Re: [PATCH 10/10] mm: replace access_process_vm() write parameter with gup_flags

From	Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@axis.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 10/10] mm: replace access_process_vm() write parameter with gup_flags
Date	2016-10-17 11:30 +0200
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On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 01:20:20AM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> This patch removes the write parameter from access_process_vm() and replaces it
> with a gup_flags parameter as use of this function previously _implied_
> FOLL_FORCE, whereas after this patch callers explicitly pass this flag.
> 
> We make this explicit as use of FOLL_FORCE can result in surprising behaviour
> (and hence bugs) within the mm subsystem.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@gmail.com>
> ---
>  arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/ptrace.c |  4 ++--

For the CRIS part:

Acked-by: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@axis.com>

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[PATCH 10/10] mm: replace access_process_vm() write parameter with gup_flags Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@gmail.com> - 2016-10-13 06:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 10/10] mm: replace access_process_vm() write parameter  with gup_flags Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@axis.com> - 2016-10-17 11:30 +0200

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