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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Jerome Glisse <j.glisse@gmail.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
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	Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>, Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>,
	Chris Mason <clm@fb.com>, Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
	Alasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com>,
	"linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@ml01.01.org>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com>,
	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>,
	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>,
	Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr>, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/10] evacuate struct page from the block layer, introduce __pfn_t
Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 11:26:01 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150508092601.GA11002@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150508092044.GH889@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>


* Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> wrote:

> On Fri, May 08, 2015 at 07:37:59AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> > So if code does iov_iter_get_pages_alloc() on a user address that 
> > has a real struct page behind it - and some other code does a 
> > regular get_user_pages() on it, we'll have two sets of struct page 
> > descriptors, the 'real' one, and a fake allocated one, right?
> 
> Huh?  iov_iter_get_pages() is given an array of pointers to struct 
> page, which it fills with what it finds.  iov_iter_get_pages_alloc() 
> *allocates* such an array, fills that with what it finds and gives 
> the allocated array to caller.
> 
> We are not allocating any struct page instances in either of those.

Ah, stupid me - thanks for the explanation!

	Ingo

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Jerome Glisse <j.glisse@gmail.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Boaz Harrosh <boaz@plexistor.com>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
	Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>, Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>,
	Chris Mason <clm@fb.com>, Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
	Alasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com>,
	"linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@ml01.01.org>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com>,
	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/10] evacuate struct page from the block layer, introduce __pfn_t
Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 11:26:01 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150508092601.GA11002@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150508092044.GH889@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>


* Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> wrote:

> On Fri, May 08, 2015 at 07:37:59AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> > So if code does iov_iter_get_pages_alloc() on a user address that 
> > has a real struct page behind it - and some other code does a 
> > regular get_user_pages() on it, we'll have two sets of struct page 
> > descriptors, the 'real' one, and a fake allocated one, right?
> 
> Huh?  iov_iter_get_pages() is given an array of pointers to struct 
> page, which it fills with what it finds.  iov_iter_get_pages_alloc() 
> *allocates* such an array, fills that with what it finds and gives 
> the allocated array to caller.
> 
> We are not allocating any struct page instances in either of those.

Ah, stupid me - thanks for the explanation!

	Ingo

  reply	other threads:[~2015-05-08  9:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 180+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-05-06 20:04 [PATCH v2 00/10] evacuate struct page from the block layer, introduce __pfn_t Dan Williams
2015-05-06 20:04 ` Dan Williams
2015-05-06 20:04 ` [PATCH v2 01/10] arch: introduce __pfn_t for persistent memory i/o Dan Williams
2015-05-06 20:04   ` Dan Williams
2015-05-07 14:55   ` Stephen Rothwell
2015-05-07 14:55     ` Stephen Rothwell
2015-05-08  0:21     ` Dan Williams
2015-05-08  0:21       ` Dan Williams
2015-05-06 20:05 ` [PATCH v2 02/10] block: add helpers for accessing a bio_vec page Dan Williams
2015-05-06 20:05   ` Dan Williams
2015-05-08 15:59   ` Dan Williams
2015-05-08 15:59     ` Dan Williams
2015-05-06 20:05 ` [PATCH v2 03/10] block: convert .bv_page to .bv_pfn bio_vec Dan Williams
2015-05-06 20:05   ` Dan Williams
2015-05-06 20:05 ` [PATCH v2 04/10] dma-mapping: allow archs to optionally specify a ->map_pfn() operation Dan Williams
2015-05-06 20:05   ` Dan Williams
2015-05-06 20:05 ` [PATCH v2 05/10] scatterlist: use sg_phys() Dan Williams
2015-05-06 20:05   ` Dan Williams
2015-05-06 20:05 ` [PATCH v2 06/10] scatterlist: support "page-less" (__pfn_t only) entries Dan Williams
2015-05-06 20:05   ` Dan Williams
2015-05-06 20:05 ` [PATCH v2 07/10] x86: support dma_map_pfn() Dan Williams
2015-05-06 20:05   ` Dan Williams
2015-05-06 20:05 ` [PATCH v2 08/10] x86: support kmap_atomic_pfn_t() for persistent memory Dan Williams
2015-05-06 20:05   ` Dan Williams
2015-05-06 20:20   ` [Linux-nvdimm] " Dan Williams
2015-05-06 20:20     ` Dan Williams
2015-05-06 20:05 ` [PATCH v2 09/10] dax: convert to __pfn_t Dan Williams
2015-05-06 20:05   ` Dan Williams
2015-05-06 20:05 ` [PATCH v2 10/10] block: base support for pfn i/o Dan Williams
2015-05-06 20:05   ` Dan Williams
2015-05-06 20:50 ` [PATCH v2 00/10] evacuate struct page from the block layer, introduce __pfn_t Al Viro
2015-05-06 20:50   ` Al Viro
2015-05-06 22:10 ` Linus Torvalds
2015-05-06 22:10   ` Linus Torvalds
2015-05-06 22:10   ` Linus Torvalds
2015-05-06 23:47   ` Dan Williams
2015-05-06 23:47     ` Dan Williams
2015-05-06 23:47     ` Dan Williams
2015-05-07  0:19     ` Linus Torvalds
2015-05-07  0:19       ` Linus Torvalds
2015-05-07  0:19       ` Linus Torvalds
2015-05-07  2:36       ` Dan Williams
2015-05-07  2:36         ` Dan Williams
2015-05-07  2:36         ` Dan Williams
2015-05-07  9:02         ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-07  9:02           ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-07  9:02           ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-07 14:42           ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-07 14:42             ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-07 14:42             ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-07 15:52             ` Dan Williams
2015-05-07 15:52               ` Dan Williams
2015-05-07 15:52               ` Dan Williams
2015-05-07 17:52               ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-07 17:52                 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-07 17:52                 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-07 15:00         ` Linus Torvalds
2015-05-07 15:00           ` Linus Torvalds
2015-05-07 15:00           ` Linus Torvalds
2015-05-07 15:40           ` Dan Williams
2015-05-07 15:40             ` Dan Williams
2015-05-07 15:40             ` Dan Williams
2015-05-07 15:58             ` Linus Torvalds
2015-05-07 15:58               ` Linus Torvalds
2015-05-07 15:58               ` Linus Torvalds
2015-05-07 16:03               ` Dan Williams
2015-05-07 16:03                 ` Dan Williams
2015-05-07 16:03                 ` Dan Williams
2015-05-07 17:36                 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-07 17:36                   ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-07 17:36                   ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-07 17:42                   ` Dan Williams
2015-05-07 17:42                     ` Dan Williams
2015-05-07 17:42                     ` Dan Williams
2015-05-07 17:56                     ` Dave Hansen
2015-05-07 17:56                       ` Dave Hansen
2015-05-07 17:56                       ` Dave Hansen
2015-05-07 19:11                       ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-07 19:11                         ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-07 19:11                         ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-07 19:36                         ` Jerome Glisse
2015-05-07 19:36                           ` Jerome Glisse
2015-05-07 19:36                           ` Jerome Glisse
2015-05-07 19:48                           ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-07 19:48                             ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-07 19:48                             ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-07 19:53                             ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-07 19:53                               ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-07 19:53                               ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-07 20:18                               ` Jerome Glisse
2015-05-07 20:18                                 ` Jerome Glisse
2015-05-07 20:18                                 ` Jerome Glisse
2015-05-08  5:37                                 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-08  5:37                                   ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-08  5:37                                   ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-08  9:20                                   ` Al Viro
2015-05-08  9:20                                     ` Al Viro
2015-05-08  9:26                                     ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2015-05-08  9:26                                       ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-08 10:00                                       ` Al Viro
2015-05-08 10:00                                         ` Al Viro
2015-05-08 13:45                         ` Rik van Riel
2015-05-08 13:45                           ` Rik van Riel
2015-05-08 14:05                           ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-08 14:05                             ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-08 14:40                             ` John Stoffel
2015-05-08 14:40                               ` John Stoffel
2015-05-08 15:54                               ` Linus Torvalds
2015-05-08 15:54                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2015-05-08 16:28                                 ` Al Viro
2015-05-08 16:28                                   ` Al Viro
2015-05-08 16:59                                 ` Rik van Riel
2015-05-08 16:59                                   ` Rik van Riel
2015-05-09  1:14                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2015-05-09  1:14                                     ` Linus Torvalds
2015-05-09  3:02                                     ` Rik van Riel
2015-05-09  3:02                                       ` Rik van Riel
2015-05-09  3:52                                       ` Linus Torvalds
2015-05-09  3:52                                         ` Linus Torvalds
2015-05-09 21:56                                       ` Dave Chinner
2015-05-09 21:56                                         ` Dave Chinner
2015-05-09  8:45                                   ` "Directly mapped persistent memory page cache" Ingo Molnar
2015-05-09  8:45                                     ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-09 15:51                                     ` Eric W. Biederman
2015-05-09 15:51                                       ` Eric W. Biederman
2015-05-10 10:07                                       ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-10 10:07                                         ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-09 18:24                                     ` Dan Williams
2015-05-09 18:24                                       ` Dan Williams
2015-05-10  9:46                                       ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-10  9:46                                         ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-10 17:29                                         ` Dan Williams
2015-05-10 17:29                                           ` Dan Williams
2015-05-11  8:25                                     ` Dave Chinner
2015-05-11  8:25                                       ` Dave Chinner
2015-05-11  9:18                                       ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-11  9:18                                         ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-11 10:12                                         ` Zuckerman, Boris
2015-05-11 10:12                                           ` Zuckerman, Boris
2015-05-11 10:38                                           ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-11 10:38                                             ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-11 14:51                                             ` Jeff Moyer
2015-05-11 14:51                                               ` Jeff Moyer
2015-05-12  0:53                                         ` Dave Chinner
2015-05-12  0:53                                           ` Dave Chinner
2015-05-12 14:47                                           ` Jerome Glisse
2015-05-12 14:47                                             ` Jerome Glisse
2015-05-12 14:47                                             ` Jerome Glisse
2015-06-05  5:43                                             ` Dan Williams
2015-06-05  5:43                                               ` Dan Williams
2015-05-11 14:31                                     ` Matthew Wilcox
2015-05-11 14:31                                       ` Matthew Wilcox
2015-05-11 20:01                                       ` Jerome Glisse
2015-05-11 20:01                                         ` Jerome Glisse
2015-05-11 20:01                                         ` Jerome Glisse
2015-05-08 20:40                                 ` [PATCH v2 00/10] evacuate struct page from the block layer, introduce __pfn_t John Stoffel
2015-05-08 20:40                                   ` John Stoffel
2015-05-08 14:54                             ` Rik van Riel
2015-05-08 14:54                               ` Rik van Riel
2015-05-07 17:43                 ` Linus Torvalds
2015-05-07 17:43                   ` Linus Torvalds
2015-05-07 17:43                   ` Linus Torvalds
2015-05-07 20:06                   ` Dan Williams
2015-05-07 20:06                     ` Dan Williams
2015-05-07 20:06                     ` Dan Williams
2015-05-07 16:18       ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-05-07 16:18         ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-05-07 16:18         ` Christoph Hellwig
2015-05-07 16:41         ` Dan Williams
2015-05-07 16:41           ` Dan Williams
2015-05-07 16:41           ` Dan Williams
2015-05-07 18:40           ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-07 18:40             ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-07 18:40             ` Ingo Molnar
2015-05-07 19:44             ` Dan Williams
2015-05-07 19:44               ` Dan Williams
2015-05-07 19:44               ` Dan Williams
2015-05-07 17:30         ` Jerome Glisse
2015-05-07 17:30           ` Jerome Glisse
2015-05-07 17:30           ` Jerome Glisse

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