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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-04-14 00:02:16 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-04-14 00:02:22 +0200
commitb5c851a88a369854c04e511cefb84ea2d0cfa209 (patch)
tree55084d3d51708f90f27d0a70db5ab63916942f14 /arch/x86/mm/gup.c
parenteb02ce017dd83985041a7e54c6449f92d53b026f (diff)
parent80a04d3f2f94fb68b5df05e3ac6697130bc3467a (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into tracing/core
Merge reason: merge latest tracing fixes to avoid conflicts in kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c with upcoming change Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/mm/gup.c')
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diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/gup.c b/arch/x86/mm/gup.c
index be54176e9eb..6340cef6798 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/gup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/gup.c
@@ -219,6 +219,22 @@ static int gup_pud_range(pgd_t pgd, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
return 1;
}
+/**
+ * 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 get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write,
struct page **pages)
{