From: Ira Weiny Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2022 22:00:34 +0000 (-0700) Subject: checkpatch: add kmap and kmap_atomic to the deprecated list X-Git-Url: http://git.maquefel.me/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=defdaff15a84c68521c5f02b157fc8541e0356f3;p=linux.git 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 Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner Suggested-by: Fabio M. De Francesco Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni Cc: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 79e759aac543b..9ff219e0a9d56 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