Re: [PATCH 0/3] COVER: Remove memcpy_page_flushcache()

From: Ira Weiny
Date: Wed Mar 15 2023 - 21:13:02 EST


Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 3/15/23 16:20, Ira Weiny wrote:
> > Commit 21b56c847753 ("iov_iter: get rid of separate bvec and xarray
> > callbacks") removed the calls to memcpy_page_flushcache().
> >
> > kmap_atomic() is deprecated and used in the x86 version of
> > memcpy_page_flushcache().
> >
> > Remove the unnecessary memcpy_page_flushcache() call from all arch's.
>
> Hi Ira,
>
> Since the common code user is already gone these three patches seem
> quite independent. It seems like the right thing to do is have
> individual arch maintainers cherry pick their arch patch and carry it
> independently.

Yes.

>
> Is there a compelling reason to have someone pick up and carry these all
> together that I'm missing?

No reason. Would you like me to submit them individually?

Sorry, submitting them separately crossed my mind when I wrote them but I
kind of forgot as they were all on the same branch and I was waiting for
after the merge window to submit them.

Ira