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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.2] IB/qib: Change lkey table allocation to support more
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On 02/10/2015 16:10, Marciniszyn, Mike wrote:
>>> The lkey table is allocated with with a get_user_pages() with an
>> Don't you mean __get_free_pages?
>>
> 
> I was a nit in the original upstream commit.
> 
> I don’t think it is a big deal since the patch context clarifies.
I agree it's not a big deal. I guess it only caught my attention since
reading it made me wonder why you need pinned user memory for the lkey
table.

Haggai