switch the block layer to use kmap_local_page v3
Jens Axboe
axboe at kernel.dk
Wed Jul 28 11:31:30 AEST 2021
On 7/26/21 11:56 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> this series switches the core block layer code and all users of the
> existing bvec kmap helpers to use kmap_local_page. Drivers that
> currently use open coded kmap_atomic calls will converted in a follow
> on series.
>
> To do so a new kunmap variant is added that calls
> flush_kernel_dcache_page. I'm not entirely sure where to call
> flush_dcache_page vs flush_kernel_dcache_page, so I've tried to follow
> the documentation here, but additional feedback would be welcome.
>
> Note that the ps3disk has a minir conflict with the
> flush_kernel_dcache_page removal in linux-next through the -mm tree.
> I had hoped that change would go into 5.14, but it seems like it is
> being held for 5.15.
Applied for 5.15, thanks.
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Jens Axboe
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