[openib-general] Re: [PATCH][RFC][0/4] InfiniBand userspace verbs implementation

[Timur Tabi]

Andrew Morton wrote:

> The way we expect get_user_pages() to be used is that the kernel will use
> get_user_pages() once per application I/O request.

Are you saying that the mapping obtained by get_user_pages() is valid only within the 
context of the IOCtl call?  That once the driver returns from the IOCtl, the mapping 
should no longer be used?

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Timur Tabi
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