fa 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@  Description:
 		binary file containing the Vital Product Data for the
 		device.  It should follow the VPD format defined in
 		PCI Specification 2.1 or 2.2, but users should consider
-		that some devices may have incorrectly formatted data.  
+		that some devices may have incorrectly formatted data.
 		If the underlying VPD has a writable section then the
 		corresponding section of this file will be writable.
 
@@ -407,6 +407,16 @@  Description:
 	        file contains a '1' if the memory has been published for
 		use outside the driver that owns the device.
 
+What:		/sys/bus/pci/devices/.../p2pmem/allocate
+Date:		August 2022
+Contact:	Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com>
+Description:
+		Thes attribute allows mapping p2pmem into userspace. For
+		each mmap() call on this file, the kernel will allocate
+		a chunk of Peer-to-Peer memory for use in Peer-to-Peer
+		transactions. This memory can be used in O_DIRECT calls
+		to NVMe backed files for Peer-to-Peer copies.
+
 What:		/sys/bus/pci/devices/.../link/clkpm
 		/sys/bus/pci/devices/.../link/l0s_aspm
 		/sys/bus/pci/devices/.../link/l1_aspm