linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] sgi-gru: Use __get_user_pages_fast in atomic_pte

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Date:   Thu, 25 Jul 2019 01:04:19 +0530
From:   Bharath Vedartham <linux.bhar@...il.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     sivanich@....com, arnd@...db.de, jhubbard@...dia.com,
        ira.weiny@...el.com, jglisse@...hat.com,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, william.kucharski@...cle.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] sgi-gru: Use __get_user_pages_fast in
 atomic_pte_lookup

On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 09:09:29AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> I think the atomic_pte_lookup / non_atomic_pte_lookup helpers
> should simply go away.  Most of the setup code is common now and should
> be in the caller where it can be shared.  Then just do a:
> 
> 	if (atomic) {
> 		__get_user_pages_fast()
> 	} else {
> 		get_user_pages_fast();
> 	}
> 
> and we actually have an easy to understand piece of code.

That makes sense. I ll do that and send v3. I ll probably cut down on a
patch and try to fold all the changes into a single patch removing the
*pte_lookup helpers.