[2/3] mm: remove follow_pfn

Commit Message

Christoph Hellwig March 28, 2024, 8:46 a.m. UTC

Remove follow_pfn now that the last user is gone.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <[e-mail]>
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <[e-mail]>
---
 include/linux/mm.h |  2 --
 mm/memory.c        | 36 ++----------------------------------
 mm/nommu.c         | 21 ---------------------
 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)

Patch

diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 0436b919f1c7fc..9cd2c69f913601 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -2393,8 +2393,6 @@  int
 copy_page_range(struct vm_area_struct *dst_vma, struct vm_area_struct *src_vma);
 int follow_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
 	       pte_t **ptepp, spinlock_t **ptlp);
-int follow_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
-	unsigned long *pfn);
 int follow_phys(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 		unsigned int flags, unsigned long *prot, resource_size_t *phys);
 int generic_access_phys(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 904f70b994985a..33559720f0aab9 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -5882,8 +5882,8 @@  int __pmd_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm, pud_t *pud, unsigned long address)
  * Only IO mappings and raw PFN mappings are allowed.  The mmap semaphore
  * should be taken for read.
  *
- * KVM uses this function.  While it is arguably less bad than ``follow_pfn``,
- * it is not a good general-purpose API.
+ * KVM uses this function.  While it is arguably less bad than the historic
+ * ``follow_pfn``, it is not a good general-purpose API.
  *
  * Return: zero on success, -ve otherwise.
  */
@@ -5925,38 +5925,6 @@  int follow_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(follow_pte);
 
-/**
- * follow_pfn - look up PFN at a user virtual address
- * @vma: memory mapping
- * @address: user virtual address
- * @pfn: location to store found PFN
- *
- * Only IO mappings and raw PFN mappings are allowed.
- *
- * This function does not allow the caller to read the permissions
- * of the PTE.  Do not use it.
- *
- * Return: zero and the pfn at @pfn on success, -ve otherwise.
- */
-int follow_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
-	unsigned long *pfn)
-{
-	int ret = -EINVAL;
-	spinlock_t *ptl;
-	pte_t *ptep;
-
-	if (!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP)))
-		return ret;
-
-	ret = follow_pte(vma->vm_mm, address, &ptep, &ptl);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-	*pfn = pte_pfn(ptep_get(ptep));
-	pte_unmap_unlock(ptep, ptl);
-	return 0;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(follow_pfn);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT
 int follow_phys(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		unsigned long address, unsigned int flags,
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 5ec8f44e7ce976..38d3ecc30c3ba9 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -110,27 +110,6 @@  unsigned int kobjsize(const void *objp)
 	return page_size(page);
 }
 
-/**
- * follow_pfn - look up PFN at a user virtual address
- * @vma: memory mapping
- * @address: user virtual address
- * @pfn: location to store found PFN
- *
- * Only IO mappings and raw PFN mappings are allowed.
- *
- * Returns zero and the pfn at @pfn on success, -ve otherwise.
- */
-int follow_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
-	unsigned long *pfn)
-{
-	if (!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP)))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	*pfn = address >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-	return 0;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(follow_pfn);
-
 void vfree(const void *addr)
 {
 	kfree(addr);