linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 2/8] iov_iter: introduce iov_iter_get_pages_[alloc

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Message-ID: <20220905143351.GA5813@lst.de>
Date:   Mon, 5 Sep 2022 16:33:51 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
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        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        Christian König <christian.koenig@....com>,
        John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>,
        Don Dutile <ddutile@...hat.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
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        Chaitanya Kulkarni <ckulkarnilinux@...il.com>,
        Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@...dia.com>,
        Stephen Bates <sbates@...thlin.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 2/8] iov_iter: introduce
 iov_iter_get_pages_[alloc_]flags()

On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 09:24:19AM -0600, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
> Add iov_iter_get_pages_flags() and iov_iter_get_pages_alloc_flags()
> which take a flags argument that is passed to get_user_pages_fast().
> 
> This is so that FOLL_PCI_P2PDMA can be passed when appropriate.

Any reason why iov_iter_get_pages2 doesn't call iov_iter_get_pages_flags
and same for the __alloc version?

Also with the "main" version now having the 2 postfix, we can just
use the iov_iter_get_pages name for the flags version, and maybe
eventually just convert all users over to it.