Re: [PATCH 2/2] xen/gntdev.c: Convert get_user_pages*() to pin_user_pages*()

[boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx]

On 9/6/20 2:51 AM, Souptick Joarder wrote:
> In 2019, we introduced pin_user_pages*() and now we are converting
> get_user_pages*() to the new API as appropriate. [1] & [2] could
> be referred for more information. This is case 5 as per document [1].
>
> [1] Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst
>
> [2] "Explicit pinning of user-space pages":
>         https://lwn.net/Articles/807108/
>
> Signed-off-by: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>


Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>