Re: [PATCH v5] mm/gup: disallow GUP writing to file-backed mappings by default

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On Sat, Apr 29, 2023 at 12:21:09AM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote:

> In any case, the file system maintainers' position (mine and I doubt
> Dave Chinner's position has changed) is that if you write to
> file-backed mappings via GUP/RDMA/process_vm_writev, and it causes
> silent data corruption, you get to keep both pieces, and don't go
> looking for us for anything other than sympathy...

This alone is enough reason to block it. I'm tired of this round and
round and I think we should just say enough, the mm will work to
enforce this view point. Files can only be written through PTEs.

If this upsets people they can work on fixing it, but at least we
don't have these kernel problems and inconsistencies to deal with.

Jason



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