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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. We are able to perform these VMA operations as we already hold the mmap_lock in order to be able to call get_user_pages_remote(). As part of this work we add get_user_page_vma_remote() which abstracts the VMA lookup, error handling and decrementing the page reference count should the VMA lookup fail. This forms part of a broader set of patches intended to eliminate the vmas parameter altogether. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: avoid passing NULL to PTR_ERR] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/d20128c849ecdbf4dd01cc828fcec32127ed939a.1684350871.git.lstoakes@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> (for arm64) Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com> (for s390) Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Cc: Christian König <christian.koenig@amd.com> Cc: Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@cornelisnetworks.com> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org> Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Cc: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com> Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.