linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] habanalabs: support kernel memory mapping

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Date:   Wed, 23 Oct 2019 02:20:35 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Omer Shpigelman <oshpigelman@...ana.ai>
Cc:     "oded.gabbay@...il.com" <oded.gabbay@...il.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] habanalabs: support kernel memory mapping

On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 06:30:35AM +0000, Omer Shpigelman wrote:
> Changes in v2:
>  - use a boolean parameter to indicate for kernel address rather than
>    calling is_vmalloc_addr, as kernel and user addresses can overlap on
>    some architectures.

That is still broken.  Please use an actual kernel pointer instead of
losing all type safety by casting it an integer type.