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-rw-r--r--arch/mips/mm/gup.c9
-rw-r--r--arch/s390/mm/gup.c9
-rw-r--r--arch/sh/mm/gup.c9
-rw-r--r--arch/sparc/mm/gup.c9
4 files changed, 32 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/gup.c b/arch/mips/mm/gup.c
index 5a4875cac1ec..2e7a0d201c09 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/gup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/gup.c
@@ -274,7 +274,14 @@ int get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write,
next = pgd_addr_end(addr, end);
if (pgd_none(pgd))
goto slow;
- if (!gup_pud_range(pgd, addr, next, write, pages, &nr))
+ /*
+ * The FAST_GUP case requires FOLL_WRITE even for pure reads,
+ * because get_user_pages() may need to cause an early COW in
+ * order to avoid confusing the normal COW routines. So only
+ * targets that are already writable are safe to do by just
+ * looking at the page tables.
+ */
+ if (!gup_pud_range(pgd, addr, next, 1, pages, &nr))
goto slow;
} while (pgdp++, addr = next, addr != end);
local_irq_enable();
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/gup.c b/arch/s390/mm/gup.c
index 9b5b866d8adf..5389bf5bc828 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/gup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/gup.c
@@ -287,7 +287,14 @@ int get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write,
might_sleep();
start &= PAGE_MASK;
- nr = __get_user_pages_fast(start, nr_pages, write, pages);
+ /*
+ * The FAST_GUP case requires FOLL_WRITE even for pure reads,
+ * because get_user_pages() may need to cause an early COW in
+ * order to avoid confusing the normal COW routines. So only
+ * targets that are already writable are safe to do by just
+ * looking at the page tables.
+ */
+ nr = __get_user_pages_fast(start, nr_pages, 1, pages);
if (nr == nr_pages)
return nr;
diff --git a/arch/sh/mm/gup.c b/arch/sh/mm/gup.c
index 56c86ca98ecf..23fa2fc8aabc 100644
--- a/arch/sh/mm/gup.c
+++ b/arch/sh/mm/gup.c
@@ -242,7 +242,14 @@ int get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write,
next = pgd_addr_end(addr, end);
if (pgd_none(pgd))
goto slow;
- if (!gup_pud_range(pgd, addr, next, write, pages, &nr))
+ /*
+ * The FAST_GUP case requires FOLL_WRITE even for pure reads,
+ * because get_user_pages() may need to cause an early COW in
+ * order to avoid confusing the normal COW routines. So only
+ * targets that are already writable are safe to do by just
+ * looking at the page tables.
+ */
+ if (!gup_pud_range(pgd, addr, next, 1, pages, &nr))
goto slow;
} while (pgdp++, addr = next, addr != end);
local_irq_enable();
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/gup.c b/arch/sparc/mm/gup.c
index aee6dba83d0e..f291d34a1cd5 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/gup.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/gup.c
@@ -303,7 +303,14 @@ int get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write,
next = pgd_addr_end(addr, end);
if (pgd_none(pgd))
goto slow;
- if (!gup_pud_range(pgd, addr, next, write, pages, &nr))
+ /*
+ * The FAST_GUP case requires FOLL_WRITE even for pure reads,
+ * because get_user_pages() may need to cause an early COW in
+ * order to avoid confusing the normal COW routines. So only
+ * targets that are already writable are safe to do by just
+ * looking at the page tables.
+ */
+ if (!gup_pud_range(pgd, addr, next, 1, pages, &nr))
goto slow;
} while (pgdp++, addr = next, addr != end);