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authorRolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de>2006-09-26 02:31:22 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-09-26 11:48:47 -0400
commitbfa5bf6d6446f0028187a727f792fbc7934228ad (patch)
treebd996f39ec18a78ea72209204328e48ebf6170f2 /mm/memory.c
parent7ff6f08295d90ab20d25200ef485ebb45b1b8d71 (diff)
[PATCH] Add kerneldocs for some functions in mm/memory.c
These functions are already documented quite well with long comments. Now add kerneldoc style header to make this turn up in everyones favorite doc format. Signed-off-by: Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/memory.c')
-rw-r--r--mm/memory.c34
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 65962534b4ed..92a3ebd8d795 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -1227,7 +1227,12 @@ out:
1227 return retval; 1227 return retval;
1228} 1228}
1229 1229
1230/* 1230/**
1231 * vm_insert_page - insert single page into user vma
1232 * @vma: user vma to map to
1233 * @addr: target user address of this page
1234 * @page: source kernel page
1235 *
1231 * This allows drivers to insert individual pages they've allocated 1236 * This allows drivers to insert individual pages they've allocated
1232 * into a user vma. 1237 * into a user vma.
1233 * 1238 *
@@ -1319,7 +1324,16 @@ static inline int remap_pud_range(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd,
1319 return 0; 1324 return 0;
1320} 1325}
1321 1326
1322/* Note: this is only safe if the mm semaphore is held when called. */ 1327/**
1328 * remap_pfn_range - remap kernel memory to userspace
1329 * @vma: user vma to map to
1330 * @addr: target user address to start at
1331 * @pfn: physical address of kernel memory
1332 * @size: size of map area
1333 * @prot: page protection flags for this mapping
1334 *
1335 * Note: this is only safe if the mm semaphore is held when called.
1336 */
1323int remap_pfn_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, 1337int remap_pfn_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
1324 unsigned long pfn, unsigned long size, pgprot_t prot) 1338 unsigned long pfn, unsigned long size, pgprot_t prot)
1325{ 1339{
@@ -1801,9 +1815,10 @@ void unmap_mapping_range(struct address_space *mapping,
1801} 1815}
1802EXPORT_SYMBOL(unmap_mapping_range); 1816EXPORT_SYMBOL(unmap_mapping_range);
1803 1817
1804/* 1818/**
1805 * Handle all mappings that got truncated by a "truncate()" 1819 * vmtruncate - unmap mappings "freed" by truncate() syscall
1806 * system call. 1820 * @inode: inode of the file used
1821 * @offset: file offset to start truncating
1807 * 1822 *
1808 * NOTE! We have to be ready to update the memory sharing 1823 * NOTE! We have to be ready to update the memory sharing
1809 * between the file and the memory map for a potential last 1824 * between the file and the memory map for a potential last
@@ -1872,11 +1887,16 @@ int vmtruncate_range(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t end)
1872} 1887}
1873EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL(vmtruncate_range); /* June 2006 */ 1888EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL(vmtruncate_range); /* June 2006 */
1874 1889
1875/* 1890/**
1891 * swapin_readahead - swap in pages in hope we need them soon
1892 * @entry: swap entry of this memory
1893 * @addr: address to start
1894 * @vma: user vma this addresses belong to
1895 *
1876 * Primitive swap readahead code. We simply read an aligned block of 1896 * Primitive swap readahead code. We simply read an aligned block of
1877 * (1 << page_cluster) entries in the swap area. This method is chosen 1897 * (1 << page_cluster) entries in the swap area. This method is chosen
1878 * because it doesn't cost us any seek time. We also make sure to queue 1898 * because it doesn't cost us any seek time. We also make sure to queue
1879 * the 'original' request together with the readahead ones... 1899 * the 'original' request together with the readahead ones...
1880 * 1900 *
1881 * This has been extended to use the NUMA policies from the mm triggering 1901 * This has been extended to use the NUMA policies from the mm triggering
1882 * the readahead. 1902 * the readahead.