Re: [PATCH v3] iov_iter: don't require contiguous pages in iov_iter_extract_bvec_pages

[Ming Lei]

On Fri, Oct 11, 2024 at 03:20:22PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> The iov_iter_extract_pages interface allows to return physically
> discontiguous pages, as long as all but the first and last page
> in the array are page aligned and page size.  Rewrite
> iov_iter_extract_bvec_pages to take advantage of that instead of only
> returning ranges of physically contiguous pages.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx>
> [hch: minor cleanups, new commit log]
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> v3:
>  - open code the iterator
>  - improve commit log and comments

Hello Jens,

Gentle ping...



thanks,
Ming