Re: [PATCH v2 06/21] iov_iter: Make iov_iter_get_pages*() wrap iov_iter_extract_pages()

From: Christoph Hellwig

Date: Mon May 25 2026 - 02:14:22 EST


On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 11:29:38PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> Make iov_iter_get_pages*() wrap iov_iter_extract_pages() for kernel
> iterator types (e.g. ITER_BVEC, ITER_FOLIOQ, ITER_XARRAY). The pages
> obtained have their refcounts incremented afterwards if they're not slab
> pages. ITER_KVEC is left returning -EFAULT.

Just kill off iov_iter_get_pages*, please. Or at least stop using it
where these types matter.