ib_umem_get() uses gup_longterm() and relies on the lock to
stabilze the vma_list, so we cannot really get rid of mmap_sem
altogether, but now that the counter is atomic, we can get of
some complexity that mmap_sem brings with only pinned_vm.
Reviewed-by: Ira Weiny
Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso
On Mon, 21 Jan 2019, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> ib_umem_get() uses gup_longterm() and relies on the lock to
> stabilze the vma_list, so we cannot really get rid of mmap_sem
> altogether, but now that the counter is atomic, we can get of
> some complexity that mmap_sem brings with only pinned_vm.
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On Mon, 21 Jan 2019, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 09:42:20AM -0800, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
ib_umem_get() uses gup_longterm() and relies on the lock to
stabilze the vma_list, so we cannot really get rid of mmap_sem
altogether, but now that the counter is atomic, we can get of
s
On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 09:42:20AM -0800, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> ib_umem_get() uses gup_longterm() and relies on the lock to
> stabilze the vma_list, so we cannot really get rid of mmap_sem
> altogether, but now that the counter is atomic, we can get of
> some complexity that mmap_sem brings with
ib_umem_get() uses gup_longterm() and relies on the lock to
stabilze the vma_list, so we cannot really get rid of mmap_sem
altogether, but now that the counter is atomic, we can get of
some complexity that mmap_sem brings with only pinned_vm.
Reviewed-by: Ira Weiny
Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso
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