From c627f9cc046c7cd93b4525d89377fb409e170a18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jack Steiner Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:33:53 -0700 Subject: mm: add zap_vma_ptes(): a library function to unmap driver ptes zap_vma_ptes() is intended to be used by drivers to unmap ptes assigned to the driver private vmas. This interface is similar to zap_page_range() but is less general & less likely to be abused. Needed by the GRU driver. Signed-off-by: Jack Steiner Cc: Nick Piggin Cc: Hugh Dickins Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- mm/memory.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) (limited to 'mm/memory.c') diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c index 67f0ab9077d..6793b9c6810 100644 --- a/mm/memory.c +++ b/mm/memory.c @@ -994,6 +994,29 @@ unsigned long zap_page_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, return end; } +/** + * zap_vma_ptes - remove ptes mapping the vma + * @vma: vm_area_struct holding ptes to be zapped + * @address: starting address of pages to zap + * @size: number of bytes to zap + * + * This function only unmaps ptes assigned to VM_PFNMAP vmas. + * + * The entire address range must be fully contained within the vma. + * + * Returns 0 if successful. + */ +int zap_vma_ptes(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, + unsigned long size) +{ + if (address < vma->vm_start || address + size > vma->vm_end || + !(vma->vm_flags & VM_PFNMAP)) + return -1; + zap_page_range(vma, address, size, NULL); + return 0; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(zap_vma_ptes); + /* * Do a quick page-table lookup for a single page. */ -- cgit v1.2.3