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diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index 6f47697f8fb0..e3bd0d0b5120 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -381,22 +381,13 @@ static int follow_pfn_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
}
/*
- * FOLL_FORCE or a forced COW break can write even to unwritable pte's,
- * but only after we've gone through a COW cycle and they are dirty.
+ * FOLL_FORCE can write to even unwritable pte's, but only
+ * after we've gone through a COW cycle and they are dirty.
*/
static inline bool can_follow_write_pte(pte_t pte, unsigned int flags)
{
- return pte_write(pte) || ((flags & FOLL_COW) && pte_dirty(pte));
-}
-
-/*
- * A (separate) COW fault might break the page the other way and
- * get_user_pages() would return the page from what is now the wrong
- * VM. So we need to force a COW break at GUP time even for reads.
- */
-static inline bool should_force_cow_break(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned int flags)
-{
- return is_cow_mapping(vma->vm_flags) && (flags & (FOLL_GET | FOLL_PIN));
+ return pte_write(pte) ||
+ ((flags & FOLL_FORCE) && (flags & FOLL_COW) && pte_dirty(pte));
}
static struct page *follow_page_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
@@ -1075,11 +1066,9 @@ static long __get_user_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
goto out;
}
if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma)) {
- if (should_force_cow_break(vma, foll_flags))
- foll_flags |= FOLL_WRITE;
i = follow_hugetlb_page(mm, vma, pages, vmas,
&start, &nr_pages, i,
- foll_flags, locked);
+ gup_flags, locked);
if (locked && *locked == 0) {
/*
* We've got a VM_FAULT_RETRY
@@ -1093,10 +1082,6 @@ static long __get_user_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
continue;
}
}
-
- if (should_force_cow_break(vma, foll_flags))
- foll_flags |= FOLL_WRITE;
-
retry:
/*
* If we have a pending SIGKILL, don't keep faulting pages and
@@ -2763,19 +2748,6 @@ static int internal_get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages,
return -EFAULT;
/*
- * 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.
- *
- * NOTE! With FOLL_FAST_ONLY we allow read-only gup_fast() here,
- * because there is no slow path to fall back on. But you'd
- * better be careful about possible COW pages - you'll get _a_
- * COW page, but not necessarily the one you intended to get
- * depending on what COW event happens after this. COW may break
- * the page copy in a random direction.
- *
* Disable interrupts. The nested form is used, in order to allow
* full, general purpose use of this routine.
*
@@ -2788,8 +2760,6 @@ static int internal_get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages,
*/
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HAVE_FAST_GUP) && gup_fast_permitted(start, end)) {
unsigned long fast_flags = gup_flags;
- if (!(gup_flags & FOLL_FAST_ONLY))
- fast_flags |= FOLL_WRITE;
local_irq_save(flags);
gup_pgd_range(addr, end, fast_flags, pages, &nr_pinned);