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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-05-08 10:50:00 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-05-08 10:50:00 +0200
commitf066a155334642b8a206eec625b1925d88c48aeb (patch)
treecb12975e60b70d1dae3b7397bab955de78a4d01e /mm/util.c
parente7c064889606aab3569669078c69b87b2c527e72 (diff)
parent33df4db04a79660150e1948e3296eeb451ac121b (diff)
Merge branch 'x86/urgent' into x86/xen
Conflicts: arch/frv/include/asm/pgtable.h arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h arch/x86/xen/mmu.c Merge reason: x86/xen was on a .29 base still, move it to a fresher branch and pick up Xen fixes as well, plus resolve conflicts Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index 2599e83eea1..55bef160b9f 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -223,6 +223,22 @@ 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)
{