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Rather than use remap_pfn_range() for this and manually free later, switch to using vm_insert_page() and have it Just Work. This requires a bit of effort on the mmap lookup side, as the ctx uring_lock isn't held, which otherwise protects buffer_lists from being torn down, and it's not safe to grab from mmap context that would introduce an ABBA deadlock between the mmap lock and the ctx uring_lock. Instead, lookup the buffer_list under RCU, as the the list is RCU freed already. Use the existing reference count to determine whether it's possible to safely grab a reference to it (eg if it's not zero already), and drop that reference when done with the mapping. If the mmap reference is the last one, the buffer_list and the associated memory can go away, since the vma insertion has references to the inserted pages at that point. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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