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highmem: specify that kmap_local_page() is callable from interrupts
authorFabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@gmail.com>
Thu, 28 Jul 2022 15:48:39 +0000 (17:48 +0200)
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 9 Aug 2022 01:06:45 +0000 (18:06 -0700)
commit383bbef283920411379c5c93829102ff7859fea5
treef7ee7c346040fe3d76f4e760ecb062530d19504d
parent729337bc20876af348b363b3e35fb19be71ba793
highmem: specify that kmap_local_page() is callable from interrupts

In a recent thread about converting kmap() to kmap_local_page(), the
safety of calling kmap_local_page() was questioned.[1]

"any context" should probably be enough detail for users who want to know
whether or not kmap_local_page() can be called from interrupts.  However,
Linux still has kmap_atomic() which might make users think they must use
the latter in interrupts.

Add "including interrupts" for better clarity.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/3187836.aeNJFYEL58@opensuse/

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220728154844.10874-3-fmdefrancesco@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Peter Collingbourne <pcc@google.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
include/linux/highmem.h