[PATCH 01/10] mm: remove write/force parameters from __get_user_pages_locked()

Jan Kara jack at suse.cz
Tue Oct 18 05:43:05 PDT 2016


On Thu 13-10-16 01:20:11, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> This patch removes the write and force parameters from __get_user_pages_locked()
> 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 <lstoakes at gmail.com>

Looks good. You can add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack at suse.cz>

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