[PATCH 02/10] mm: remove write/force parameters from __get_user_pages_unlocked()

Jan Kara jack at suse.cz
Tue Oct 18 23:46:28 AEDT 2016


On Thu 13-10-16 01:20:12, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> This patch removes the write and force parameters from
> __get_user_pages_unlocked() 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>

The patch looks good. You can add:

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

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