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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-05-11 14:44:27 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-05-11 14:44:31 +0200
commit41fb454ebe6024f5c1e3b3cbc0abc0da762e7b51 (patch)
tree51c50bcb67a5039448ddfa1869d7948cab1217e9 /arch/x86/mm/gup.c
parent19c1a6f5764d787113fa323ffb18be7991208f82 (diff)
parent091bf7624d1c90cec9e578a18529f615213ff847 (diff)
Merge commit 'v2.6.30-rc5' into core/iommu
Merge reason: core/iommu was on an .30-rc1 base, update it to .30-rc5 to refresh. 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)
{