[PATCH] Add install_special_mapping

This patch adds a utility function install_special_mapping, for creating a
special vma using a fixed set of preallocated pages as backing, such as for a
vDSO.  This consolidates some nearly identical code used for vDSO mapping
reimplemented for different architectures.

Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 2d2c08d5f473..bb793a4c8e9e 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1030,6 +1030,9 @@ extern struct vm_area_struct *copy_vma(struct vm_area_struct **,
         unsigned long addr, unsigned long len, pgoff_t pgoff);
 extern void exit_mmap(struct mm_struct *);
 extern int may_expand_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long npages);
+extern int install_special_mapping(struct mm_struct *mm,
+                                   unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
+                                   unsigned long flags, struct page **pages);
 
 extern unsigned long get_unmapped_area(struct file *, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long);