On 2/8/19 2:32 AM, Mike Rapoport wrote:
On Thu, Feb 07, 2019 at 11:56:48PM -0800, john.hubbard@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
From: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>
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+/**
+ * put_user_page() - release a gup-pinned page
+ * @page: pointer to page to be released
+ *
+ * Pages that were pinned via get_user_pages*() must be released via
+ * either put_user_page(), or one of the put_user_pages*() routines
+ * below. This is so that eventually, pages that are pinned via
+ * get_user_pages*() can be separately tracked and uniquely handled. In
+ * particular, interactions with RDMA and filesystems need special
+ * handling.
+ *
+ * put_user_page() and put_page() are not interchangeable, despite this early
+ * implementation that makes them look the same. put_user_page() calls must
I just hope we'll remember to update when the real implementation will be
merged ;-)
Other than that, feel free to add
Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> # docs
Thanks for the review!
Yes, the follow-on patch that turns this into a real implementation is
posted [1], and its documentation is updated accordingly.
(I've already changed "@Returns" to "@Return" locally in that patch, btw.)
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190204052135.25784-5-jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx
thanks,
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John Hubbard
NVIDIA
