mm/gup: remove unused vmas parameter from get_user_pages()

Patch series "remove the vmas parameter from GUP APIs", v6.

(pin_/get)_user_pages[_remote]() each provide an optional output parameter
for an array of VMA objects associated with each page in the input range.

These provide the means for VMAs to be returned, as long as mm->mmap_lock
is never released during the GUP operation (i.e.  the internal flag
FOLL_UNLOCKABLE is not specified).

In addition, these VMAs can only be accessed with the mmap_lock held and
become invalidated the moment it is released.

The vast majority of invocations do not use this functionality and of
those that do, all but one case retrieve a single VMA to perform checks
upon.

It is not egregious in the single VMA cases to simply replace the
operation with a vma_lookup().  In these cases we duplicate the (fast)
lookup on a slow path already under the mmap_lock, abstracted to a new
get_user_page_vma_remote() inline helper function which also performs
error checking and reference count maintenance.

The special case is io_uring, where io_pin_pages() specifically needs to
assert that the VMAs underlying the range do not result in broken
long-term GUP file-backed mappings.

As GUP now internally asserts that FOLL_LONGTERM mappings are not
file-backed in a broken fashion (i.e.  requiring dirty tracking) - as
implemented in "mm/gup: disallow FOLL_LONGTERM GUP-nonfast writing to
file-backed mappings" - this logic is no longer required and so we can
simply remove it altogether from io_uring.

Eliminating the vmas parameter eliminates an entire class of danging
pointer errors that might have occured should the lock have been
incorrectly released.

In addition, the API is simplified and now clearly expresses what it is
intended for - applying the specified GUP flags and (if pinning) returning
pinned pages.

This change additionally opens the door to further potential improvements
in GUP and the possible marrying of disparate code paths.

I have run this series against gup_test with no issues.

Thanks to Matthew Wilcox for suggesting this refactoring!


This patch (of 6):

No invocation of get_user_pages() use the vmas parameter, so remove it.

The GUP API is confusing and caveated.  Recent changes have done much to
improve that, however there is more we can do.  Exporting vmas is a prime
target as the caller has to be extremely careful to preclude their use
after the mmap_lock has expired or otherwise be left with dangling
pointers.

Removing the vmas parameter focuses the GUP functions upon their primary
purpose - pinning (and outputting) pages as well as performing the actions
implied by the input flags.

This is part of a patch series aiming to remove the vmas parameter
altogether.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/cover.1684350871.git.lstoakes@gmail.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/589e0c64794668ffc799651e8d85e703262b1e9d.1684350871.git.lstoakes@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Christian König <christian.koenig@amd.com> (for radeon parts)
Acked-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Acked-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> (KVM)
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@cornelisnetworks.com>
Cc: Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index e19b06a66229..21daeee5f163 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -2251,8 +2251,6 @@ long get_user_pages_remote(struct mm_struct *mm,
  * @pages:      array that receives pointers to the pages pinned.
  *              Should be at least nr_pages long. Or NULL, if caller
  *              only intends to ensure the pages are faulted in.
- * @vmas:       array of pointers to vmas corresponding to each page.
- *              Or NULL if the caller does not require them.
  *
  * This is the same as get_user_pages_remote(), just with a less-flexible
  * calling convention where we assume that the mm being operated on belongs to
@@ -2260,16 +2258,15 @@ long get_user_pages_remote(struct mm_struct *mm,
  * obviously don't pass FOLL_REMOTE in here.
  */
 long get_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
-		unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages,
-		struct vm_area_struct **vmas)
+		    unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages)
 {
 	int locked = 1;
 
-	if (!is_valid_gup_args(pages, vmas, NULL, &gup_flags, FOLL_TOUCH))
+	if (!is_valid_gup_args(pages, NULL, NULL, &gup_flags, FOLL_TOUCH))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	return __get_user_pages_locked(current->mm, start, nr_pages, pages,
-				       vmas, &locked, gup_flags);
+				       NULL, &locked, gup_flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_user_pages);