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-rw-r--r--mm/frame_vector.c12
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/frame_vector.c b/mm/frame_vector.c
index 2f98df0d460e..297c7238f7d4 100644
--- a/mm/frame_vector.c
+++ b/mm/frame_vector.c
@@ -53,6 +53,18 @@ int get_vaddr_frames(unsigned long start, unsigned int nr_frames,
ret = -EFAULT;
goto out;
}
+
+ /*
+ * While get_vaddr_frames() could be used for transient (kernel
+ * controlled lifetime) pinning of memory pages all current
+ * users establish long term (userspace controlled lifetime)
+ * page pinning. Treat get_vaddr_frames() like
+ * get_user_pages_longterm() and disallow it for filesystem-dax
+ * mappings.
+ */
+ if (vma_is_fsdax(vma))
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
if (!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP))) {
vec->got_ref = true;
vec->is_pfns = false;