linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 7/8] block: Convert bio_iov_iter_get_pages to use iov_iter_extract

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Message-ID: <Y9Argcd3aSUQFk15@infradead.org>
Date:   Tue, 24 Jan 2023 11:03:29 -0800
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     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>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
        Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 7/8] block: Convert bio_iov_iter_get_pages to use
 iov_iter_extract_pages

On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 05:01:07PM +0000, David Howells wrote:
> This will pin pages or leave them unaltered rather than getting a ref on
> them as appropriate to the iterator.
> 
> The pages need to be pinned for DIO rather than having refs taken on them to
> prevent VM copy-on-write from malfunctioning during a concurrent fork() (the
> result of the I/O could otherwise end up being affected by/visible to the
> child process).


Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>