linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: gasket: Convert get_user_pages*() --> pin_user

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Date:   Sun, 31 May 2020 11:59:32 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com>
Cc:     rspringer@...gle.com, toddpoynor@...gle.com, benchan@...omium.org,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: gasket: Convert get_user_pages*() -->
 pin_user_pages*()

On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 12:53:11PM +0530, Souptick Joarder wrote:
> In 2019, we introduced pin_user_pages*() and now we are converting
> get_user_pages*() to the new API as appropriate. [1] & [2] could
> be referred for more information.
> 
> [1] Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst
> 
> [2] "Explicit pinning of user-space pages":
> 	https://lwn.net/Articles/807108/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com>
> Cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
> Cc: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
> 

Acked-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

regards,
dan carpenter