On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 08:26:56PM -0800, John Hubbard wrote: > Introduce pin_user_pages*() variations of get_user_pages*() calls, > and also pin_longterm_pages*() variations. > > These variants all set FOLL_PIN, which is also introduced, and > thoroughly documented. > > The pin_longterm*() variants also set FOLL_LONGTERM, in addition > to FOLL_PIN: > > pin_user_pages() > pin_user_pages_remote() > pin_user_pages_fast() > > pin_longterm_pages() > pin_longterm_pages_remote() > pin_longterm_pages_fast() At some point in this conversation I thought we were going to put in "unpin_*" versions of these. Is that still in the plans? Ira
