Re: [PATCH v8 02/10] iov_iter: Add a function to extract a page list from an iterator

From: David Howells
Date: Tue Jan 24 2023 - 09:46:45 EST


David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> At least reduces the occurrences of FOLL_PIN :)

I don't see where the problem is in letting people supply FOLL_PIN or
FOLL_GET. Why even have pin_user_pages() and get_user_pages() since they end
up at the same place. They should be inline wrappers, if separate functions
at all.

David