Re: [PATCH 2/6] block: add dio_w_*() wrappers for pin, unpin user pages

[John Hubbard]

On 8/27/22 17:31, John Hubbard wrote:
> On 8/27/22 17:12, Andrew Morton wrote:
>> On Sat, 27 Aug 2022 16:59:32 -0700 John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Anyway, I'll change my patch locally for now, to this:
>>>
>>> static inline void dio_w_unpin_user_pages(struct page **pages,
>>> 					  unsigned long npages)
>>> {
>>> 	/* Careful, release_pages() uses a smaller integer type for npages: */
>>> 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(npages > (unsigned long)INT_MAX))
>>> 		return;
>>>
>>> 	release_pages(pages, (int)npages);
>>> }
>>
>> Well, it might be slower.  release_pages() has a ton of fluff.
>>
>> As mentioned, the above might be faster if the pages tend
>> to have page_count()==1??
>>
> 
> I don't think we can know the answer to that. This code is called

To clarify: I mean, I don't think we can know whether or not these pages 
usually have page_count()==1.


thanks,

-- 
John Hubbard
NVIDIA