Re: [PATCH 4.4] mm/gup: add compat macro for get_user_pages

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On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 02:22:01PM +0300, Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote:
> This fixes API breakage introduced in v4.4.168 commit 8e50b8b07f46
> ("mm: replace get_user_pages() write/force parameters with gup_flags").
> For example odious nvidia out-of-tree modules does not compile.

There is no guarantee of in-kernel api "stability" in any kernel tree,
sorry.

As all of the in-kernel users are working just fine, there is no need
for this type of crazy patch to be accepted.

thanks,

greg k-h



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