Re: [PATCH v8 03/10] mm: Provide a helper to drop a pin/ref on a page

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To: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>, Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 03/10] mm: Provide a helper to drop a pin/ref on a page
From: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2023 15:28:47 +0100
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>, Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>, Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>, Logan Gunthorpe <logang@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-block@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>, linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
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On 23.01.23 18:30, David Howells wrote:

Provide a helper in the get_user_pages code to drop a pin or a ref on a
page based on being given FOLL_GET or FOLL_PIN in its flags argument or do
nothing if neither is set.


Does the FOLL_GET part still apply to this patch set?

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb

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- [PATCH v8 03/10] mm: Provide a helper to drop a pin/ref on a page
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