[PATCH v3 3/7] mm/gup: remove vmas parameter from get_user_pages_remote()

Catalin Marinas catalin.marinas at arm.com
Mon Apr 17 10:52:33 UTC 2023


On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 01:09:24PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> The only instances of get_user_pages_remote() invocations which used the
> vmas parameter were for a single page which can instead simply look up the
> VMA directly. In particular:-
> 
> - __update_ref_ctr() looked up the VMA but did nothing with it so we simply
>   remove it.
> 
> - __access_remote_vm() was already using vma_lookup() when the original
>   lookup failed so by doing the lookup directly this also de-duplicates the
>   code.
> 
> This forms part of a broader set of patches intended to eliminate the vmas
> parameter altogether.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes at gmail.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kernel/mte.c   |  7 ++++---

For arm64:

Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>



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