From: Leonid Yegoshin <Leonid.Yegoshin@imgtec.com>
To: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>, Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Cc: <linux-mips@linux-mips.org>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"Atsushi Nemoto" <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>,
Matthew Wilcox <matthew.r.wilcox@intel.com>
Subject: Re: mips: Re-introduce copy_user_page
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 10:40:08 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <54D11608.2070408@imgtec.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1422681807-28395-1-git-send-email-linux@roeck-us.net>
On 01/30/2015 09:23 PM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> Commit bcd022801ee5 ("MIPS: Fix COW D-cache aliasing on fork") replaced
> the inline function copy_user_page for mips with an external reference,
> but neglected to introduce the actual non-inline function. Restore it.
>
> Fixes: bcd022801ee5 ("MIPS: Fix COW D-cache aliasing on fork")
> Fixes: 4927b7d77c00 ("dax,ext2: replace the XIP page fault handler with the DAX page fault handler")
> Cc: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew.r.wilcox@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
>
Why do you use copy_user_page?
It doesn't work properly in HIGHMEM environment and it is excluded from
MIPS because of that, I believe.
You should use copy_user_highpage() for user pages.
- Leonid.
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From: Leonid Yegoshin <Leonid.Yegoshin@imgtec.com>
To: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>, Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>,
Matthew Wilcox <matthew.r.wilcox@intel.com>
Subject: Re: mips: Re-introduce copy_user_page
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 10:40:08 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <54D11608.2070408@imgtec.com> (raw)
Message-ID: <20150203184008.JQcTl-iYxNccKQ4gKMDu1RR8ynM1wSpmAJhZWCsFXc0@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1422681807-28395-1-git-send-email-linux@roeck-us.net>
On 01/30/2015 09:23 PM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> Commit bcd022801ee5 ("MIPS: Fix COW D-cache aliasing on fork") replaced
> the inline function copy_user_page for mips with an external reference,
> but neglected to introduce the actual non-inline function. Restore it.
>
> Fixes: bcd022801ee5 ("MIPS: Fix COW D-cache aliasing on fork")
> Fixes: 4927b7d77c00 ("dax,ext2: replace the XIP page fault handler with the DAX page fault handler")
> Cc: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew.r.wilcox@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
>
Why do you use copy_user_page?
It doesn't work properly in HIGHMEM environment and it is excluded from
MIPS because of that, I believe.
You should use copy_user_highpage() for user pages.
- Leonid.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-02-03 18:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-01-31 5:23 [PATCH] mips: Re-introduce copy_user_page Guenter Roeck
2015-02-03 18:40 ` Leonid Yegoshin [this message]
2015-02-03 18:40 ` Leonid Yegoshin
2015-02-04 3:33 ` Guenter Roeck
2015-02-04 16:25 ` Wilcox, Matthew R
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