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Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 11:16:31 +0200
From: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To: Alaa Mohamed <eng.alaamohamedsoliman.am@...il.com>,
outreachy@...ts.linux.dev
Cc: boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com, sstabellini@...nel.org,
xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
ira.weiny@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xen: gntalloc.c: Convert kmap() to kmap_local_page()
On 18.04.22 08:19, Alaa Mohamed wrote:
> The use of kmap() is being deprecated in favor of kmap_local_page()
> where it is feasible.
>
> With kmap_local_page(), the mapping is per thread, CPU local and not
> globally visible. Therefore __del_gref() is a function
> where the use of kmap_local_page() in place of kmap() is correctly
> suited.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alaa Mohamed <eng.alaamohamedsoliman.am@...il.com>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Juergen
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