Documentation/mm: avoid invalid use of addresses from kmap_local_page()
authorFabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@gmail.com>
Thu, 28 Jul 2022 15:48:41 +0000 (17:48 +0200)
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 9 Aug 2022 01:06:45 +0000 (18:06 -0700)
commit6b3afe2eeec27a148b83235484149f42b22ef793
treed1e02a13185f2d1ab7cac003c33c7a811ccb69d7
parent516ea046ec5558882b4a8e5f6b0c9b4c957db279
Documentation/mm: avoid invalid use of addresses from kmap_local_page()

Users of kmap_local_page() must be absolutely sure to not hand kernel
virtual address obtained calling kmap_local_page() on highmem pages to
other contexts because those pointers are thread local, therefore, they
are no longer valid across different contexts.

Extend the documentation of kmap_local_page() to warn users about the
above-mentioned potential invalid use of pointers returned by
kmap_local_page().

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220728154844.10874-5-fmdefrancesco@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Peter Collingbourne <pcc@google.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Documentation/mm/highmem.rst