Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/3] mm: Don't pin ZERO_PAGE in pin_user_pages()
From: David Howells
Date: Fri May 26 2023 - 04:30:20 EST
Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Shouldn't unpin_user_pages
It calls gup_put_folio() which is where the skip is.
> and bio_release_page also be updated to skip a zero page here?
Porbably best to leave it to unpin_user_page() there. I've tried to hide the
behaviour entirely within gup.c.
David