The patch titled
Subject: mm: remove the prot argument to __vmalloc_node
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
mm-remove-the-prot-argument-to-__vmalloc_node.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-remove-the-prot-argument-to-__vmalloc_node.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-remove-the-prot-argument-to-__vmalloc_node.patch
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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Subject: mm: remove the prot argument to __vmalloc_node
This is always PAGE_KERNEL now.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200414131348.444715-23-hch@xxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Gao Xiang <xiang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Laura Abbott <labbott@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael Kelley <mikelley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vasily Gorbik <gor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/vmalloc.c | 35 ++++++++++++++---------------------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c~mm-remove-the-prot-argument-to-__vmalloc_node
+++ a/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -2401,8 +2401,7 @@ void *vmap(struct page **pages, unsigned
EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmap);
static void *__vmalloc_node(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
- gfp_t gfp_mask, pgprot_t prot,
- int node, const void *caller);
+ gfp_t gfp_mask, int node, const void *caller);
static void *__vmalloc_area_node(struct vm_struct *area, gfp_t gfp_mask,
pgprot_t prot, int node)
{
@@ -2420,7 +2419,7 @@ static void *__vmalloc_area_node(struct
/* Please note that the recursion is strictly bounded. */
if (array_size > PAGE_SIZE) {
pages = __vmalloc_node(array_size, 1, nested_gfp|highmem_mask,
- PAGE_KERNEL, node, area->caller);
+ node, area->caller);
} else {
pages = kmalloc_node(array_size, nested_gfp, node);
}
@@ -2539,13 +2538,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__vmalloc_node_range);
* @size: allocation size
* @align: desired alignment
* @gfp_mask: flags for the page level allocator
- * @prot: protection mask for the allocated pages
* @node: node to use for allocation or NUMA_NO_NODE
* @caller: caller's return address
*
- * Allocate enough pages to cover @size from the page level
- * allocator with @gfp_mask flags. Map them into contiguous
- * kernel virtual space, using a pagetable protection of @prot.
+ * Allocate enough pages to cover @size from the page level allocator with
+ * @gfp_mask flags. Map them into contiguous kernel virtual space.
*
* Reclaim modifiers in @gfp_mask - __GFP_NORETRY, __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL
* and __GFP_NOFAIL are not supported
@@ -2556,16 +2553,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__vmalloc_node_range);
* Return: pointer to the allocated memory or %NULL on error
*/
static void *__vmalloc_node(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
- gfp_t gfp_mask, pgprot_t prot,
- int node, const void *caller)
+ gfp_t gfp_mask, int node, const void *caller)
{
return __vmalloc_node_range(size, align, VMALLOC_START, VMALLOC_END,
- gfp_mask, prot, 0, node, caller);
+ gfp_mask, PAGE_KERNEL, 0, node, caller);
}
void *__vmalloc(unsigned long size, gfp_t gfp_mask)
{
- return __vmalloc_node(size, 1, gfp_mask, PAGE_KERNEL, NUMA_NO_NODE,
+ return __vmalloc_node(size, 1, gfp_mask, NUMA_NO_NODE,
__builtin_return_address(0));
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__vmalloc);
@@ -2573,15 +2569,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__vmalloc);
static inline void *__vmalloc_node_flags(unsigned long size,
int node, gfp_t flags)
{
- return __vmalloc_node(size, 1, flags, PAGE_KERNEL,
- node, __builtin_return_address(0));
+ return __vmalloc_node(size, 1, flags, node,
+ __builtin_return_address(0));
}
void *__vmalloc_node_flags_caller(unsigned long size, int node, gfp_t flags,
void *caller)
{
- return __vmalloc_node(size, 1, flags, PAGE_KERNEL, node, caller);
+ return __vmalloc_node(size, 1, flags, node, caller);
}
/**
@@ -2656,8 +2652,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmalloc_user);
*/
void *vmalloc_node(unsigned long size, int node)
{
- return __vmalloc_node(size, 1, GFP_KERNEL, PAGE_KERNEL,
- node, __builtin_return_address(0));
+ return __vmalloc_node(size, 1, GFP_KERNEL, node,
+ __builtin_return_address(0));
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmalloc_node);
@@ -2670,9 +2666,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmalloc_node);
* allocator and map them into contiguous kernel virtual space.
* The memory allocated is set to zero.
*
- * For tight control over page level allocator and protection flags
- * use __vmalloc_node() instead.
- *
* Return: pointer to the allocated memory or %NULL on error
*/
void *vzalloc_node(unsigned long size, int node)
@@ -2745,8 +2738,8 @@ void *vmalloc_exec(unsigned long size)
*/
void *vmalloc_32(unsigned long size)
{
- return __vmalloc_node(size, 1, GFP_VMALLOC32, PAGE_KERNEL,
- NUMA_NO_NODE, __builtin_return_address(0));
+ return __vmalloc_node(size, 1, GFP_VMALLOC32, NUMA_NO_NODE,
+ __builtin_return_address(0));
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmalloc_32);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from hch@xxxxxx are
x86-hyperv-use-vmalloc_exec-for-the-hypercall-page.patch
x86-fix-vmap-arguments-in-map_irq_stack.patch
staging-android-ion-use-vmap-instead-of-vm_map_ram.patch
staging-media-ipu3-use-vmap-instead-of-reimplementing-it.patch
dma-mapping-use-vmap-insted-of-reimplementing-it.patch
powerpc-add-an-ioremap_phb-helper.patch
powerpc-remove-__ioremap_at-and-__iounmap_at.patch
mm-remove-__get_vm_area.patch
mm-unexport-unmap_kernel_range_noflush.patch
mm-rename-config_pgtable_mapping-to-config_zsmalloc_pgtable_mapping.patch
mm-only-allow-page-table-mappings-for-built-in-zsmalloc.patch
mm-pass-addr-as-unsigned-long-to-vb_free.patch
mm-remove-vmap_page_range_noflush-and-vunmap_page_range.patch
mm-rename-vmap_page_range-to-map_kernel_range.patch
mm-dont-return-the-number-of-pages-from-map_kernel_range_noflush.patch
mm-remove-map_vm_range.patch
mm-remove-unmap_vmap_area.patch
mm-remove-the-prot-argument-from-vm_map_ram.patch
mm-enforce-that-vmap-cant-map-pages-executable.patch
gpu-drm-remove-the-powerpc-hack-in-drm_legacy_sg_alloc.patch
mm-remove-the-pgprot-argument-to-__vmalloc.patch
mm-remove-the-prot-argument-to-__vmalloc_node.patch
mm-remove-both-instances-of-__vmalloc_node_flags.patch
mm-remove-__vmalloc_node_flags_caller.patch
mm-switch-the-test_vmalloc-module-to-use-__vmalloc_node.patch
mm-remove-vmalloc_user_node_flags.patch
arm64-use-__vmalloc_node-in-arch_alloc_vmap_stack.patch
powerpc-use-__vmalloc_node-in-alloc_vm_stack.patch
s390-use-__vmalloc_node-in-stack_alloc.patch
