linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] Export get_user_pages

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Date:	Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:32:16 +1000
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>, Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	lguest <lguest@...abs.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Export get_user_pages_fast


> If we do this then corresponding changes should be made to the powerpc
> patch upon which Ben presently sits.

It's upstream :-) I had a couple of fixes to do to it, but it's
working well now and merged in the last batch.

Nick, we should look into cleaning up the fallback path too,
it's a bit ugly as it is.

Cheers,
Ben.


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