Re: [PATCH 5/6] NFS: direct-io: convert to FOLL_PIN pages

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On Sun, Aug 28, 2022 at 01:38:57AM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 27, 2022 at 04:55:18PM -0700, John Hubbard wrote:
> > On 8/27/22 15:48, Al Viro wrote:
> > > On Sat, Aug 27, 2022 at 01:36:06AM -0700, John Hubbard wrote:
> > >> Convert the NFS Direct IO layer to use pin_user_pages_fast() and
> > >> unpin_user_page(), instead of get_user_pages_fast() and put_page().
> > > 
> > > Again, this stuff can be hit with ITER_BVEC iterators
> > > 
> > >> -		result = iov_iter_get_pages_alloc2(iter, &pagevec,
> > >> +		result = dio_w_iov_iter_pin_pages_alloc(iter, &pagevec,
> > >>  						  rsize, &pgbase);
> > > 
> > > and this will break on those.
> > 
> > If anyone has an example handy, of a user space program that leads
> > to this situation (O_DIRECT with ITER_BVEC), it would really help
> > me reach enlightenment a lot quicker in this area. :)
> 
> Er...  splice(2) to O_DIRECT-opened file on e.g. ext4?  Or
> sendfile(2) to the same, for that matter...

s/ext4/nfs/ to hit this particular codepath, obviously.



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