[PATCH 0/9 v2] Helper to abstract vma handling in media layer

[Hans Verkuil]

On 04/02/2015 05:02 PM, Jan Kara wrote:
>   Hello,
> 
> On Tue 17-03-15 12:56:30, Jan Kara wrote:
>>   After a long pause I'm sending second version of my patch series to abstract
>> vma handling from the various media drivers. After this patch set drivers have
>> to know much less details about vmas, their types, and locking. My motivation
>> for the series is that I want to change get_user_pages() locking and I want to
>> handle subtle locking details in as few places as possible.
>>
>> The core of the series is the new helper get_vaddr_pfns() which is given a
>> virtual address and it fills in PFNs into provided array. If PFNs correspond to
>> normal pages it also grabs references to these pages. The difference from
>> get_user_pages() is that this function can also deal with pfnmap, mixed, and io
>> mappings which is what the media drivers need.
>>
>> I have tested the patches with vivid driver so at least vb2 code got some
>> exposure. Conversion of other drivers was just compile-tested so I'd like to
>> ask respective maintainers if they could have a look.  Also I'd like to ask mm
>> folks to check patch 2/9 implementing the helper. Thanks!
>   Ping? Any reactions?

For patch 1/9:

Acked-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil at cisco.com>

For the other patches I do not feel qualified to give Acks. I've Cc-ed Pawel and
Marek who have a better understanding of the mm internals than I do. Hopefully
they can review the code.

It definitely looks like a good idea, and if nobody else will comment on the vb2
patches in the next 2 weeks, then I'll try to review it myself (for whatever that's
worth).

Regards,

	Hans