[3/3] mm: introduce follow_pfn()
Commit Message
Analoguous to follow_phys(), add a helper that looks up the PFN
instead. It also only allows IO mappings or PFN mappings.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
---
include/linux/mm.h | 2 ++
mm/memory.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
Comments
On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 11:54:34AM +0200, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> Analoguous to follow_phys(), add a helper that looks up the PFN
> instead. It also only allows IO mappings or PFN mappings.
A kerneldoc describing what it does and the limitations would be
extremly helpful.
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@@ -794,6 +794,8 @@ int copy_page_range(struct mm_struct *dst, struct mm_struct *src,
struct vm_area_struct *vma);
void unmap_mapping_range(struct address_space *mapping,
loff_t const holebegin, loff_t const holelen, int even_cows);
+int follow_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
+ unsigned long *pfn);
int follow_phys(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
unsigned int flags, unsigned long *prot, resource_size_t *phys);
int generic_access_phys(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
@@ -3046,6 +3046,25 @@ out:
return -EINVAL;
}
+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,