Re: [PATCH RFC 00/12] Adapt drivers to handle page combining on umem SGEs

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On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 10:59:01AM -0600, Shiraz Saleem wrote:
> From: "Saleem, Shiraz" <shiraz.saleem@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> This patch set serves as precursor series to updating ib_umem_get
> to combine contiguous PAGE_SIZE pages in umem SGEs.
> 
> Drivers are updated to unfold larger SGEs into PAGE_SIZE elements
> when walking the umem DMA-mapped SGL. The for_each_sg_dma_page
> variant is used where applicable to iterate the pages of the
> SGL and get the page DMA address.
> 
> Additionally, umem->page_shift usage is purged in drivers
> as its only relevant for ODP MRs. Use system page size and
> shift instead.
> 
> This series is dependent on the new scatterlist API
> for_each_sg_dma_page which is pending acceptance.
> 
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10748901/

I think we are good to go on this now.

Is there any reason this is a RFC at this point?

Jason



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