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Jason Wang 5ce995f313 vhost: use mmgrab() instead of mmget() for non worker device
For the device that doesn't use vhost worker and use_mm(), mmget() is
too heavy weight and it may brings troubles for implementing mmap()
support for vDPA device.

This is because, an reference to the address space was held via
mm_get() in vhost_dev_set_owner() and an reference to the file was
held in mmap(). This means when process exits, the mm can not be
released thus we can not release the file.

This patch tries to use mmgrab() instead of mmget(), which allows the
address space to be destroy in process exit without releasing the mm
structure itself. This is sufficient for vDPA device which pin user
pages and does not depend on the address space to work.

Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200529080303.15449-3-jasowang@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
2020-06-04 15:36:51 -04:00
arch A pile of x86 fixes: 2020-05-31 10:45:11 -07:00
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include virtio: force spec specified alignment on types 2020-06-02 02:45:13 -04:00
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Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.