linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] tee subsystem pin_user

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Message-ID: <f7c8bb6e-e732-2565-8b50-20f5504701c9@nvidia.com>
Date:   Fri, 21 Aug 2020 12:58:54 -0700
From:   John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
To:     Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
        Jens Wiklander <jens.wiklander@...aro.org>
CC:     <arm@...nel.org>, <soc@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <tee-dev@...ts.linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] tee subsystem pin_user_pages for v5.8

On 8/21/20 11:49 AM, Olof Johansson wrote:
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 03:12:59PM +0200, Jens Wiklander wrote:
>> Hello arm-soc maintainers,
>>
>> Please pull this small patch converting the tee subsystem to use
>> pin_user_pages() instead of get_user_pages().
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jens
>>
>> The following changes since commit ae83d0b416db002fe95601e7f97f64b59514d936:
>>
>>    Linux 5.7-rc2 (2020-04-19 14:35:30 -0700)
>>
>> are available in the Git repository at:
>>
>>    git://git.linaro.org:/people/jens.wiklander/linux-tee.git tags/tee-pin-user-pages-for-5.8
>>
>> for you to fetch changes up to 37f6b4d5f47b600ec4ab6682c005a44a1bfca530:
>>
>>    tee: convert get_user_pages() --> pin_user_pages() (2020-05-26 10:42:41 +0200)
> 
> Hi, I noticed this never got merged, but I don't see any follow-up here that
> retracts it. Is it still pending merge such that I should queue it for v5.10?
> 

I think so. I had marked it in my notes as "accepted, and the maintainer will
eventually merge it", and I left it at that. It's still desirable.

thanks,
-- 
John Hubbard
NVIDIA