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authorIra Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>2022-08-13 15:00:34 -0700
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>2022-09-11 21:55:06 -0700
commitdefdaff15a84c68521c5f02b157fc8541e0356f3 (patch)
tree8fb5c611c96553d9402b9f91e2bfe568c9e7bd09 /scripts/checkpatch.pl
parent5bb6ce3aeb02497668a4e8971268b041aa61de8d (diff)
checkpatch: add kmap and kmap_atomic to the deprecated list
kmap() and kmap_atomic() are being deprecated in favor of kmap_local_page(). There are two main problems with kmap(): (1) It comes with an overhead as mapping space is restricted and protected by a global lock for synchronization and (2) it also requires global TLB invalidation when the kmap's pool wraps and it might block when the mapping space is fully utilized until a slot becomes available. kmap_local_page() is safe from any context and is therefore redundant with kmap_atomic() with the exception of any pagefault or preemption disable requirements. However, using kmap_atomic() for these side effects makes the code less clear. So any requirement for pagefault or preemption disable should be made explicitly. With kmap_local_page() the mappings are per thread, CPU local, can take page faults, and can be called from any context (including interrupts). It is faster than kmap() in kernels with HIGHMEM enabled. Furthermore, the tasks can be preempted and, when they are scheduled to run again, the kernel virtual addresses are restored. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220813220034.806698-1-ira.weiny@intel.com Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com> Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Suggested-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@nvidia.com> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 79e759aac543..9ff219e0a9d5 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -807,6 +807,8 @@ our %deprecated_apis = (
"rcu_barrier_sched" => "rcu_barrier",
"get_state_synchronize_sched" => "get_state_synchronize_rcu",
"cond_synchronize_sched" => "cond_synchronize_rcu",
+ "kmap" => "kmap_local_page",
+ "kmap_atomic" => "kmap_local_page",
);
#Create a search pattern for all these strings to speed up a loop below