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



On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 6:00 PM <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> On 9/29/20 8:09 AM, Souptick Joarder wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 8:12 PM <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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>
> > Are these 2 patches queued for 5.10-rc1 ?
>
>
> Yes, I am preparing the branch. (BTW, your second patch appears to have been 
> either manually edited or not generated on top of the first patch. Please 
> don't do this next time)

I created it on top of the first one and didn't edit manually.
I was able to apply it in my local repository.
What was the error ?



 


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