Hi, Al, Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Mon, Jan 09, 2023 at 06:56:29PM +0100, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote: > >> - ring = kmap_atomic(ctx->ring_pages[0]); >> + ring = kmap_local_page(ctx->ring_pages[0]); >> ring->nr = nr_events; /* user copy */ >> ring->id = ~0U; >> ring->head = ring->tail = 0; >> @@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ static int aio_setup_ring(struct kioctx *ctx, unsigned int nr_events) >> ring->compat_features = AIO_RING_COMPAT_FEATURES; >> ring->incompat_features = AIO_RING_INCOMPAT_FEATURES; >> ring->header_length = sizeof(struct aio_ring); >> - kunmap_atomic(ring); >> + kunmap_local(ring); >> flush_dcache_page(ctx->ring_pages[0]); > > I wonder if it would be more readable as memcpy_to_page(), actually... I'm not sure I understand what you're suggesting. >> >> return 0; >> @@ -678,9 +678,9 @@ static int ioctx_add_table(struct kioctx *ctx, struct mm_struct *mm) >> * we are protected from page migration >> * changes ring_pages by ->ring_lock. >> */ >> - ring = kmap_atomic(ctx->ring_pages[0]); >> + ring = kmap_local_page(ctx->ring_pages[0]); >> ring->id = ctx->id; >> - kunmap_atomic(ring); >> + kunmap_local(ring); > > Incidentally, does it need flush_dcache_page()? Yes, good catch. Cheers, Jeff