linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 03/10] mm: Provide a helper to drop a pin/ref on a page

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Message-ID: <fc18c4c9-09f2-0ca1-8525-5ce671db36c5@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue, 24 Jan 2023 15:28:47 +0100
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     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>,
        linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 03/10] mm: Provide a helper to drop a pin/ref on a page

On 23.01.23 18:30, David Howells wrote:
> Provide a helper in the get_user_pages code to drop a pin or a ref on a
> page based on being given FOLL_GET or FOLL_PIN in its flags argument or do
> nothing if neither is set.

Does the FOLL_GET part still apply to this patch set?

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb