On Mon, Jun 08, 2020 at 12:05:57PM -0700, John Hubbard wrote: > On 2020-06-08 12:01, Souptick Joarder wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 7:15 AM John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > On 2020-05-31 10:51, Souptick Joarder wrote: > > > > In 2019, we introduced pin_user_pages*() and now we are converting > > > > get_user_pages*() to the new API as appropriate. [1] & [2] could > > > > be referred for more information. > > > > > > > > When pin_user_pages() returns numbers of partially mapped pages, > > > > those pages were not unpinned as part of error handling. Fixed > > > > it as part of this patch. > > > > > > > > > > Hi Souptick, > > > > > > btw, Bharath (+cc) attempted to do the "put" side of this, last year. > > > That got as far as a v4 patch [1], and then I asked him to let me put > > > it into my tree. But then it didn't directly apply anymore after the > > > whole design moved to pin+unpin, and so here we are now. > > > > > > > > > If Bharath is still doing kernel work, you might offer him a Co-Developed-by: > > > tag (see https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.17/process/submitting-patches.html). > > > > Sure, will add him as *Co-Developed-by* > > > > > > Yes, but it's best to wait and see if he responds, before adding that tag, because > it also required a Signed-off-by from him. Souptick is porting patches from your tree? It's not clear to me how Bharath actually helped author this patch. regards, dan carpenter _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
