linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 2/8] iov_iter: Add a function to extract a page list from an iterator

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Message-ID: <Y86eN+D7c2zCqVxV@infradead.org>
Date:   Mon, 23 Jan 2023 06:48:23 -0800
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>,
        Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 2/8] iov_iter: Add a function to extract a page list
 from an iterator

On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 03:20:41PM +0100, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> > The block bio code then only needs a single bit of state: pinned or not
> > pinned.
> 
> Unfortunately, I'll have to let BIO experts comment on that :) I only know
> the MM side of things here.

It can work for bios.