Re: [PATCH 2/2] xen/gntdev.c: Convert get_user_pages*() to pin_user_pages*()

From: Souptick Joarder
Date: Tue Sep 29 2020 - 08:10:03 EST


On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 8:12 PM <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 9/6/20 2:51 AM, Souptick Joarder wrote:
> > In 2019, we introduced pin_user_pages*() and now we are converting
> > get_user_pages*() to the new API as appropriate. [1] & [2] could
> > be referred for more information. This is case 5 as per document [1].
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> > [1] Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst
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> > [2] "Explicit pinning of user-space pages":
> > https://lwn.net/Articles/807108/
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> > Signed-off-by: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>

Are these 2 patches queued for 5.10-rc1 ?
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