Re: [PATCH 0/7] Switch x86 to generic get_user_pages_fast() implementation

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On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 8:26 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov
<kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The patcheset generalize mm/gup.c implementation of get_user_pages_fast()
> to be usable for x86 and switches x86 over.

Thanks for doing this, it looks good and removes more lines than it adds.

And despite removing lines, it should make it easier for other
architectures to support devmap if they ever want to. I hadn't even
noticed that difference in the GUP implementations.

             Linus



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