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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/highmem.rst | 35 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/highmem.h | 31 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/vm/highmem.rst b/Documentation/vm/highmem.rst index ccff08a8211d..e05bf5524174 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/highmem.rst +++ b/Documentation/vm/highmem.rst @@ -72,41 +72,6 @@ The kernel contains several ways of creating temporary mappings: It may be assumed that k[un]map_atomic() won't fail. -Using kmap_atomic -================= - -When and where to use kmap_atomic() is straightforward. It is used when code -wants to access the contents of a page that might be allocated from high memory -(see __GFP_HIGHMEM), for example a page in the pagecache. The API has two -functions, and they can be used in a manner similar to the following:: - - /* Find the page of interest. */ - struct page *page = find_get_page(mapping, offset); - - /* Gain access to the contents of that page. */ - void *vaddr = kmap_atomic(page); - - /* Do something to the contents of that page. */ - memset(vaddr, 0, PAGE_SIZE); - - /* Unmap that page. */ - kunmap_atomic(vaddr); - -Note that the kunmap_atomic() call takes the result of the kmap_atomic() call -not the argument. - -If you need to map two pages because you want to copy from one page to -another you need to keep the kmap_atomic calls strictly nested, like:: - - vaddr1 = kmap_atomic(page1); - vaddr2 = kmap_atomic(page2); - - memcpy(vaddr1, vaddr2, PAGE_SIZE); - - kunmap_atomic(vaddr2); - kunmap_atomic(vaddr1); - - Cost of Temporary Mappings ========================== diff --git a/include/linux/highmem.h b/include/linux/highmem.h index c05ae395898a..3af34de54330 100644 --- a/include/linux/highmem.h +++ b/include/linux/highmem.h @@ -145,6 +145,37 @@ static inline void *kmap_local_folio(struct folio *folio, size_t offset); * Mappings should always be released by kunmap_atomic(). * * Do not use in new code. Use kmap_local_page() instead. + * + * It is used in atomic context when code wants to access the contents of a + * page that might be allocated from high memory (see __GFP_HIGHMEM), for + * example a page in the pagecache. The API has two functions, and they + * can be used in a manner similar to the following: + * + * -- Find the page of interest. -- + * struct page *page = find_get_page(mapping, offset); + * + * -- Gain access to the contents of that page. -- + * void *vaddr = kmap_atomic(page); + * + * -- Do something to the contents of that page. -- + * memset(vaddr, 0, PAGE_SIZE); + * + * -- Unmap that page. -- + * kunmap_atomic(vaddr); + * + * Note that the kunmap_atomic() call takes the result of the kmap_atomic() + * call, not the argument. + * + * If you need to map two pages because you want to copy from one page to + * another you need to keep the kmap_atomic calls strictly nested, like: + * + * vaddr1 = kmap_atomic(page1); + * vaddr2 = kmap_atomic(page2); + * + * memcpy(vaddr1, vaddr2, PAGE_SIZE); + * + * kunmap_atomic(vaddr2); + * kunmap_atomic(vaddr1); */ static inline void *kmap_atomic(struct page *page); |