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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-06-16 19:50:13 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-06-16 19:50:13 -0700 |
commit | 517d08699b250021303f9a7cf0d758b6dc0748ed (patch) | |
tree | 5e5b0134c3fffb78fe9d8b1641a64ff28fdd7bbc /mm/util.c | |
parent | 8eeee4e2f04fc551f50c9d9847da2d73d7d33728 (diff) | |
parent | a34601c5d84134055782ee031d58d82f5440e918 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'akpm'
* akpm: (182 commits)
fbdev: bf54x-lq043fb: use kzalloc over kmalloc/memset
fbdev: *bfin*: fix __dev{init,exit} markings
fbdev: *bfin*: drop unnecessary calls to memset
fbdev: bfin-t350mcqb-fb: drop unused local variables
fbdev: blackfin has __raw I/O accessors, so use them in fb.h
fbdev: s1d13xxxfb: add accelerated bitblt functions
tcx: use standard fields for framebuffer physical address and length
fbdev: add support for handoff from firmware to hw framebuffers
intelfb: fix a bug when changing video timing
fbdev: use framebuffer_release() for freeing fb_info structures
radeon: P2G2CLK_ALWAYS_ONb tested twice, should 2nd be P2G2CLK_DAC_ALWAYS_ONb?
s3c-fb: CPUFREQ frequency scaling support
s3c-fb: fix resource releasing on error during probing
carminefb: fix possible access beyond end of carmine_modedb[]
acornfb: remove fb_mmap function
mb862xxfb: use CONFIG_OF instead of CONFIG_PPC_OF
mb862xxfb: restrict compliation of platform driver to PPC
Samsung SoC Framebuffer driver: add Alpha Channel support
atmel-lcdc: fix pixclock upper bound detection
offb: use framebuffer_alloc() to allocate fb_info struct
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Manually fix up conflicts due to kmemcheck in mm/slab.c
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/util.c')
-rw-r--r-- | mm/util.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c index abc65aa7cdf..d5d2213728c 100644 --- a/mm/util.c +++ b/mm/util.c @@ -233,13 +233,21 @@ void arch_pick_mmap_layout(struct mm_struct *mm) * @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. + * + * get_user_pages_fast provides equivalent functionality to get_user_pages, + * operating on current and current->mm, with force=0 and vma=NULL. However + * unlike get_user_pages, it must be called without mmap_sem held. + * + * get_user_pages_fast may take mmap_sem and page table locks, so no + * assumptions can be made about lack of locking. get_user_pages_fast is to be + * implemented in a way that is advantageous (vs get_user_pages()) when the + * user memory area is already faulted in and present in ptes. However if the + * pages have to be faulted in, it may turn out to be slightly slower so + * callers need to carefully consider what to use. On many architectures, + * get_user_pages_fast simply falls back to get_user_pages. */ int __attribute__((weak)) get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write, struct page **pages) |