linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/gup: fix omission of check on FOLL_LONGTERM in get_user_pages

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Date:   Mon, 3 Jun 2019 12:06:08 +0800
From:   Pingfan Liu <kernelfans@...il.com>
To:     John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
Cc:     Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/gup: fix omission of check on FOLL_LONGTERM in get_user_pages_fast()

On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 1:06 AM John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com> wrote:
>
> On 5/31/19 4:05 AM, Pingfan Liu wrote:
> > On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 7:21 AM John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com> wrote:
> >> On 5/30/19 2:47 PM, Ira Weiny wrote:
> >>> On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 06:54:04AM +0800, Pingfan Liu wrote:
> >> [...]
> >> Rather lightly tested...I've compile-tested with CONFIG_CMA and !CONFIG_CMA,
> >> and boot tested with CONFIG_CMA, but could use a second set of eyes on whether
> >> I've added any off-by-one errors, or worse. :)
> >>
> > Do you mind I send V2 based on your above patch? Anyway, it is a simple bug fix.
> >
>
> Sure, that's why I sent it. :)  Note that Ira also recommended splitting the
> "nr --> nr_pinned" renaming into a separate patch.
>
Thanks for your kind help. I will split out nr_pinned to a separate patch.

Regards,
  Pingfan