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Date:   Mon, 18 Nov 2019 11:16:58 +0100
From:   Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:     John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@...el.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 11/24] goldish_pipe: convert to pin_user_pages() and
 put_user_page()

On Thu 14-11-19 21:53:27, John Hubbard wrote:
> 1. Call the new global pin_user_pages_fast(), from pin_goldfish_pages().
> 
> 2. As required by pin_user_pages(), release these pages via
> put_user_page(). In this case, do so via put_user_pages_dirty_lock().
> 
> That has the side effect of calling set_page_dirty_lock(), instead
> of set_page_dirty(). This is probably more accurate.
> 
> As Christoph Hellwig put it, "set_page_dirty() is only safe if we are
> dealing with a file backed page where we have reference on the inode it
> hangs off." [1]
> 
> Another side effect is that the release code is simplified because
> the page[] loop is now in gup.c instead of here, so just delete the
> local release_user_pages() entirely, and call
> put_user_pages_dirty_lock() directly, instead.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190723153640.GB720@lst.de
> 
> Reviewed-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>

Looks good to me. You can add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

								Honza

> ---
>  drivers/platform/goldfish/goldfish_pipe.c | 17 +++--------------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/goldfish/goldfish_pipe.c b/drivers/platform/goldfish/goldfish_pipe.c
> index 7ed2a21a0bac..635a8bc1b480 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/goldfish/goldfish_pipe.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/goldfish/goldfish_pipe.c
> @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ static int pin_goldfish_pages(unsigned long first_page,
>  		*iter_last_page_size = last_page_size;
>  	}
>  
> -	ret = get_user_pages_fast(first_page, requested_pages,
> +	ret = pin_user_pages_fast(first_page, requested_pages,
>  				  !is_write ? FOLL_WRITE : 0,
>  				  pages);
>  	if (ret <= 0)
> @@ -285,18 +285,6 @@ static int pin_goldfish_pages(unsigned long first_page,
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> -static void release_user_pages(struct page **pages, int pages_count,
> -			       int is_write, s32 consumed_size)
> -{
> -	int i;
> -
> -	for (i = 0; i < pages_count; i++) {
> -		if (!is_write && consumed_size > 0)
> -			set_page_dirty(pages[i]);
> -		put_page(pages[i]);
> -	}
> -}
> -
>  /* Populate the call parameters, merging adjacent pages together */
>  static void populate_rw_params(struct page **pages,
>  			       int pages_count,
> @@ -372,7 +360,8 @@ static int transfer_max_buffers(struct goldfish_pipe *pipe,
>  
>  	*consumed_size = pipe->command_buffer->rw_params.consumed_size;
>  
> -	release_user_pages(pipe->pages, pages_count, is_write, *consumed_size);
> +	put_user_pages_dirty_lock(pipe->pages, pages_count,
> +				  !is_write && *consumed_size > 0);
>  
>  	mutex_unlock(&pipe->lock);
>  	return 0;
> -- 
> 2.24.0
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
SUSE Labs, CR

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