linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add gup fast + longterm and use it in HFI1

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Message-ID: <20190211204710.GE24692@ziepe.ca>
Date:   Mon, 11 Feb 2019 13:47:10 -0700
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
To:     ira.weiny@...el.com, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Mike Marciniszyn <mike.marciniszyn@...el.com>,
        Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@...el.com>,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add gup fast + longterm and use it in HFI1

On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 12:34:17PM -0800, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Feb 2019, ira.weiny@...el.com wrote:
> > Ira Weiny (3):
> >  mm/gup: Change "write" parameter to flags
> >  mm/gup: Introduce get_user_pages_fast_longterm()
> >  IB/HFI1: Use new get_user_pages_fast_longterm()
> 
> Out of curiosity, are you planning on having all rdma drivers
> use get_user_pages_fast_longterm()? Ie:
> 
> hw/mthca/mthca_memfree.c:       ret = get_user_pages_fast(uaddr & PAGE_MASK, 1, FOLL_WRITE, pages);

This one is certainly a mistake - this should be done with a umem.

Jason