From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7AF9C433DF for ; Sat, 13 Jun 2020 15:32:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7C6C2078A for ; Sat, 13 Jun 2020 15:32:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726445AbgFMPbN (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Jun 2020 11:31:13 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:59148 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726323AbgFMPbN (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Jun 2020 11:31:13 -0400 Received: from ZenIV.linux.org.uk (zeniv.linux.org.uk [IPv6:2002:c35c:fd02::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 195E7C03E96F for ; Sat, 13 Jun 2020 08:31:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from viro by ZenIV.linux.org.uk with local (Exim 4.93 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1jk87a-008E71-Sq; Sat, 13 Jun 2020 15:31:03 +0000 Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2020 16:31:02 +0100 From: Al Viro To: afzal mohammed Cc: Arnd Bergmann , Russell King - ARM Linux admin , Linus Walleij , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Linux-MM , Linux ARM , Nicolas Pitre , Catalin Marinas , Will Deacon Subject: Re: [RFC 1/3] lib: copy_{from,to}_user using gup & kmap_atomic() Message-ID: <20200613153102.GG23230@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> References: <9e1de19f35e2d5e1d115c9ec3b7c3284b4a4e077.1591885760.git.afzal.mohd.ma@gmail.com> <20200612135538.GA13399@afzalpc> <20200613120432.GA5319@afzalpc> <20200613125126.GE23230@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <20200613125615.GF23230@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <20200613134236.GA4086@afzalpc> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200613134236.GA4086@afzalpc> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jun 13, 2020 at 07:12:36PM +0530, afzal mohammed wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, Jun 13, 2020 at 01:56:15PM +0100, Al Viro wrote: > > > Incidentally, what about get_user()/put_user()? _That_ is where it's > > going to really hurt... > > All other uaccess routines are also planned to be added, posting only > copy_{from,to}_user() was to get early feedback (mentioned in the > cover letter) Sure, but what I mean is that I'd expect the performance loss to be dominated by that, not by copy_from_user/copy_to_user on large amounts of data. Especially on the loads like kernel builds - a lot of stat() and getdents() calls there.