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| author | Fabio M. De Francesco <fabio.maria.de.francesco@intel.com> | 2023-11-20 15:18:44 +0100 |
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| committer | Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> | 2023-12-10 16:51:49 -0800 |
| commit | b33519896664f66358cec60f6b308d80a60d1c96 (patch) | |
| tree | f225d72b758897163fc5c871f30569bcbe600afe /mm/memory.c | |
| parent | 2f7537620f383de121eaeb25f3e073a27831d086 (diff) | |
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mm/ksm: use kmap_local_page() in calc_checksum()
kmap_atomic() has been deprecated in favor of kmap_local_page().
Therefore, replace kmap_atomic() with kmap_local_page() in
calc_checksum().
kmap_atomic() is implemented like a kmap_local_page() which also disables
page-faults and preemption (the latter only in !PREEMPT_RT kernels). The
kernel virtual addresses returned by these two API are only valid in the
context of the callers (i.e., they cannot be handed to other threads).
With kmap_local_page() the mappings are per thread and CPU local like in
kmap_atomic(); however, they can handle page-faults and can be called from
any context (including interrupts). The tasks that call kmap_local_page()
can be preempted and, when they are scheduled to run again, the kernel
virtual addresses are restored and are still valid.
In calc_checksum(), the block of code between the mapping and un-mapping
does not depend on the above-mentioned side effects of kmap_aatomic(), so
that a mere replacements of the old API with the new one is all that is
required (i.e., there is no need to explicitly call pagefault_disable()
and/or preempt_disable()).
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20231120141855.6761-1-fmdefrancesco@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fabio.maria.de.francesco@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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