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Date: Sun, 17 May 2020 12:38:06 -0700 (PDT) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: jhubbard@...dia.com Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, rds-devel@....oracle.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] rds: convert get_user_pages() --> pin_user_pages() From: John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com> Date: Sat, 16 May 2020 18:23:36 -0700 > This code was using get_user_pages_fast(), in a "Case 2" scenario > (DMA/RDMA), using the categorization from [1]. That means that it's > time to convert the get_user_pages_fast() + put_page() calls to > pin_user_pages_fast() + unpin_user_pages() calls. > > There is some helpful background in [2]: basically, this is a small > part of fixing a long-standing disconnect between pinning pages, and > file systems' use of those pages. > > [1] Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst > > [2] "Explicit pinning of user-space pages": > https://lwn.net/Articles/807108/ > > Cc: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net> > Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> > Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org > Cc: linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org > Cc: rds-devel@....oracle.com > Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com> Applied to net-next, thanks.
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