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Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 16:43:59 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, <john.hubbard@...il.com>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
Christopher Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
linux-rdma <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
<linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
Jerome Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] mm: introduce put_user_page*(), placeholder
versions
On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 17:32:16 -0700 John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com> wrote:
> > I'm not really understanding. Patch 3/3 changes just one infiniband
> > driver to use put_user_page(). But the changelogs here imply (to me)
> > that every user of get_user_pages() needs to be converted to
> > s/put_page/put_user_page/.
> >
> > Methinks a bit more explanation is needed in these changelogs?
> >
>
> OK, yes, it does sound like the explanation is falling short. I'll work on something
> clearer. Did the proposed steps in the changelogs, such as:
>
> [2] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180709080554.21931-1-jhubbard@nvidia.com
> Proposed steps for fixing get_user_pages() + DMA problems.
>
> help at all, or is it just too many references, and I should write the words
> directly in the changelog?
>
> Anyway, patch 3/3 is a just a working example (which we do want to submit, though), and
> many more conversions will follow. But they don't have to be done all upfront--they
> can be done in follow up patchsets.
>
> The put_user_page*() routines are, at this point, not going to significantly change
> behavior.
>
> I'm working on an RFC that will show what the long-term fix to get_user_pages and
> put_user_pages will look like. But meanwhile it's good to get started on converting
> all of the call sites.
I see. Yes, please do put all of it into the changelog[s].
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