From: "Fabio M. De Francesco" <fmdefrancesco@gmail.com>
To: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
Cc: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org>,
Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>,
Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>,
Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>,
Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
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Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: Replace kmap{,_atomic}() with kmap_local_page()
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2022 20:30:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5600017.DvuYhMxLoT@opensuse> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YsiQptk19txHrG4c@iweiny-desk3>
On venerdì 8 luglio 2022 22:18:35 CEST Ira Weiny wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 06:35:27PM +0200, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> > The use of kmap() and kmap_atomic() are being deprecated in favor of
> > kmap_local_page().
> >
> > With kmap_local_page(), the mappings are per thread, CPU local and not
> > globally visible. Furthermore, the mappings can be acquired from any
> > context (including interrupts).
> >
> > Therefore, use kmap_local_page() in exec.c because these mappings are
per
> > thread, CPU local, and not globally visible.
> >
> > Tested with xfstests on a QEMU + KVM 32-bits VM booting a kernel with
> > HIGHMEM64GB enabled.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
>
> This looks good but there is a kmap_atomic() in this file which I _think_
can
> be converted as well. But that is good as a separate patch.
>
> Reviewed-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
>
Thanks for your review!
I didn't notice that kmap_atomic(). I'll send a conversion with a separate
patch.
Fabio
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From: "Fabio M. De Francesco" <fmdefrancesco@gmail.com>
To: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
Cc: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org>,
Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>,
Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>,
Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>,
Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com>,
Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>,
Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>,
Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>,
Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>,
linux-aio@kvack.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
nvdimm@lists.linux.dev, io-uring@vger.kernel.org,
linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, llvm@lists.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: Replace kmap{,_atomic}() with kmap_local_page()
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2022 20:30:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5600017.DvuYhMxLoT@opensuse> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YsiQptk19txHrG4c@iweiny-desk3>
On venerdì 8 luglio 2022 22:18:35 CEST Ira Weiny wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 06:35:27PM +0200, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> > The use of kmap() and kmap_atomic() are being deprecated in favor of
> > kmap_local_page().
> >
> > With kmap_local_page(), the mappings are per thread, CPU local and not
> > globally visible. Furthermore, the mappings can be acquired from any
> > context (including interrupts).
> >
> > Therefore, use kmap_local_page() in exec.c because these mappings are
per
> > thread, CPU local, and not globally visible.
> >
> > Tested with xfstests on a QEMU + KVM 32-bits VM booting a kernel with
> > HIGHMEM64GB enabled.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
>
> This looks good but there is a kmap_atomic() in this file which I _think_
can
> be converted as well. But that is good as a separate patch.
>
> Reviewed-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
>
Thanks for your review!
I didn't notice that kmap_atomic(). I'll send a conversion with a separate
patch.
Fabio
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-06-30 16:35 [PATCH] fs: Replace kmap{,_atomic}() with kmap_local_page() Fabio M. De Francesco
2022-06-30 16:35 ` Fabio M. De Francesco
2022-06-30 17:38 ` Eric W. Biederman
2022-06-30 17:38 ` Eric W. Biederman
2022-07-01 10:10 ` Fabio M. De Francesco
2022-07-01 10:10 ` Fabio M. De Francesco
2022-07-08 20:18 ` Ira Weiny
2022-07-08 20:18 ` Ira Weiny
2022-07-09 18:30 ` Fabio M. De Francesco [this message]
2022-07-09 18:30 ` Fabio M. De Francesco
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