1 files changed, 90 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/bio.c b/fs/bio.c
index 6e0b6f66df03..799f86deff24 100644
--- a/fs/bio.c
+++ b/fs/bio.c
@@ -937,6 +937,95 @@ struct bio *bio_map_kern(struct request_queue *q, void *data, unsigned int len,
         return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 }
 
+static void bio_copy_kern_endio(struct bio *bio, int err)
+{
+        struct bio_vec *bvec;
+        const int read = bio_data_dir(bio) == READ;
+        char *p = bio->bi_private;
+        int i;
+
+        __bio_for_each_segment(bvec, bio, i, 0) {
+                char *addr = page_address(bvec->bv_page);
+
+                if (read && !err)
+                        memcpy(p, addr, bvec->bv_len);
+
+                __free_page(bvec->bv_page);
+                p += bvec->bv_len;
+        }
+
+        bio_put(bio);
+}
+
+/**
+ *      bio_copy_kern   -       copy kernel address into bio
+ *      @q: the struct request_queue for the bio
+ *      @data: pointer to buffer to copy
+ *      @len: length in bytes
+ *      @gfp_mask: allocation flags for bio and page allocation
+ *
+ *      copy the kernel address into a bio suitable for io to a block
+ *      device. Returns an error pointer in case of error.
+ */
+struct bio *bio_copy_kern(struct request_queue *q, void *data, unsigned int len,
+                          gfp_t gfp_mask, int reading)
+{
+        unsigned long kaddr = (unsigned long)data;
+        unsigned long end = (kaddr + len + PAGE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+        unsigned long start = kaddr >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+        const int nr_pages = end - start;
+        struct bio *bio;
+        struct bio_vec *bvec;
+        int i, ret;
+
+        bio = bio_alloc(gfp_mask, nr_pages);
+        if (!bio)
+                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+        while (len) {
+                struct page *page;
+                unsigned int bytes = PAGE_SIZE;
+
+                if (bytes > len)
+                        bytes = len;
+
+                page = alloc_page(q->bounce_gfp | gfp_mask);
+                if (!page) {
+                        ret = -ENOMEM;
+                        goto cleanup;
+                }
+
+                if (bio_add_pc_page(q, bio, page, bytes, 0) < bytes) {
+                        ret = -EINVAL;
+                        goto cleanup;
+                }
+
+                len -= bytes;
+        }
+
+        if (!reading) {
+                void *p = data;
+
+                bio_for_each_segment(bvec, bio, i) {
+                        char *addr = page_address(bvec->bv_page);
+
+                        memcpy(addr, p, bvec->bv_len);
+                        p += bvec->bv_len;
+                }
+        }
+
+        bio->bi_private = data;
+        bio->bi_end_io = bio_copy_kern_endio;
+        return bio;
+cleanup:
+        bio_for_each_segment(bvec, bio, i)
+                __free_page(bvec->bv_page);
+
+        bio_put(bio);
+
+        return ERR_PTR(ret);
+}
+
 /*
  * bio_set_pages_dirty() and bio_check_pages_dirty() are support functions
  * for performing direct-IO in BIOs.
@@ -1273,6 +1362,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_get_nr_vecs);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_map_user);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_unmap_user);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_map_kern);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_copy_kern);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_pair_release);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_split);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_split_pool);