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authorHuang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com>2011-01-30 06:15:47 +0300
committerMarcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>2011-03-17 19:08:27 +0300
commit0014bd990e69063b0fb78940b35439d7980ce3ee (patch)
tree56d4576cc07954eb304abaf602aba44a6aa2a4f1 /mm/memory.c
parent91c9c3eda4f3066980d13a6907ef84f3a99364bd (diff)
downloadlinux-0014bd990e69063b0fb78940b35439d7980ce3ee.tar.xz
mm: export __get_user_pages
In most cases, get_user_pages and get_user_pages_fast should be used to pin user pages in memory. But sometimes, some special flags except FOLL_GET, FOLL_WRITE and FOLL_FORCE are needed, for example in following patch, KVM needs FOLL_HWPOISON. To support these users, __get_user_pages is exported directly. There are some symbol name conflicts in infiniband driver, fixed them too. Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com> CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> CC: Michel Lespinasse <walken@google.com> CC: Roland Dreier <roland@kernel.org> CC: Ralph Campbell <infinipath@qlogic.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 5823698c2b71..806a37ec71bd 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -1410,6 +1410,55 @@ no_page_table:
return page;
}
+/**
+ * __get_user_pages() - pin user pages in memory
+ * @tsk: task_struct of target task
+ * @mm: mm_struct of target mm
+ * @start: starting user address
+ * @nr_pages: number of pages from start to pin
+ * @gup_flags: flags modifying pin behaviour
+ * @pages: array that receives pointers to the pages pinned.
+ * Should be at least nr_pages long. Or NULL, if caller
+ * only intends to ensure the pages are faulted in.
+ * @vmas: array of pointers to vmas corresponding to each page.
+ * Or NULL if the caller does not require them.
+ * @nonblocking: whether waiting for disk IO or mmap_sem contention
+ *
+ * Returns number of pages pinned. This may be fewer than the number
+ * requested. If nr_pages is 0 or negative, returns 0. If no pages
+ * were pinned, returns -errno. Each page returned must be released
+ * with a put_page() call when it is finished with. vmas will only
+ * remain valid while mmap_sem is held.
+ *
+ * Must be called with mmap_sem held for read or write.
+ *
+ * __get_user_pages walks a process's page tables and takes a reference to
+ * each struct page that each user address corresponds to at a given
+ * instant. That is, it takes the page that would be accessed if a user
+ * thread accesses the given user virtual address at that instant.
+ *
+ * This does not guarantee that the page exists in the user mappings when
+ * __get_user_pages returns, and there may even be a completely different
+ * page there in some cases (eg. if mmapped pagecache has been invalidated
+ * and subsequently re faulted). However it does guarantee that the page
+ * won't be freed completely. And mostly callers simply care that the page
+ * contains data that was valid *at some point in time*. Typically, an IO
+ * or similar operation cannot guarantee anything stronger anyway because
+ * locks can't be held over the syscall boundary.
+ *
+ * If @gup_flags & FOLL_WRITE == 0, the page must not be written to. If
+ * the page is written to, set_page_dirty (or set_page_dirty_lock, as
+ * appropriate) must be called after the page is finished with, and
+ * before put_page is called.
+ *
+ * If @nonblocking != NULL, __get_user_pages will not wait for disk IO
+ * or mmap_sem contention, and if waiting is needed to pin all pages,
+ * *@nonblocking will be set to 0.
+ *
+ * In most cases, get_user_pages or get_user_pages_fast should be used
+ * instead of __get_user_pages. __get_user_pages should be used only if
+ * you need some special @gup_flags.
+ */
int __get_user_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
unsigned long start, int nr_pages, unsigned int gup_flags,
struct page **pages, struct vm_area_struct **vmas,
@@ -1578,6 +1627,7 @@ int __get_user_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
} while (nr_pages);
return i;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__get_user_pages);
/**
* get_user_pages() - pin user pages in memory