Re: [PATCH] drm/via: use get_user_pages_unlocked()

[Lorenzo Stoakes]

Hi All,

Just a gentle ping on this one :)

Cheers, Lorenzo

On 1 November 2016 at 19:43, Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Moving from get_user_pages() to get_user_pages_unlocked() simplifies the code
> and takes advantage of VM_FAULT_RETRY functionality when faulting in pages.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/via/via_dmablit.c | 10 +++-------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/via/via_dmablit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/via/via_dmablit.c
> index 1a3ad76..98aae98 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/via/via_dmablit.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/via/via_dmablit.c
> @@ -238,13 +238,9 @@ via_lock_all_dma_pages(drm_via_sg_info_t *vsg,  drm_via_dmablit_t *xfer)
>         vsg->pages = vzalloc(sizeof(struct page *) * vsg->num_pages);
>         if (NULL == vsg->pages)
>                 return -ENOMEM;
> -       down_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
> -       ret = get_user_pages((unsigned long)xfer->mem_addr,
> -                            vsg->num_pages,
> -                            (vsg->direction == DMA_FROM_DEVICE) ? FOLL_WRITE : 0,
> -                            vsg->pages, NULL);
> -
> -       up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
> +       ret = get_user_pages_unlocked((unsigned long)xfer->mem_addr,
> +                       vsg->num_pages, vsg->pages,
> +                       (vsg->direction == DMA_FROM_DEVICE) ? FOLL_WRITE : 0);
>         if (ret != vsg->num_pages) {
>                 if (ret < 0)
>                         return ret;
> --
> 2.10.2
>



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