__get_user_pages_fast handles errors differently from
get_user_pages_fast: the former always returns the number of pages
pinned, the later might return a negative error code.
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/mips/mm/gup.c | 2 ++
arch/s390/mm/gup.c | 2 ++
arch/sh/mm/gup.c | 2 ++
arch/sparc/mm/gup.c | 4 ++++
mm/gup.c | 4 +++-
mm/util.c | 6 ++++--
6 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/gup.c b/arch/mips/mm/gup.c
index 1e4658e..5a4875ca 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/gup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/gup.c
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ static int gup_pud_range(pgd_t pgd, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
/*
* Like get_user_pages_fast() except its 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.
*/
int __get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write,
struct page **pages)
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/gup.c b/arch/s390/mm/gup.c
index 05c8abd..2809d11 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/gup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/gup.c
@@ -220,6 +220,8 @@ static inline int gup_p4d_range(pgd_t *pgdp, pgd_t pgd, unsigned long addr,
/*
* Like get_user_pages_fast() except its 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.
*/
int __get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write,
struct page **pages)
diff --git a/arch/sh/mm/gup.c b/arch/sh/mm/gup.c
index 8045b5b..56c86ca 100644
--- a/arch/sh/mm/gup.c
+++ b/arch/sh/mm/gup.c
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ static int gup_pud_range(pgd_t pgd, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
/*
* Like get_user_pages_fast() except its 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.
*/
int __get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write,
struct page **pages)
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/gup.c b/arch/sparc/mm/gup.c
index 5335ba3..ca3eb69 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/gup.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/gup.c
@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ static int gup_pud_range(pgd_t pgd, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
return 1;
}
+/*
+ * Note a difference with get_user_pages_fast: this always returns the
+ * number of pages pinned, 0 if no pages were pinned.
+ */
int __get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write,
struct page **pages)
{
diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index 8f3a064..5cb5bb1 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -1740,7 +1740,9 @@ bool gup_fast_permitted(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write)
/*
* Like get_user_pages_fast() except it's IRQ-safe in that it won't fall back to
- * the regular GUP. It will only return non-negative values.
+ * 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.
*/
int __get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write,
struct page **pages)
diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index c125050..db2f005 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -297,8 +297,10 @@ void arch_pick_mmap_layout(struct mm_struct *mm)
/*
* Like get_user_pages_fast() except its IRQ-safe in that it won't fall
* back to the regular GUP.
- * If the architecture not support this function, simply return with no
- * page pinned
+ * 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.
*/
int __weak __get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start,
int nr_pages, int write, struct page **pages)
--
MST
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