Re: [PATCH 10/10] mm: replace access_process_vm() write parameter with gup_flags

Jesper Nilsson
2016-10-17T09:23:52Z

On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 01:20:20AM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> This patch removes the write parameter from access_process_vm() and replaces it
> with a gup_flags parameter as use of this function previously _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>
> ---
> arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/ptrace.c | 4 ++--

For the CRIS part:

Acked-by: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@axis.com>

/^JN - Jesper Nilsson
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