linux-kernel - [PATCH 30/39] KVM: Don't call get_user

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Date:	Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:55:02 +0300
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	kvm@...r.kernel.org, Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
Subject: [PATCH 30/39] KVM: Don't call get_user_pages(.force = 1)

From: Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>

This is esoteric and only needed to break COW on MAP_SHARED mappings.  Since
KVM no longer does these sorts of mappings, breaking COW on them is no longer
necessary.

Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
---
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 0309571..de3b029 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ pfn_t gfn_to_pfn(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn)
 		return page_to_pfn(bad_page);
 	}
 
-	npages = get_user_pages(current, current->mm, addr, 1, 1, 1, page,
+	npages = get_user_pages(current, current->mm, addr, 1, 1, 0, page,
 				NULL);
 
 	if (unlikely(npages != 1)) {
-- 
1.6.0.1

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