[PATCH 4.4 81/88] mm: replace access_remote_vm() write parameter with gup_flags

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

4.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@xxxxxxxxx>

commit 6347e8d5bcce33fc36e651901efefbe2c93a43ef upstream.

This removes the 'write' argument from access_remote_vm() and replaces
it with 'gup_flags' as use of this function previously silently 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@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/proc/base.c     |   19 +++++++++++++------
 include/linux/mm.h |    2 +-
 mm/memory.c        |   11 +++--------
 mm/nommu.c         |    7 +++----
 4 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ static ssize_t proc_pid_cmdline_read(str
 	 * Inherently racy -- command line shares address space
 	 * with code and data.
 	 */
-	rv = access_remote_vm(mm, arg_end - 1, &c, 1, 0);
+	rv = access_remote_vm(mm, arg_end - 1, &c, 1, FOLL_FORCE);
 	if (rv <= 0)
 		goto out_free_page;
 
@@ -272,7 +272,8 @@ static ssize_t proc_pid_cmdline_read(str
 			int nr_read;
 
 			_count = min3(count, len, PAGE_SIZE);
-			nr_read = access_remote_vm(mm, p, page, _count, 0);
+			nr_read = access_remote_vm(mm, p, page, _count,
+					FOLL_FORCE);
 			if (nr_read < 0)
 				rv = nr_read;
 			if (nr_read <= 0)
@@ -307,7 +308,8 @@ static ssize_t proc_pid_cmdline_read(str
 			bool final;
 
 			_count = min3(count, len, PAGE_SIZE);
-			nr_read = access_remote_vm(mm, p, page, _count, 0);
+			nr_read = access_remote_vm(mm, p, page, _count,
+					FOLL_FORCE);
 			if (nr_read < 0)
 				rv = nr_read;
 			if (nr_read <= 0)
@@ -356,7 +358,8 @@ skip_argv:
 			bool final;
 
 			_count = min3(count, len, PAGE_SIZE);
-			nr_read = access_remote_vm(mm, p, page, _count, 0);
+			nr_read = access_remote_vm(mm, p, page, _count,
+					FOLL_FORCE);
 			if (nr_read < 0)
 				rv = nr_read;
 			if (nr_read <= 0)
@@ -868,6 +871,7 @@ static ssize_t mem_rw(struct file *file,
 	unsigned long addr = *ppos;
 	ssize_t copied;
 	char *page;
+	unsigned int flags = FOLL_FORCE;
 
 	if (!mm)
 		return 0;
@@ -880,6 +884,9 @@ static ssize_t mem_rw(struct file *file,
 	if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&mm->mm_users))
 		goto free;
 
+	if (write)
+		flags |= FOLL_WRITE;
+
 	while (count > 0) {
 		int this_len = min_t(int, count, PAGE_SIZE);
 
@@ -888,7 +895,7 @@ static ssize_t mem_rw(struct file *file,
 			break;
 		}
 
-		this_len = access_remote_vm(mm, addr, page, this_len, write);
+		this_len = access_remote_vm(mm, addr, page, this_len, flags);
 		if (!this_len) {
 			if (!copied)
 				copied = -EIO;
@@ -1001,7 +1008,7 @@ static ssize_t environ_read(struct file
 		this_len = min(max_len, this_len);
 
 		retval = access_remote_vm(mm, (env_start + src),
-			page, this_len, 0);
+			page, this_len, FOLL_FORCE);
 
 		if (retval <= 0) {
 			ret = retval;
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@ static inline int fixup_user_fault(struc
 
 extern int access_process_vm(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long addr, void *buf, int len, int write);
 extern int access_remote_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
-		void *buf, int len, int write);
+		void *buf, int len, unsigned int gup_flags);
 
 long __get_user_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
 		      unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3777,19 +3777,14 @@ static int __access_remote_vm(struct tas
  * @addr:	start address to access
  * @buf:	source or destination buffer
  * @len:	number of bytes to transfer
- * @write:	whether the access is a write
+ * @gup_flags:	flags modifying lookup behaviour
  *
  * The caller must hold a reference on @mm.
  */
 int access_remote_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
-		void *buf, int len, int write)
+		void *buf, int len, unsigned int gup_flags)
 {
-	unsigned int flags = FOLL_FORCE;
-
-	if (write)
-		flags |= FOLL_WRITE;
-
-	return __access_remote_vm(NULL, mm, addr, buf, len, flags);
+	return __access_remote_vm(NULL, mm, addr, buf, len, gup_flags);
 }
 
 /*
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -1967,15 +1967,14 @@ static int __access_remote_vm(struct tas
  * @addr:	start address to access
  * @buf:	source or destination buffer
  * @len:	number of bytes to transfer
- * @write:	whether the access is a write
+ * @gup_flags:	flags modifying lookup behaviour
  *
  * The caller must hold a reference on @mm.
  */
 int access_remote_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
-		void *buf, int len, int write)
+		void *buf, int len, unsigned int gup_flags)
 {
-	return __access_remote_vm(NULL, mm, addr, buf, len,
-			write ? FOLL_WRITE : 0);
+	return __access_remote_vm(NULL, mm, addr, buf, len, gup_flags);
 }
 
 /*