Re: [PATCH V4 1/3] block: Allow mapping of vmalloc-ed buffers

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On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 08:17:08AM +0000, Damien Le Moal wrote:
> > Are your sure that invalidate[|flush]_kernel_vmap_range is needed for
> > bio_copy_kernel? The vmalloc buffer isn't involved in IO, and only
> > accessed by CPU.
> 
> Not sure at all. I am a little out of my league here.
> Christoph mentioned that this is necessary.
> 
> Christoph, can you confirm ?

Ming is right.  Sorry for misleading you.



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