netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 6/7] mm/gup: remove vmas parameter from pin_user

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Date:   Mon, 17 Apr 2023 13:14:36 +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>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 6/7] mm/gup: remove vmas parameter from
 pin_user_pages()

On 15.04.23 14:09, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> After the introduction of FOLL_SAME_FILE we no longer require vmas for any
> invocation of pin_user_pages(), so eliminate this parameter from the
> function and all callers.
> 
> This clears the way to removing the vmas parameter from GUP altogether.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@...il.com>
> ---

Ideally, we'd avoid FOLL_SAME_FILE as well

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

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb