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Commit 829c3151 authored by Fabio M. De Francesco's avatar Fabio M. De Francesco Committed by Andrew Morton
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mm/swapfile: replace kmap_atomic() with kmap_local_page()

kmap_atomic() has been deprecated in favor of kmap_local_page().

Therefore, replace kmap_atomic() with kmap_local_page() in swapfile.c.

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 mm/swapfile.c, the blocks of code between the mappings and un-mappings
do not depend on the above-mentioned side effects of kmap_atomic(), so
that the 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/20231127155452.586387-1-fabio.maria.de.francesco@linux.intel.com


Signed-off-by: default avatarFabio M. De Francesco <fabio.maria.de.francesco@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
parent 003ae2fb
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