linux-kernel - [git pull] get_user_pages

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Date:   Wed, 31 Jan 2018 06:13:45 +0000
From:   Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [git pull] get_user_pages_fast() stuff

	A bit more get_user_pages work.

The following changes since commit 4fbd8d194f06c8a3fd2af1ce560ddb31f7ec8323:

  Linux 4.15-rc1 (2017-11-26 16:01:47 -0800)

are available in the git repository at:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs.git work.get_user_pages_fast

for you to fetch changes up to ce53053ce378c21e7ffc45241fd67d6ee79daa2b:

  kvm: switch get_user_page_nowait() to get_user_pages_unlocked() (2017-12-04 13:35:21 -0500)

----------------------------------------------------------------
Al Viro (5):
      fold __get_user_pages_unlocked() into its sole remaining caller
      cris: switch to get_user_pages_fast()
      get_user_pages_unlocked(): pass true to __get_user_pages_locked() notify_drop
      __get_user_pages_locked(): get rid of notify_drop argument
      kvm: switch get_user_page_nowait() to get_user_pages_unlocked()

 arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/cryptocop.c | 23 ++++++-----------
 mm/gup.c                               | 46 +++++++++++-----------------------
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c                    | 43 +++++++++----------------------
 3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 78 deletions(-)