Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/9] Use vm_insert_range

[Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 9:09 PM Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Previouly drivers have their own way of mapping range of
> kernel pages/memory into user vma and this was done by
> invoking vm_insert_page() within a loop.
>
> As this pattern is common across different drivers, it can
> be generalized by creating a new function and use it across
> the drivers.
>
> vm_insert_range is the new API which will be used to map a
> range of kernel memory/pages to user vma.
>
> All the applicable places are converted to use new vm_insert_range
> in this patch series.
>
> Souptick Joarder (9):
>   mm: Introduce new vm_insert_range API
>   arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c: Convert to use vm_insert_range
>   drivers/firewire/core-iso.c: Convert to use vm_insert_range
>   drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_gem.c: Convert to use vm_insert_range
>   drm/xen/xen_drm_front_gem.c: Convert to use vm_insert_range
>   iommu/dma-iommu.c: Convert to use vm_insert_range
>   videobuf2/videobuf2-dma-sg.c: Convert to use vm_insert_range
>   xen/gntdev.c: Convert to use vm_insert_range
>   xen/privcmd-buf.c: Convert to use vm_insert_range

Any further comment on driver changes ?
>
>  arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c                         | 21 ++++++-----------
>  drivers/firewire/core-iso.c                       | 15 ++----------
>  drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_gem.c       | 20 ++--------------
>  drivers/gpu/drm/xen/xen_drm_front_gem.c           | 20 +++++-----------
>  drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c                         | 12 ++--------
>  drivers/media/common/videobuf2/videobuf2-dma-sg.c | 23 ++++++-------------
>  drivers/xen/gntdev.c                              | 11 ++++-----
>  drivers/xen/privcmd-buf.c                         |  8 ++-----
>  include/linux/mm_types.h                          |  3 +++
>  mm/memory.c                                       | 28 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++
>  mm/nommu.c                                        |  7 ++++++
>  11 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 98 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 1.9.1
>

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