Messages in this thread | | | From | Dan Williams <> | Date | Mon, 25 Mar 2019 15:36:28 -0700 | Subject | Re: [RESEND 4/7] mm/gup: Add FOLL_LONGTERM capability to GUP fast |
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On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 3:22 PM Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com> wrote: [..] > FWIW this thread is making me think my original patch which simply implemented > get_user_pages_fast_longterm() would be more clear. There is some evidence > that the GUP API was trending that way (see get_user_pages_remote). That seems > wrong but I don't know how to ensure users don't specify the wrong flag.
What about just making the existing get_user_pages_longterm() have a fast path option?
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