Re: [PATCH v2 01/21] scatterlist: Introduce sg_map helper functions

[Logan Gunthorpe]

On 27/04/17 12:53 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> I think you'll need to follow the existing kmap semantics and never
> fail the iomem version either.  Otherwise you'll have a special case
> that's almost never used that has a different error path.
>
> Again, wrong way.  Suddenly making things fail for your special case
> that normally don't fail is a receipe for bugs.

I don't disagree but these restrictions make the problem impossible to
solve? If there is iomem behind a page in an SGL and someone tries to
map it, we either have to fail or we break iomem safety which was your
original concern.

Logan