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

Jesper Nilsson jesper.nilsson at axis.com
Mon Oct 17 02:22:46 PDT 2016


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 <lstoakes at gmail.com>
> ---
>  arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/cryptocop.c                 |  4 +---

For the CRIS part:

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

/^JN - Jesper Nilsson
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