Re: [PATCH 1/4] mm: make __access_remote_vm() static

[Jason Gunthorpe]

On Sun, Oct 01, 2023 at 05:00:02PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> access_remote_vm() passes through parameters to __access_remote_vm()
> directly, so remove the __access_remote_vm() function from mm.h aand use
> access_remote_vm() in the one caller that needs it (ptrace_access_vm()).
> 
> This allows future adjustments to the GUP-internal __access_remote_vm()
> function while keeping the access_remote_vm() function stable.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/mm.h | 2 --
>  kernel/ptrace.c    | 2 +-
>  mm/memory.c        | 4 ++--
>  mm/nommu.c         | 4 ++--
>  4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Why do we even have two versions?

Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx>

Jason