On 21/01/14 20:22, Zoltan Kiss wrote: > The grant mapping API does m2p_override unnecessarily: only gntdev needs it, > for blkback and future netback patches it just cause a lock contention, as > those pages never go to userspace. Therefore this series does the following: > - the original functions were renamed to __gnttab_[un]map_refs, with a new > parameter m2p_override > - based on m2p_override either they follow the original behaviour, or just set > the private flag and call set_phys_to_machine > - gnttab_[un]map_refs are now a wrapper to call __gnttab_[un]map_refs with > m2p_override false > - a new function gnttab_[un]map_refs_userspace provides the old behaviour > > v2: > - move the storing of the old mfn in page->index to gnttab_map_refs > - move the function header update to a separate patch > > v3: > - a new approach to retain old behaviour where it needed > - squash the patches into one > > v4: > - move out the common bits from m2p* functions, and pass pfn/mfn as parameter > - clear page->private before doing anything with the page, so > m2p_find_override > won't race with this
I would prune this version information out of the commit message. > Signed-off-by: Zoltan Kiss <[email protected]> > Suggested-by: David Vrabel <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: David Vrabel <[email protected]> But I think this needs Stefano's ack. It would be useful to get this into 3.14 if possible. David -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
