The patch titled
Subject: mm/gup.c: further document vma_permits_fault()
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
mm-gupc-further-document-vma_permits_fault.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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From: Miles Chen <miles.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/gup.c: further document vma_permits_fault()
Describe the caller's responsibilities when passing
FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1586915606.5647.5.camel@mtkswgap22
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/gup.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/mm/gup.c~mm-gupc-further-document-vma_permits_fault
+++ a/mm/gup.c
@@ -1176,7 +1176,8 @@ static bool vma_permits_fault(struct vm_
* @address: user address
* @fault_flags:flags to pass down to handle_mm_fault()
* @unlocked: did we unlock the mmap_sem while retrying, maybe NULL if caller
- * does not allow retry
+ * does not allow retry. If NULL, the caller must guarantee
+ * that fault_flags does not contain FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY.
*
* This is meant to be called in the specific scenario where for locking reasons
* we try to access user memory in atomic context (within a pagefault_disable()
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from miles.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxx are
