linux-kernel - Re: Linux 5.1-rc5

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Date:   Tue, 16 Apr 2019 09:49:46 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-s390 <linux-s390@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 5.1-rc5

On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 9:16 AM Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> We actually already *have* this function.
>
> It's called "gup_fast_permitted()" and it's used by x86-64 to verify
> the proper address range. Exactly like s390 needs..
>
> Could you please use that instead?

IOW, something like the attached.

Obviously untested. And maybe 'current' isn't declared in
<asm/pgtable.h>, in which case you'd need to modify it to instead make
the inline function be "s390_gup_fast_permitted()" that takes a
pointer to the mm, and do something like

  #define gup_fast_permitted(start, pages) \
         s390_gup_fast_permitted(current->mm, start, pages)

instead.

But I think you get the idea..

                Linus

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