linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iov_iter: don't require contiguous pages in iov_iter_extract_bvec

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Message-Id: <173021560756.667860.15090283089196226364.b4-ty@kernel.dk>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 09:26:47 -0600
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc: akpm@...ux-foundation.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, dhowells@...hat.com, 
 linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 ming.lei@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iov_iter: don't require contiguous pages in
 iov_iter_extract_bvec_pages


On Thu, 24 Oct 2024 07:00:15 +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> The iov_iter_extract_pages interface allows to return physically
> discontiguous pages, as long as all but the first and last page
> in the array are page aligned and page size.  Rewrite
> iov_iter_extract_bvec_pages to take advantage of that instead of only
> returning ranges of physically contiguous pages.
> 
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

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Best regards,
-- 
Jens Axboe