From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
To: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [RESEND 4/7] mm/gup: Add FOLL_LONGTERM capability to GUP fast
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 15:36:28 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPcyv4hG8WDhsWinXHYkReHKS6gdQ3gAHMcfVWvuP4c4SYBzXQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190325142125.GH16366@iweiny-DESK2.sc.intel.com>
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?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-03-25 22:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-03-17 18:34 [RESEND PATCH 0/7] Add FOLL_LONGTERM to GUP fast and use it ira.weiny
2019-03-17 18:34 ` [RESEND 1/7] mm/gup: Replace get_user_pages_longterm() with FOLL_LONGTERM ira.weiny
2019-03-22 21:24 ` Dan Williams
2019-03-25 6:19 ` Ira Weiny
2019-03-25 16:45 ` Dan Williams
2019-03-25 8:46 ` Ira Weiny
2019-03-25 10:27 ` Ira Weiny
2019-03-17 18:34 ` [RESEND 2/7] mm/gup: Change write parameter to flags in fast walk ira.weiny
2019-03-22 21:30 ` Dan Williams
2019-03-17 18:34 ` [RESEND 3/7] mm/gup: Change GUP fast to use flags rather than a write 'bool' ira.weiny
2019-03-22 22:05 ` Dan Williams
2019-03-25 8:26 ` Ira Weiny
2019-03-17 18:34 ` [RESEND 4/7] mm/gup: Add FOLL_LONGTERM capability to GUP fast ira.weiny
2019-03-22 22:12 ` Dan Williams
2019-03-25 8:42 ` Ira Weiny
2019-03-25 16:47 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2019-03-25 9:23 ` Ira Weiny
2019-03-25 17:51 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2019-03-25 14:21 ` Ira Weiny
2019-03-25 22:36 ` Dan Williams [this message]
2019-03-25 14:54 ` Ira Weiny
2019-03-17 18:34 ` [RESEND 5/7] IB/hfi1: Use the new FOLL_LONGTERM flag to get_user_pages_fast() ira.weiny
2019-03-22 22:14 ` Dan Williams
2019-03-25 8:43 ` Ira Weiny
2019-03-17 18:34 ` [RESEND 6/7] IB/qib: " ira.weiny
2019-03-22 22:15 ` Dan Williams
2019-03-17 18:34 ` [RESEND 7/7] IB/mthca: " ira.weiny
2019-03-19 22:19 ` [RESEND PATCH 0/7] Add FOLL_LONGTERM to GUP fast and use it Andrew Morton
2019-03-21 8:40 ` Ira Weiny
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