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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-05-08 10:50:00 +0200 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-05-08 10:50:00 +0200 |
commit | f066a155334642b8a206eec625b1925d88c48aeb (patch) | |
tree | cb12975e60b70d1dae3b7397bab955de78a4d01e /mm/util.c | |
parent | e7c064889606aab3569669078c69b87b2c527e72 (diff) | |
parent | 33df4db04a79660150e1948e3296eeb451ac121b (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>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/util.c')
-rw-r--r-- | mm/util.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
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) { |