On Thu 13-10-16 01:20:14, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> This patch removes the write and force parameters from get_user_pages_locked()
> and replaces them with a gup_flags parameter to make the use of FOLL_FORCE
> explicit in callers as use of this flag can result in surprising behaviour
> (and
> hence
On Tue 18-10-16 14:56:09, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 02:54:25PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> > > @@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ long get_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned
> > > long nr_pages,
> > > int write, int force, struct page **pages,
> > >
On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 02:54:25PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> > @@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ long get_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned
> > long nr_pages,
> > int write, int force, struct page **pages,
> > struct vm_area_struct **vmas);
> > long get_u
On Thu 13-10-16 01:20:14, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> This patch removes the write and force parameters from get_user_pages_locked()
> and replaces them with a gup_flags parameter to make the use of FOLL_FORCE
> explicit in callers as use of this flag can result in surprising behaviour
> (and
> hence
This patch removes the write and force parameters from get_user_pages_locked()
and replaces them with a gup_flags parameter to make the use of FOLL_FORCE
explicit in callers as use of this flag can result in surprising behaviour (and
hence bugs) within the mm subsystem.
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoa