mm: replace access_process_vm() write parameter with gup_flags
authorLorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@gmail.com>
Thu, 13 Oct 2016 00:20:20 +0000 (01:20 +0100)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Wed, 19 Oct 2016 15:31:25 +0000 (08:31 -0700)
commitf307ab6dcea03f9d8e4d70508fd7d1ca57cfa7f9
tree94a96ebae9957cf1252231a69f8904796aa2563e
parent6347e8d5bcce33fc36e651901efefbe2c93a43ef
mm: replace access_process_vm() write parameter with gup_flags

This removes the 'write' argument from access_process_vm() and replaces
it with 'gup_flags' as use of this function previously silently implied
FOLL_FORCE, whereas after this patch callers explicitly pass this flag.

We make this explicit as use of FOLL_FORCE can result in surprising
behaviour (and hence bugs) within the mm subsystem.

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@axis.com>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
17 files changed:
arch/alpha/kernel/ptrace.c
arch/blackfin/kernel/ptrace.c
arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/ptrace.c
arch/ia64/kernel/ptrace.c
arch/m32r/kernel/ptrace.c
arch/mips/kernel/ptrace32.c
arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace32.c
arch/score/kernel/ptrace.c
arch/sparc/kernel/ptrace_64.c
arch/x86/kernel/step.c
arch/x86/um/ptrace_32.c
arch/x86/um/ptrace_64.c
include/linux/mm.h
kernel/ptrace.c
mm/memory.c
mm/nommu.c
mm/util.c