Re: [PATCH v8 0/4] convert read_kcore(), vread() to use iterators

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On 03/23/23 at 10:15am, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> While reviewing Baoquan's recent changes to permit vread() access to
> vm_map_ram regions of vmalloc allocations, Willy pointed out [1] that it
> would be nice to refactor vread() as a whole, since its only user is
> read_kcore() and the existing form of vread() necessitates the use of a
> bounce buffer.
> 
> This patch series does exactly that, as well as adjusting how we read the
> kernel text section to avoid the use of a bounce buffer in this case as
> well.
> 
> This has been tested against the test case which motivated Baoquan's
> changes in the first place [2] which continues to function correctly, as do
> the vmalloc self tests.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/Y8WfDSRkc%2FOHP3oD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/87ilk6gos2.fsf@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#u

The whole series looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx>




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