Re: [PATCH v9 6/8] block: Switch to pinning pages.

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Wed Jan 25 2023 - 01:30:55 EST


On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 08:59:11PM +0000, David Howells wrote:
> Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > Add BIO_PAGE_PINNED to indicate that the pages in a bio are pinned
> > > (FOLL_PIN) and that the pin will need removing.
> >
> > The subject is odd when this doesn't actually switch anything,
> > but just adds the infrastructure to unpin pages.
>
> How about:
>
> block: Add BIO_PAGE_PINNED and associated infrastructure

sounds good.