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

Ira Weiny ira.weiny at intel.com
Wed Mar 15 18:12:49 PDT 2023


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



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