Re: [PATCH 4/4] mm/gup: adapt get_user_page_vma_remote() to never return NULL

From: Catalin Marinas
Date: Mon Oct 02 2023 - 06:17:01 EST


On Sun, Oct 01, 2023 at 05:00:05PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> get_user_pages_remote() will never return 0 except in the case of
> FOLL_NOWAIT being specified, which we explicitly disallow.
>
> This simplifies error handling for the caller and avoids the awkwardness of
> dealing with both errors and failing to pin. Failing to pin here is an
> error.
>
> Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm64/kernel/mte.c | 4 ++--

For arm64:

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