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Subject: Re: Kernel fast memory registration API proposal [RFC]
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 11:50:35 +0300
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On 7/13/2015 5:16 PM, Chuck Lever wrote:

>> NFS really should be using something more similar to a scatterlist,
>> as it maps pretty well to the sk_frags in the network layer as well.
>>
>> Struct scatterlist is imprtant because it's the way the DMA mapping
>> functions takes a multi-page argument, so ayone who wants to batch
>> the S/G mapping calls needs it.
>
> An excellent topic to bring up on linux-nfs-u79uwXL29TaiAVqoAR/hOA@public.gmane.org
>
> In the meantime, I think rpcrdma.ko would have to be responsible for
> converting struct page to struct scatterlist.
>

Fine by me, so I take it that you are OK with the proposed API?
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