[merged mm-stable] rdma-siw-remove-foll_force-usage.patch removed from -mm tree

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The quilt patch titled
     Subject: RDMA/siw: remove FOLL_FORCE usage
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     rdma-siw-remove-foll_force-usage.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-stable branch
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RDMA/siw: remove FOLL_FORCE usage
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2022 11:26:51 +0100

GUP now supports reliable R/O long-term pinning in COW mappings, such
that we break COW early. MAP_SHARED VMAs only use the shared zeropage so
far in one corner case (DAXFS file with holes), which can be ignored
because GUP does not support long-term pinning in fsdax (see
check_vma_flags()).

Consequently, FOLL_FORCE | FOLL_WRITE | FOLL_LONGTERM is no longer required
for reliable R/O long-term pinning: FOLL_LONGTERM is sufficient. So stop
using FOLL_FORCE, which is really only for ptrace access.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221116102659.70287-13-david@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Bernard Metzler <bmt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Leon Romanovsky <leon@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_mem.c |    9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_mem.c~rdma-siw-remove-foll_force-usage
+++ a/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_mem.c
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ struct siw_umem *siw_umem_get(u64 start,
 	struct mm_struct *mm_s;
 	u64 first_page_va;
 	unsigned long mlock_limit;
-	unsigned int foll_flags = FOLL_WRITE;
+	unsigned int foll_flags = FOLL_LONGTERM;
 	int num_pages, num_chunks, i, rv = 0;
 
 	if (!can_do_mlock())
@@ -391,8 +391,8 @@ struct siw_umem *siw_umem_get(u64 start,
 
 	mmgrab(mm_s);
 
-	if (!writable)
-		foll_flags |= FOLL_FORCE;
+	if (writable)
+		foll_flags |= FOLL_WRITE;
 
 	mmap_read_lock(mm_s);
 
@@ -423,8 +423,7 @@ struct siw_umem *siw_umem_get(u64 start,
 		while (nents) {
 			struct page **plist = &umem->page_chunk[i].plist[got];
 
-			rv = pin_user_pages(first_page_va, nents,
-					    foll_flags | FOLL_LONGTERM,
+			rv = pin_user_pages(first_page_va, nents, foll_flags,
 					    plist, NULL);
 			if (rv < 0)
 				goto out_sem_up;
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from david@xxxxxxxxxx are

selftests-vm-add-ksm-unmerge-tests.patch
mm-pagewalk-dont-trigger-test_walk-in-walk_page_vma.patch
selftests-vm-add-test-to-measure-madv_unmergeable-performance.patch
mm-ksm-simplify-break_ksm-to-not-rely-on-vm_fault_write.patch
mm-remove-vm_fault_write.patch
mm-ksm-fix-ksm-cow-breaking-with-userfaultfd-wp-via-fault_flag_unshare.patch
mm-pagewalk-add-walk_page_range_vma.patch
mm-ksm-convert-break_ksm-to-use-walk_page_range_vma.patch
mm-gup-remove-foll_migration.patch




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