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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-05-07 13:17:13 +0400
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-05-07 13:17:34 +0400
commit44347d947f628060b92449702071bfe1d31dfb75 (patch)
treec6ed74610d5b3295df4296659f80f5feb94b28cc /mm/util.c
parentd94fc523f3c35bd8013f04827e94756cbc0212f4 (diff)
parent413f81eba35d6ede9289b0c8a920c013a84fac71 (diff)
downloadlinux-44347d947f628060b92449702071bfe1d31dfb75.tar.xz
Merge branch 'linus' into tracing/core
Merge reason: tracing/core was on a .30-rc1 base and was missing out on on a handful of tracing fixes present in .30-rc5-almost. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index 6794a336e9af..abc65aa7cdfc 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -225,6 +225,22 @@ void arch_pick_mmap_layout(struct mm_struct *mm)
}
#endif
+/**
+ * get_user_pages_fast() - pin user pages in memory
+ * @start: starting user address
+ * @nr_pages: number of pages from start to pin
+ * @write: whether pages will be written to
+ * @pages: array that receives pointers to the pages pinned.
+ * Should be at least nr_pages long.
+ *
+ * Attempt to pin user pages in memory without taking mm->mmap_sem.
+ * If not successful, it will fall back to taking the lock and
+ * calling get_user_pages().
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
int __attribute__((weak)) get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start,
int nr_pages, int write, struct page **pages)
{