Re: [PATCH v8 07/10] block: Switch to pinning pages.

[David Hildenbrand]

On 24.01.23 17:44, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 03:03:53PM +0000, David Howells wrote:
> > Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > It can't.  Per your latest branch:
> >
> > Yes it can.  Patch 6:
>
> This never involves the cleanup mode as input.  And as I pointed out
> in the other mail, there is no need for the FOLL_ flags on the
> cleanup side.  You can just check the bio flag in bio_release_apges
> and call either put_page or unpin_user_page on that.  The direct
> callers of bio_release_page never mix them pin and get cases anyway.
> Let me find some time to code this up if it's easier to understand
> that way.

In case this series gets resend (which I assume), it would be great to 
CC linux-mm on the whole thing.

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb