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diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 24ff20480bb..d5d1653d60a 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3140,6 +3140,35 @@ out:
return -EINVAL;
}
+/**
+ * follow_pfn - look up PFN at a user virtual address
+ * @vma: memory mapping
+ * @address: user virtual address
+ * @pfn: location to store found PFN
+ *
+ * Only IO mappings and raw PFN mappings are allowed.
+ *
+ * Returns zero and the pfn at @pfn on success, -ve otherwise.
+ */
+int follow_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
+ unsigned long *pfn)
+{
+ int ret = -EINVAL;
+ spinlock_t *ptl;
+ pte_t *ptep;
+
+ if (!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP)))
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = follow_pte(vma->vm_mm, address, &ptep, &ptl);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ *pfn = pte_pfn(*ptep);
+ pte_unmap_unlock(ptep, ptl);
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(follow_pfn);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT
int follow_phys(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long address, unsigned int flags,