From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pb0-f46.google.com (mail-pb0-f46.google.com [209.85.160.46]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51FE86B0031 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2013 09:47:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail-pb0-f46.google.com with SMTP id rq2so3992713pbb.5 for ; Fri, 04 Oct 2013 06:47:01 -0700 (PDT) From: "Marciniszyn, Mike" Subject: RE: [PATCH 23/26] ib: Convert qib_get_user_pages() to get_user_pages_unlocked() Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 13:46:57 +0000 Message-ID: <32E1700B9017364D9B60AED9960492BC211B015E@FMSMSX107.amr.corp.intel.com> References: <1380724087-13927-1-git-send-email-jack@suse.cz> <1380724087-13927-24-git-send-email-jack@suse.cz> <32E1700B9017364D9B60AED9960492BC211AEF75@FMSMSX107.amr.corp.intel.com> <20131002152811.GC32181@quack.suse.cz> <32E1700B9017364D9B60AED9960492BC211AF005@FMSMSX107.amr.corp.intel.com> <20131002153842.GD32181@quack.suse.cz> <32E1700B9017364D9B60AED9960492BC211B0123@FMSMSX107.amr.corp.intel.com> In-Reply-To: <32E1700B9017364D9B60AED9960492BC211B0123@FMSMSX107.amr.corp.intel.com> Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Jan Kara Cc: LKML , "linux-mm@kvack.org" , infinipath , Roland Dreier , "linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org" Inadvertent send! Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: Marciniszyn, Mike > Sent: Friday, October 04, 2013 9:39 AM > To: Jan Kara > Cc: LKML; linux-mm@kvack.org; infinipath; Roland Dreier; linux- > rdma@vger.kernel.org > Subject: RE: [PATCH 23/26] ib: Convert qib_get_user_pages() to > get_user_pages_unlocked() >=20 >=20 >=20 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jan Kara [mailto:jack@suse.cz] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 11:39 AM > > To: Marciniszyn, Mike > > Cc: Jan Kara; LKML; linux-mm@kvack.org; infinipath; Roland Dreier; > > linux- rdma@vger.kernel.org > > Subject: Re: [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 > > -- > > Jan Kara > > SUSE Labs, CR -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org