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SubjectRe: [PATCH 23/26] ib: Convert qib_get_user_pages() to get_user_pages_unlocked()
On Wed 02-10-13 15:32:47, Marciniszyn, Mike wrote:
> > > The risk of GUP fast is the loss of the "force" arg on GUP fast, which
> > > I don't see as significant give our use case.
> > Yes. I was discussing with Roland some time ago whether the force
> > argument is needed and he said it is. So I kept the arguments of
> > get_user_pages() intact and just simplified the locking...
>
> The PSM side of the code is a more traditional use of GUP (like direct
> I/O), so I think it is a different use case than the locking for IB
> memory regions.
Ah, I see. Whatever suits you best. I don't really care as long as
get_user_pages() locking doesn't leak into IB drivers :)

Honza
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Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
SUSE Labs, CR


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