Merge branch 'linus' into perfcounters/core

Merge reason: This brach was on -rc1, refresh it to almost-rc4 to pick up
              the latest upstream fixes.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index 2599e83eea17..55bef160b9f1 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -223,6 +223,22 @@ void arch_pick_mmap_layout(struct mm_struct *mm)
 }
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * get_user_pages_fast() - pin user pages in memory
+ * @start:      starting user address
+ * @nr_pages:   number of pages from start to pin
+ * @write:      whether pages will be written to
+ * @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.
+ */
 int __attribute__((weak)) get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start,
                                 int nr_pages, int write, struct page **pages)
 {