Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] fs/ecryptfs: Replace kmap{,_atomic}() with kmap_local_page()

From: Fabio M. De Francesco
Date: Sat Jul 01 2023 - 06:46:39 EST


On venerdì 30 giugno 2023 10:45:17 CEST Christian Brauner wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Apr 2023 19:22:20 +0200, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> > kmap() and kmap_atomic() have been deprecated in favor of
> > kmap_local_page().
> >
> > Therefore, replace kmap() and kmap_atomic() with kmap_local_page().
> >
> > Tested in a QEMU/KVM x86_32 VM, 6GB RAM, booting a kernel with
> > HIGHMEM64GB enabled.
> >
> > [...]
>
> Picking this up.

Well, you anticipated me before I could ask you to take these patches through
the VFS tree, as suggested by Eric.

> Please tell me if this should be routed somewhere else.
> vfs.misc will be rebased once v6.5-rc1 is released.

Actually, I really don't care which route they take, what really matters to me
is that they get upstream one way or another :-)

Thank you very much,

Fabio

> ---
>
> Applied to the vfs.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
> Patches in the vfs.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon.
>
> Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
> new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.
>
> It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
> patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.
>
> Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
> trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.
>
> tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
> branch: vfs.misc
>
> [1/3] fs/ecryptfs: Replace kmap() with kmap_local_page()
> https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/7a367455b6a5
> [2/3] fs/ecryptfs: Use kmap_local_page() in ecryptfs_write()
> https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/55f13011af9d
> [3/3] fs/ecryptfs: Use kmap_local_page() in copy_up_encrypted_with_header()
> https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/de9f5a15080f