Re: Phyr Starter

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On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 12:17:18AM -0800, John Hubbard wrote:
> Zooming in on the pinning aspect for a moment: last time I attempted to
> convert O_DIRECT callers from gup to pup, I recall wanting very much to
> record, in each bio_vec, whether these pages were acquired via FOLL_PIN,
> or some non-FOLL_PIN method. Because at the end of the IO, it is not
> easy to disentangle which pages require put_page() and which require
> unpin_user_page*().
> 
> And changing the bio_vec for *that* purpose was not really acceptable.
> 
> But now that you're looking to change it in a big way (and with some
> spare bits avaiable...oohh!), maybe I can go that direction after all.
> 
> Or, are you looking at a design in which any phyr is implicitly FOLL_PIN'd
> if it exists at all?

That.  I think there's still good reasons to keep a single-page (or
maybe dual-page) GUP around, but no reason to mix it with ranges.

> Or any other thoughts in this area are very welcome.

That's there's no support for unpinning part of a range.  You pin it,
do the IO, unpin it.  That simplifies the accounting.





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