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diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index e19ff770eb4c..9d1bf3ec8e39 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -2294,7 +2294,7 @@ pte_unmap:
* to be special.
*
* For a futex to be placed on a THP tail page, get_futex_key requires a
- * __get_user_pages_fast implementation that can pin pages. Thus it's still
+ * get_user_pages_fast_only implementation that can pin pages. Thus it's still
* useful to have gup_huge_pmd even if we can't operate on ptes.
*/
static int gup_pte_range(pmd_t pmd, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
@@ -2699,7 +2699,7 @@ static inline void gup_pgd_range(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
#ifndef gup_fast_permitted
/*
- * Check if it's allowed to use __get_user_pages_fast() for the range, or
+ * Check if it's allowed to use get_user_pages_fast_only() for the range, or
* we need to fall back to the slow version:
*/
static bool gup_fast_permitted(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
@@ -2811,8 +2811,14 @@ static int internal_get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages,
return ret;
}
-
-/*
+/**
+ * get_user_pages_fast_only() - pin user pages in memory
+ * @start: starting user address
+ * @nr_pages: number of pages from start to pin
+ * @gup_flags: flags modifying pin behaviour
+ * @pages: array that receives pointers to the pages pinned.
+ * Should be at least nr_pages long.
+ *
* Like get_user_pages_fast() except it's IRQ-safe in that it won't fall back to
* the regular GUP.
* Note a difference with get_user_pages_fast: this always returns the
@@ -2825,8 +2831,8 @@ static int internal_get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages,
* access can get ambiguous page results. If you call this function without
* 'write' set, you'd better be sure that you're ok with that ambiguity.
*/
-int __get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write,
- struct page **pages)
+int get_user_pages_fast_only(unsigned long start, int nr_pages,
+ unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages)
{
int nr_pinned;
/*
@@ -2836,10 +2842,7 @@ int __get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write,
* FOLL_FAST_ONLY is required in order to match the API description of
* this routine: no fall back to regular ("slow") GUP.
*/
- unsigned int gup_flags = FOLL_GET | FOLL_FAST_ONLY;
-
- if (write)
- gup_flags |= FOLL_WRITE;
+ gup_flags |= FOLL_GET | FOLL_FAST_ONLY;
nr_pinned = internal_get_user_pages_fast(start, nr_pages, gup_flags,
pages);
@@ -2855,7 +2858,7 @@ int __get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write,
return nr_pinned;
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__get_user_pages_fast);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_user_pages_fast_only);
/**
* get_user_pages_fast() - pin user pages in memory
@@ -2926,8 +2929,8 @@ int pin_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages,
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pin_user_pages_fast);
/*
- * This is the FOLL_PIN equivalent of __get_user_pages_fast(). Behavior is the
- * same, except that this one sets FOLL_PIN instead of FOLL_GET.
+ * This is the FOLL_PIN equivalent of get_user_pages_fast_only(). Behavior
+ * is the same, except that this one sets FOLL_PIN instead of FOLL_GET.
*
* The API rules are the same, too: no negative values may be returned.
*/