Re: [PATCH 01/33] mm: introduce get_user_pages_remote()

[Balbir Singh]

On Fri, 2016-02-12 at 13:01 -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> For protection keys, we need to understand whether protections
> should be enforced in software or not.ÂÂIn general, we enforce
> protections when working on our own task, but not when on others.
> We call these "current" and "remote" operations.
> 
> This patch introduces a new get_user_pages() variant:
> 
> ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂget_user_pages_remote()
> 
> Which is a replacement for when get_user_pages() is called on
> non-current tsk/mm.
> 

In summary then get_user_pages_remote() do not enforce protections?

Balbir Singh.