From: John Hubbard <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > Cc: Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <[email protected]> Applied to net-next, thanks.
