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

From: Catalin Marinas
Date: Mon Apr 17 2023 - 06:56:19 EST


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@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm64/kernel/mte.c | 7 ++++---

For arm64:

Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>