linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/gup: don't permit users to call get_user_pages with FOLL

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Date:   Thu, 3 Sep 2020 19:39:50 +0100
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com>
Cc:     John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>,
        Barry Song <song.bao.hua@...ilicon.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxarm@...wei.com, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/gup: don't permit users to call get_user_pages with
 FOLL_LONGTERM

On Thu, Sep 03, 2020 at 12:42:44PM +0530, Souptick Joarder wrote:
> We can use is_valid_gup_flags() inside ->
> get_user_pages_locked(),
> get_user_pages_unlocked(),
> pin_user_pages_locked() as well.
> 
> Are you planning to add it in future patches ?

If you're looking for a new project, adding a foll_t or gup_t or
something for the FOLL flags (like we have for gfp_t or vm_fault_t)
would be helpful.  We're inconsistent with our naming here.