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Patch series "Simplify the external interface for GUP", v2. It is quite a maze of EXPORTED symbols leading up to the three actual worker functions of GUP. Simplify this by reorganizing some of the code so the EXPORTED symbols directly call the correct internal function with validated and consistent arguments. Consolidate all the assertions into one place at the top of the call chains. Remove some dead code. Move more things into the mm/internal.h header This patch (of 13): __get_user_pages_locked() and __gup_longterm_locked() both require the mmap lock to be held. They have a slightly unusual locked parameter that is used to allow these functions to unlock and relock the mmap lock and convey that fact to the caller. Several places wrap these functions with a simple mmap_read_lock() just so they can follow the optimized locked protocol. Consolidate this internally to the functions. Allow internal callers to set locked = 0 to cause the functions to acquire and release the lock on their own. Reorganize __gup_longterm_locked() to use the autolocking in __get_user_pages_locked(). Replace all the places obtaining the mmap_read_lock() just to call __get_user_pages_locked() with the new mechanism. Replace all the internal callers of get_user_pages_unlocked() with direct calls to __gup_longterm_locked() using the new mechanism. A following patch will add assertions ensuring the external interface continues to always pass in locked = 1. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/0-v2-987e91b59705+36b-gup_tidy_jgg@nvidia.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1-v2-987e91b59705+36b-gup_tidy_jgg@nvidia.com Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com> Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com> Cc: Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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