mm: follow_pte() improvements
follow_pte() is now our main function to lookup PTEs in VM_PFNMAP/VM_IO VMAs. Let's perform some more sanity checks to make this exported function harder to abuse. Further, extend the doc a bit, it still focuses on the KVM use case with MMU notifiers. Drop the KVM+follow_pfn() comment, follow_pfn() is no more, and we have other users nowadays. Also extend the doc regarding refcounted pages and the interaction with MMU notifiers. KVM is one example that uses MMU notifiers and can deal with refcounted pages properly. VFIO is one example that doesn't use MMU notifiers, and to prevent use-after-free, rejects refcounted pages: pfn_valid(pfn) && !PageReserved(pfn_to_page(pfn)). Protection changes are less of a concern for users like VFIO: the behavior is similar to longterm-pinning a page, and getting the PTE protection changed afterwards. The primary concern with refcounted pages is use-after-free, which callers should be aware of. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240410155527.474777-4-david@redhat.comSigned-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> Cc: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Cc: Fei Li <fei1.li@intel.com> Cc: Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Cc: Yonghua Huang <yonghua.huang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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