Thread (38 messages) 38 messages, 7 authors, 2016-10-20

Re: [PATCH 06/10] mm: replace get_user_pages() write/force parameters with gup_flags

From: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@axis.com>
Date: 2016-10-17 09:22:46
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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 (and hence
bugs) within the mm subsystem.

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <redacted>
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 arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/cryptocop.c                 |  4 +---
For the CRIS part:

Acked-by: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@axis.com>

/^JN - Jesper Nilsson
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