linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/17] bio: use bio_create_from_sgl() in bio_map_user

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Date:	Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:20:18 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@...asas.com>
CC:	axboe@...nel.dk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/17] bio: use bio_create_from_sgl() in bio_map_user_iov()

Boaz Harrosh wrote:
>>  		ret = get_user_pages_fast(uaddr, local_nr_pages, rw == READ,
>> -					  &pages[cur_page]);
>> +					  &pages[nents]);
> 
> Fast look at all users of get_user_pages_fast().
> 
> This can be converted to take an sglist instead of pages* array.
> Outside of this code all users either have a fixed-size allocated array
> or hard coded one page. This here is the main user. (Out of 5)

Yeah, that would be nice, although it's understandable that gup taking
page array as parameter.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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