mm: replace __access_remote_vm() write parameter with gup_flags
authorLorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@gmail.com>
Thu, 13 Oct 2016 00:20:18 +0000 (01:20 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Mon, 17 Dec 2018 20:55:17 +0000 (21:55 +0100)
commit2b8143d6874b385c79b60257bb0f0ad328ee2194
tree8c674e9749b45c7984c564cb8e6c0eb73ffaceca
parent8e50b8b07f462ab4b91bc1491b1c91bd75e4ad40
mm: replace __access_remote_vm() write parameter with gup_flags

commit 442486ec1096781c50227b73f721a63974b0fdda upstream.

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>
[bwh: Backported to 4.4: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@codethink.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
mm/memory.c
mm/nommu.c