linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] xen/gntdev.c: Convert get_user_pages*() to pin_user

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Message-ID: <CAFqt6zbKdzFDq6TTadQqQhwZPsZKJLW0LE9ER-qTHm7y3raw9w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 29 Sep 2020 17:39:36 +0530
From:   Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com>
To:     Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Cc:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>, sstabellini@...nel.org,
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] xen/gntdev.c: Convert get_user_pages*() to pin_user_pages*()

On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 8:12 PM <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com> wrote:
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> On 9/6/20 2:51 AM, 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. This is case 5 as per document [1].
> >
> > [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: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
> > Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
> > Cc: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
>
>
> Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>

Are these 2 patches queued for 5.10-rc1 ?
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