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[186/227] highmem: document kunmap_local()

Message ID 20220322214759.0A924C340EC@smtp.kernel.org (mailing list archive)
State New
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Series [001/227] linux/kthread.h: remove unused macros | expand

Commit Message

Andrew Morton March 22, 2022, 9:47 p.m. UTC 
From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
Subject: highmem: document kunmap_local()

Some users of kmap() add an offset to the kmap() address to be used
during the mapping.

When converting to kmap_local_page() the base address does not
need to be stored because any address within the page can be used in
kunmap_local().  However, this was not clear from the documentation and
cause some questions.[1]

Document that any address in the page can be used in kunmap_local() to
clarify this for future users.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20211213154543.GM3538886@iweiny-DESK2.sc.intel.com/

[ira.weiny@intel.com: updates per Christoph]
  Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220124182138.816693-1-ira.weiny@intel.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220124013045.806718-1-ira.weiny@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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 include/linux/highmem-internal.h |   10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
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--- a/include/linux/highmem-internal.h~highmem-document-kunmap_local
+++ a/include/linux/highmem-internal.h
@@ -246,6 +246,16 @@  do {								\
 	__kunmap_atomic(__addr);				\
 } while (0)
 
+/**
+ * kunmap_local - Unmap a page mapped via kmap_local_page().
+ * @__addr: An address within the page mapped
+ *
+ * @__addr can be any address within the mapped page.  Commonly it is the
+ * address return from kmap_local_page(), but it can also include offsets.
+ *
+ * Unmapping should be done in the reverse order of the mapping.  See
+ * kmap_local_page() for details.
+ */
 #define kunmap_local(__addr)					\
 do {								\
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(__same_type((__addr), struct page *));	\