Re: [PATCH 2/3] binder: Use kmap_local_page() in binder_alloc_copy_user_to_buffer()

[Todd Kjos]

On Sat, Apr 23, 2022 at 3:24 AM Fabio M. De Francesco
<fmdefrancesco@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The use of kmap() is being deprecated in favor of kmap_local_page()
> where it is feasible. With kmap_local_page(), the mapping is per
> thread, CPU local and not globally visible.
>
> binder_alloc_copy_user_to_buffer() is a function where the use of
> kmap_local_page() in place of kmap() is correctly suited because
> the mapping is local to the thread.
>
> Therefore, use kmap_local_page() / kunmap_local().
>
> Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Todd Kjos <tkjos@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  drivers/android/binder_alloc.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c b/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
> index 0b3f2f569053..0875c463c002 100644
> --- a/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
> +++ b/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
> @@ -1217,9 +1217,9 @@ binder_alloc_copy_user_to_buffer(struct binder_alloc *alloc,
>                 page = binder_alloc_get_page(alloc, buffer,
>                                              buffer_offset, &pgoff);
>                 size = min_t(size_t, bytes, PAGE_SIZE - pgoff);
> -               kptr = kmap(page) + pgoff;
> +               kptr = kmap_local_page(page) + pgoff;
>                 ret = copy_from_user(kptr, from, size);
> -               kunmap(page);
> +               kunmap_local(kptr);
>                 if (ret)
>                         return bytes - size + ret;
>                 bytes -= size;
> --
> 2.34.1
>