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authorLorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@gmail.com>2016-10-13 02:20:19 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-10-19 17:12:14 +0200
commit6347e8d5bcce33fc36e651901efefbe2c93a43ef (patch)
tree8b738e79772acf156b4bbeca09127afb7dae9554 /arch/alpha/kernel
parentmm: replace __access_remote_vm() write parameter with gup_flags (diff)
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mm: replace access_remote_vm() write parameter with gup_flags
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>
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