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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-07-06 14:23:39 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-07-06 14:23:39 +0200
commit68083e05d72d94f347293d8cc0067050ba904bfa (patch)
tree842e71365bd90866be7add181661a4039d891564 /fs/libfs.c
parent7baac8b91f9871ba8cb09af84de4ae1d86d07812 (diff)
parentb7279469d66b55119784b8b9529c99c1955fe747 (diff)
Merge commit 'v2.6.26-rc9' into cpus4096
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/libfs.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/libfs.c46
1 files changed, 46 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index b004dfadd89..baeb71ee1cd 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -512,6 +512,20 @@ void simple_release_fs(struct vfsmount **mount, int *count)
mntput(mnt);
}
+/**
+ * simple_read_from_buffer - copy data from the buffer to user space
+ * @to: the user space buffer to read to
+ * @count: the maximum number of bytes to read
+ * @ppos: the current position in the buffer
+ * @from: the buffer to read from
+ * @available: the size of the buffer
+ *
+ * The simple_read_from_buffer() function reads up to @count bytes from the
+ * buffer @from at offset @ppos into the user space address starting at @to.
+ *
+ * On success, the number of bytes read is returned and the offset @ppos is
+ * advanced by this number, or negative value is returned on error.
+ **/
ssize_t simple_read_from_buffer(void __user *to, size_t count, loff_t *ppos,
const void *from, size_t available)
{
@@ -528,6 +542,37 @@ ssize_t simple_read_from_buffer(void __user *to, size_t count, loff_t *ppos,
return count;
}
+/**
+ * memory_read_from_buffer - copy data from the buffer
+ * @to: the kernel space buffer to read to
+ * @count: the maximum number of bytes to read
+ * @ppos: the current position in the buffer
+ * @from: the buffer to read from
+ * @available: the size of the buffer
+ *
+ * The memory_read_from_buffer() function reads up to @count bytes from the
+ * buffer @from at offset @ppos into the kernel space address starting at @to.
+ *
+ * On success, the number of bytes read is returned and the offset @ppos is
+ * advanced by this number, or negative value is returned on error.
+ **/
+ssize_t memory_read_from_buffer(void *to, size_t count, loff_t *ppos,
+ const void *from, size_t available)
+{
+ loff_t pos = *ppos;
+
+ if (pos < 0)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (pos >= available)
+ return 0;
+ if (count > available - pos)
+ count = available - pos;
+ memcpy(to, from + pos, count);
+ *ppos = pos + count;
+
+ return count;
+}
+
/*
* Transaction based IO.
* The file expects a single write which triggers the transaction, and then
@@ -800,6 +845,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_statfs);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_sync_file);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_unlink);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_read_from_buffer);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(memory_read_from_buffer);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_transaction_get);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_transaction_read);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_transaction_release);