On Thu 13-10-16 01:20:16, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> This patch removes the write and force parameters from get_user_pages() 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)
On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 01:20:16AM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> This patch removes the write and force parameters from get_user_pages() 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
This patch removes the write and force parameters from get_user_pages() 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 Stoakes
