Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)

Merge yet more updates from Andrew Morton:

 - various hotfixes

 - kexec_file updates and feature work

* emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (27 commits)
  kernel/kexec_file.c: move purgatories sha256 to common code
  kernel/kexec_file.c: allow archs to set purgatory load address
  kernel/kexec_file.c: remove mis-use of sh_offset field during purgatory load
  kernel/kexec_file.c: remove unneeded variables in kexec_purgatory_setup_sechdrs
  kernel/kexec_file.c: remove unneeded for-loop in kexec_purgatory_setup_sechdrs
  kernel/kexec_file.c: split up __kexec_load_puragory
  kernel/kexec_file.c: use read-only sections in arch_kexec_apply_relocations*
  kernel/kexec_file.c: search symbols in read-only kexec_purgatory
  kernel/kexec_file.c: make purgatory_info->ehdr const
  kernel/kexec_file.c: remove checks in kexec_purgatory_load
  include/linux/kexec.h: silence compile warnings
  kexec_file, x86: move re-factored code to generic side
  x86: kexec_file: clean up prepare_elf64_headers()
  x86: kexec_file: lift CRASH_MAX_RANGES limit on crash_mem buffer
  x86: kexec_file: remove X86_64 dependency from prepare_elf64_headers()
  x86: kexec_file: purge system-ram walking from prepare_elf64_headers()
  kexec_file,x86,powerpc: factor out kexec_file_ops functions
  kexec_file: make use of purgatory optional
  proc: revalidate misc dentries
  mm, slab: reschedule cache_reap() on the same CPU
  ...

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index f296df6cf666..76af4cfeaf68 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -1740,7 +1740,9 @@ bool gup_fast_permitted(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write)
 
 /*
  * Like get_user_pages_fast() except it's IRQ-safe in that it won't fall back to
- * the regular GUP. It will only return non-negative values.
+ * the regular GUP.
+ * Note a difference with get_user_pages_fast: this always returns the
+ * number of pages pinned, 0 if no pages were pinned.
  */
 int __get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write,
 			  struct page **pages)
@@ -1806,9 +1808,12 @@ int get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write,
 	len = (unsigned long) nr_pages << PAGE_SHIFT;
 	end = start + len;
 
+	if (nr_pages <= 0)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (unlikely(!access_ok(write ? VERIFY_WRITE : VERIFY_READ,
 					(void __user *)start, len)))
-		return 0;
+		return -EFAULT;
 
 	if (gup_fast_permitted(start, nr_pages, write)) {
 		local_irq_disable();