Re: [PATCH] md: Replace deprecated kmap_atomic() with kmap_local_page()

[Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>]

David Reaver wrote:
> kmap_atomic() is deprecated and should be replaced with kmap_local_page()
> [1][2]. kmap_local_page() is faster in kernels with HIGHMEM enabled, can
> take page faults, and allows preemption.
> 
> According to [2], this is safe as long as the code between kmap_atomic()
> and kunmap_atomic() does not implicitly depend on disabling page faults or
> preemption. It appears to me that none of the call sites in this patch
> depend on disabling page faults or preemption; they are all mapping a page
> to simply extract some information from it or print some debug info.
> 
> [1] https://lwn.net/Articles/836144/
> [2] https://docs.kernel.org/mm/highmem.html#temporary-virtual-mappings
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Reaver <me@davidreaver.com>
> ---
> 

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> @@ -1387,9 +1387,9 @@ static int md_bitmap_init_from_disk(struct bitmap *bitmap, sector_t start)
>  			 * If the bitmap is out of date, dirty the whole page
>  			 * and write it out
>  			 */
> -			paddr = kmap_atomic(page);
> +			paddr = kmap_local_page(page);
>  			memset(paddr + offset, 0xff, PAGE_SIZE - offset);
> -			kunmap_atomic(paddr);
> +			kunmap_local(paddr);

For these we defined memset_page()

With that change:

Reviewed-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>

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