Re: [PATCH v2] mm/gup: fix comments to pin_user_pages_*()

[John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>]

On 4/21/22 18:58, Yury Norov wrote:
> pin_user_pages API forces FOLL_PIN in gup_flags, which means that the
> API requires struct page **pages to be provided (not NULL). However, the
> comment to pin_user_pages() clearly allows for passing in a NULL @pages
> argument.
> 
> Remove the incorrect comments, and add WARN_ON_ONCE(!pages) calls to
> enforce the API.
> 
> It has been independently spotted by Minchan Kim and confirmed with
> John Hubbard:
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/YgWA0ghrrzHONehH@google.com/
> 
> CC: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
> CC: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Yury Norov (NVIDIA) <yury.norov@gmail.com>
> ---

Looks good. Please feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>


thanks,
-- 
John Hubbard
NVIDIA

> 
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/92a2715c-3c98-251d-9195-872d1cf01f9d@nvidia.com/#t
> v2: Remove comment for WARN_ON_ONCE() and reword commit message.
>    
>   mm/gup.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++----
>   1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
> index f598a037eb04..b1e96b6192de 100644
> --- a/mm/gup.c
> +++ b/mm/gup.c
> @@ -2871,6 +2871,9 @@ int pin_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages,
>   	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & FOLL_GET))
>   		return -EINVAL;
>   
> +	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!pages))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
>   	gup_flags |= FOLL_PIN;
>   	return internal_get_user_pages_fast(start, nr_pages, gup_flags, pages);
>   }
> @@ -2893,6 +2896,9 @@ int pin_user_pages_fast_only(unsigned long start, int nr_pages,
>   	 */
>   	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & FOLL_GET))
>   		return 0;
> +
> +	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!pages))
> +		return 0;
>   	/*
>   	 * FOLL_FAST_ONLY is required in order to match the API description of
>   	 * this routine: no fall back to regular ("slow") GUP.
> @@ -2920,8 +2926,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pin_user_pages_fast_only);
>    * @nr_pages:	number of pages from start to pin
>    * @gup_flags:	flags modifying lookup behaviour
>    * @pages:	array that receives pointers to the pages pinned.
> - *		Should be at least nr_pages long. Or NULL, if caller
> - *		only intends to ensure the pages are faulted in.
> + *		Should be at least nr_pages long.
>    * @vmas:	array of pointers to vmas corresponding to each page.
>    *		Or NULL if the caller does not require them.
>    * @locked:	pointer to lock flag indicating whether lock is held and
> @@ -2944,6 +2949,9 @@ long pin_user_pages_remote(struct mm_struct *mm,
>   	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & FOLL_GET))
>   		return -EINVAL;
>   
> +	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!pages))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
>   	gup_flags |= FOLL_PIN;
>   	return __get_user_pages_remote(mm, start, nr_pages, gup_flags,
>   				       pages, vmas, locked);
> @@ -2957,8 +2965,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(pin_user_pages_remote);
>    * @nr_pages:	number of pages from start to pin
>    * @gup_flags:	flags modifying lookup behaviour
>    * @pages:	array that receives pointers to the pages pinned.
> - *		Should be at least nr_pages long. Or NULL, if caller
> - *		only intends to ensure the pages are faulted in.
> + *		Should be at least nr_pages long.
>    * @vmas:	array of pointers to vmas corresponding to each page.
>    *		Or NULL if the caller does not require them.
>    *
> @@ -2976,6 +2983,9 @@ long pin_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
>   	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & FOLL_GET))
>   		return -EINVAL;
>   
> +	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!pages))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
>   	gup_flags |= FOLL_PIN;
>   	return __gup_longterm_locked(current->mm, start, nr_pages,
>   				     pages, vmas, gup_flags);
> @@ -2994,6 +3004,9 @@ long pin_user_pages_unlocked(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
>   	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gup_flags & FOLL_GET))
>   		return -EINVAL;
>   
> +	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!pages))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
>   	gup_flags |= FOLL_PIN;
>   	return get_user_pages_unlocked(start, nr_pages, pages, gup_flags);
>   }