On 2022-12-02 02:43, David Howells wrote: > Add a function, iov_iter_extract_pages(), to extract a list of pages from > an iterator. The pages may be returned with a reference added or a pin > added or neither, depending on the type of iterator and the direction of > transfer. > +static ssize_t iov_iter_extract_user_pages(struct iov_iter *i, > + struct page ***pages, size_t maxsize, > + unsigned int maxpages, > + size_t *offset0, > + unsigned int *cleanup_mode) If this is going to be a general replacement for iov_iter_get_pages() it's going to need to pass through gup_flags. My recent patchset added versions with these and I think it should be in during the next merge cycle. [1] Thanks, Logan [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221021174116.7200-4-logang@xxxxxxxxxxxx/