On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 3:22 PM Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: [..] > FWIW this thread is making me think my original patch which simply implemented > get_user_pages_fast_longterm() would be more clear. There is some evidence > that the GUP API was trending that way (see get_user_pages_remote). That seems > wrong but I don't know how to ensure users don't specify the wrong flag. What about just making the existing get_user_pages_longterm() have a fast path option?