linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dma: get_user_pages -> get_user_pages

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Date:	Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:08:24 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dma: get_user_pages -> get_user_pages_fast

On Tue, 2010-10-12 at 13:52 +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> We probably should set a limit on the number of pages, too:
> currently there could be a large # of very small chunks in the iovec.

Well, there's also the gup_fast batch stuff that I keep forgetting to
push:

 http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/24/457

Which would solve that part.
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