linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: manual merge of the vfs tree with the ext4 tree

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Message-ID: <20150414211456.GH889@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Tue, 14 Apr 2015 22:14:56 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the vfs tree with the ext4 tree

On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 05:02:15PM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 06:17:43PM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> > Except that you do not handle the slow unencrypted case - you end up with
> > kfree() on the freshly kunmaped address.
> 
> Ah, right, we're actually kmalloc'ing the space that case as well ---
> so hanging on the cpage is pointless; which was the point you were
> making.   Sorry, I was being slow.
> 
> So what we have works, but it's not optimal.  Will fix.

BTW, take a look at kfree_put_link(); no need to reinvent that wheel...
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