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From: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: linux-mtd <linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org>,
	Stephan Wurm <stephan.wurm@a-eberle.de>,
	stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>,
	Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>,
	Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@ti.com>,
	Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>, Ali Akcaagac <aliakc@web.de>,
	Jamie Lenehan <lenehan@twibble.org>,
	James Bottomley <jejb@linux.ibm.com>,
	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>,
	Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@vanguardiasur.com.ar>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] ubi: block: Refactor sg list processing for highmem
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2023 21:54:46 +0200 (CEST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <164102534.5258032.1691697286622.JavaMail.zimbra@nod.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZNUOjQVivR/5pFKE@infradead.org>

----- Ursprüngliche Mail -----
> Von: "Christoph Hellwig" <hch@infradead.org>
> An: "richard" <richard@nod.at>
> On Thu, Aug 10, 2023 at 06:15:36PM +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote:
>> >> The followup patches in this series will switch to kmap_sg()
>> >> and we can remove our own helper and the bounce buffer.
>> > 
>> > Please just use kmap_local and avoid the bounce buffering.
>> 
>> Patch 6 does this.
> 
> But why add the bounce buffering first if you can avoid it from the
> very beginning by just using kmap_local instead of adding a new
> caller for the deprecate kmap_atomic?

Because I want this fix also in all stable trees. kmap_local() is rather
new. When back porting patch 1/7, bounce buffers and kmap_atomic()
are needed anyway.
By doing this in patch 1/7 I avoid backport troubles and keep the
delta between upstream and stable trees minimal.

Thanks,
//richard

  reply	other threads:[~2023-08-10 19:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-08-10 16:00 [PATCH 0/7] Fix UBI Block wrt. highmem Richard Weinberger
2023-08-10 16:00 ` [PATCH 1/7] ubi: block: Refactor sg list processing for highmem Richard Weinberger
2023-08-10 16:06   ` Christoph Hellwig
2023-08-10 16:15     ` Richard Weinberger
2023-08-10 16:21       ` Christoph Hellwig
2023-08-10 19:54         ` Richard Weinberger [this message]
2023-08-11  8:12           ` Christoph Hellwig
2023-08-11  8:34             ` Richard Weinberger
2023-08-11  8:36               ` Christoph Hellwig
2023-08-10 16:00 ` [PATCH 2/7] scatterlist: Add kmap helpers Richard Weinberger
2023-08-10 16:00 ` [PATCH 3/7] scsi: dc395x: Switch to kmap_sg Richard Weinberger
2023-08-10 16:00 ` [PATCH 4/7] scsi: esp_scsi: " Richard Weinberger
2023-08-10 16:00 ` [PATCH 5/7] scsi: fdomain: " Richard Weinberger
2023-08-10 16:00 ` [PATCH 6/7] ubi: block: " Richard Weinberger
2023-08-10 16:00 ` [PATCH 7/7] scsi: core: Remove scsi_kmap_atomic_sg() Richard Weinberger
2023-08-11  5:52 ` [PATCH 0/7] Fix UBI Block wrt. highmem Miquel Raynal

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