Thread (19 messages) 19 messages, 3 authors, 2011-12-22

[12/16] export __get_user_pages_fast() function

From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
Date: 2011-12-16 20:54:49
Also in: lkml

2.6.32-longterm review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Xiao Guangrong <redacted>

commit 45888a0c6edc305495b6bd72a30e66bc40b324c6 upstream.

Backport for stable kernel v2.6.32.y to v2.6.36.y.

Needed for next patch:

 oprofile, x86: Fix nmi-unsafe callgraph support

This function is used by KVM to pin process's page in the atomic context.

Define the 'weak' function to avoid other architecture not support it

Acked-by: Nick Piggin <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
---
 mm/util.c |   13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -233,6 +233,19 @@ void arch_pick_mmap_layout(struct mm_str
 }
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Like get_user_pages_fast() except its IRQ-safe in that it won't fall
+ * back to the regular GUP.
+ * If the architecture not support this fucntion, simply return with no
+ * page pinned
+ */
+int __attribute__((weak)) __get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start,
+				 int nr_pages, int write, struct page **pages)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__get_user_pages_fast);
+
 /**
  * get_user_pages_fast() - pin user pages in memory
  * @start:	starting user address

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