linux-kernel - [PATCH] ixgbe: Use kmap_local_page in ixgbe_check_lbtest

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Message-Id: <20220629085836.18042-1-fmdefrancesco@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 29 Jun 2022 10:58:36 +0200
From:   "Fabio M. De Francesco" <fmdefrancesco@...il.com>
To:     Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
        Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...nel.org>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Fabio M. De Francesco" <fmdefrancesco@...il.com>,
        Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ixgbe: Use kmap_local_page in ixgbe_check_lbtest_frame()

The use of kmap() is being deprecated in favor of kmap_local_page().

With kmap_local_page(), the mapping is per thread, CPU local and not
globally visible. Furthermore, the mapping can be acquired from any context
(including interrupts).

Therefore, use kmap_local_page() in ixgbe_check_lbtest_frame() because
this mapping is per thread, CPU local, and not globally visible.

Suggested-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
index 628d0eb0599f..e64d40482bfd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
@@ -1966,14 +1966,14 @@ static bool ixgbe_check_lbtest_frame(struct ixgbe_rx_buffer *rx_buffer,
 
 	frame_size >>= 1;
 
-	data = kmap(rx_buffer->page) + rx_buffer->page_offset;
+	data = kmap_local_page(rx_buffer->page) + rx_buffer->page_offset;
 
 	if (data[3] != 0xFF ||
 	    data[frame_size + 10] != 0xBE ||
 	    data[frame_size + 12] != 0xAF)
 		match = false;
 
-	kunmap(rx_buffer->page);
+	kunmap_local(data);
 
 	return match;
 }
-- 
2.36.1