There are only two callers, both can handle the common return code:
- get_user_page_fast_only() checks == 1
- gfn_to_page_many_atomic() already returns -1, and the only caller
checks for -ve
Remove the restriction against returning negative values.
Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/gup.c | 17 +----------------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index b260c182135587..20ebc4d1f0d719 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -3002,8 +3002,6 @@ static int internal_get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start,
*
* Like get_user_pages_fast() except it's IRQ-safe in that it won't fall back to
* the regular GUP.
- * Note a difference with get_user_pages_fast: this always returns the
- * number of pages pinned, 0 if no pages were pinned.
*
* If the architecture does not support this function, simply return with no
* pages pinned.
@@ -3015,7 +3013,6 @@ static int internal_get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start,
int get_user_pages_fast_only(unsigned long start, int nr_pages,
unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages)
{
- int nr_pinned;
/*
* Internally (within mm/gup.c), gup fast variants must set FOLL_GET,
* because gup fast is always a "pin with a +1 page refcount" request.
@@ -3027,19 +3024,7 @@ int get_user_pages_fast_only(unsigned long start, int nr_pages,
FOLL_GET | FOLL_FAST_ONLY))
return -EINVAL;
- nr_pinned = internal_get_user_pages_fast(start, nr_pages, gup_flags,
- pages);
-
- /*
- * As specified in the API description above, this routine is not
- * allowed to return negative values. However, the common core
- * routine internal_get_user_pages_fast() *can* return -errno.
- * Therefore, correct for that here:
- */
- if (nr_pinned < 0)
- nr_pinned = 0;
-
- return nr_pinned;
+ return internal_get_user_pages_fast(start, nr_pages, gup_flags, pages);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_user_pages_fast_only);
--
2.39.0
