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Message-ID: <6ad9509c-11b6-9ada-0ee8-26cf40b3ac14@redhat.com>
Date:   Mon, 17 Apr 2023 12:55:30 +0200
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@...il.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-sgx@...r.kernel.org, amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Xinhui Pan <Xinhui.Pan@....com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Dimitri Sivanich <dimitri.sivanich@....com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/7] mm/gup: remove unused vmas parameter from
 get_user_pages()

On 15.04.23 14:09, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> No invocation of get_user_pages() uses the vmas parameter, so remove
> it.
> 
> The GUP API is confusing and caveated. Recent changes have done much to
> improve that, however there is more we can do. Exporting vmas is a prime
> target as the caller has to be extremely careful to preclude their use
> after the mmap_lock has expired or otherwise be left with dangling
> pointers.
> 
> Removing the vmas parameter focuses the GUP functions upon their primary
> purpose - pinning (and outputting) pages as well as performing the actions
> implied by the input flags.
> 
> This is part of a patch series aiming to remove the vmas parameter
> altogether.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@...il.com>
> Suggested-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org>
> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> ---

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb

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