[PATCH RFC PKS/PMEM 24/58] fs/freevxfs: Utilize new kmap_thread()
Ira Weiny
ira.weiny at intel.com
Tue Oct 13 16:52:49 EDT 2020
On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 12:25:44PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > - kaddr = kmap(pp);
> > + kaddr = kmap_thread(pp);
> > memcpy(kaddr, vip->vii_immed.vi_immed + offset, PAGE_SIZE);
> > - kunmap(pp);
> > + kunmap_thread(pp);
>
> You only Cced me on this particular patch, which means I have absolutely
> no idea what kmap_thread and kunmap_thread actually do, and thus can't
> provide an informed review.
Sorry the list was so big I struggled with who to CC and on which patches.
>
> That being said I think your life would be a lot easier if you add
> helpers for the above code sequence and its counterpart that copies
> to a potential hughmem page first, as that hides the implementation
> details from most users.
Matthew Wilcox and Al Viro have suggested similar ideas.
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20201013205012.GI2046448@iweiny-DESK2.sc.intel.com/
Ira
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