aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/mm/util.c
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-05-19 00:08:20 -0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-05-19 00:08:20 -0400
commitbb803cfbecb03a0cf8dc7e1864f18dda6631af00 (patch)
tree6c0989693bea6f50cfa5c6bb14f52ec19668def3 /mm/util.c
parent3878fb6fdbceecca20b15748f807340854220f06 (diff)
parent511e11e396dc596825ce04d53d7f6d579404bc01 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
Conflicts: drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/util.c')
-rw-r--r--mm/util.c16
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)
223} 223}
224#endif 224#endif
225 225
226/**
227 * get_user_pages_fast() - pin user pages in memory
228 * @start: starting user address
229 * @nr_pages: number of pages from start to pin
230 * @write: whether pages will be written to
231 * @pages: array that receives pointers to the pages pinned.
232 * Should be at least nr_pages long.
233 *
234 * Attempt to pin user pages in memory without taking mm->mmap_sem.
235 * If not successful, it will fall back to taking the lock and
236 * calling get_user_pages().
237 *
238 * Returns number of pages pinned. This may be fewer than the number
239 * requested. If nr_pages is 0 or negative, returns 0. If no pages
240 * were pinned, returns -errno.
241 */
226int __attribute__((weak)) get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, 242int __attribute__((weak)) get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start,
227 int nr_pages, int write, struct page **pages) 243 int nr_pages, int write, struct page **pages)
228{ 244{