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authorLorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@gmail.com>2016-10-13 01:20:19 +0100
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-10-19 08:12:14 -0700
commit6347e8d5bcce33fc36e651901efefbe2c93a43ef (patch)
tree8b738e79772acf156b4bbeca09127afb7dae9554 /mm
parent442486ec1096781c50227b73f721a63974b0fdda (diff)
mm: replace access_remote_vm() write parameter with gup_flags
This removes the 'write' argument from access_remote_vm() and replaces it with 'gup_flags' as use of this function previously silently implied FOLL_FORCE, whereas after this patch callers explicitly pass this flag. We make this explicit as use of FOLL_FORCE can result in surprising behaviour (and hence bugs) within the mm subsystem. Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@gmail.com> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
-rw-r--r--mm/memory.c11
-rw-r--r--mm/nommu.c7
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 79ebed3a4c2b..bac2d994850e 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3935,19 +3935,14 @@ static int __access_remote_vm(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
* @addr: start address to access
* @buf: source or destination buffer
* @len: number of bytes to transfer
- * @write: whether the access is a write
+ * @gup_flags: flags modifying lookup behaviour
*
* The caller must hold a reference on @mm.
*/
int access_remote_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
- void *buf, int len, int write)
+ void *buf, int len, unsigned int gup_flags)
{
- unsigned int flags = FOLL_FORCE;
-
- if (write)
- flags |= FOLL_WRITE;
-
- return __access_remote_vm(NULL, mm, addr, buf, len, flags);
+ return __access_remote_vm(NULL, mm, addr, buf, len, gup_flags);
}
/*
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index bde7df35118b..93d5bb53fc63 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -1847,15 +1847,14 @@ static int __access_remote_vm(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
* @addr: start address to access
* @buf: source or destination buffer
* @len: number of bytes to transfer
- * @write: whether the access is a write
+ * @gup_flags: flags modifying lookup behaviour
*
* The caller must hold a reference on @mm.
*/
int access_remote_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
- void *buf, int len, int write)
+ void *buf, int len, unsigned int gup_flags)
{
- return __access_remote_vm(NULL, mm, addr, buf, len,
- write ? FOLL_WRITE : 0);
+ return __access_remote_vm(NULL, mm, addr, buf, len, gup_flags);
}
/*