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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/swap.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/swap.c | 53 |
1 files changed, 53 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -236,6 +236,59 @@ void put_pages_list(struct list_head *pages) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(put_pages_list); +/* + * get_kernel_pages() - pin kernel pages in memory + * @kiov: An array of struct kvec structures + * @nr_segs: number of segments to pin + * @write: pinning for read/write, currently ignored + * @pages: array that receives pointers to the pages pinned. + * Should be at least nr_segs long. + * + * 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. Each page returned must be released + * with a put_page() call when it is finished with. + */ +int get_kernel_pages(const struct kvec *kiov, int nr_segs, int write, + struct page **pages) +{ + int seg; + + for (seg = 0; seg < nr_segs; seg++) { + if (WARN_ON(kiov[seg].iov_len != PAGE_SIZE)) + return seg; + + /* virt_to_page sanity checks the PFN */ + pages[seg] = virt_to_page(kiov[seg].iov_base); + page_cache_get(pages[seg]); + } + + return seg; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_kernel_pages); + +/* + * get_kernel_page() - pin a kernel page in memory + * @start: starting kernel address + * @write: pinning for read/write, currently ignored + * @pages: array that receives pointer to the page pinned. + * Must be at least nr_segs long. + * + * Returns 1 if page is pinned. If the page was not pinned, returns + * -errno. The page returned must be released with a put_page() call + * when it is finished with. + */ +int get_kernel_page(unsigned long start, int write, struct page **pages) +{ + const struct kvec kiov = { + .iov_base = (void *)start, + .iov_len = PAGE_SIZE + }; + + return get_kernel_pages(&kiov, 1, write, pages); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_kernel_page); + static void pagevec_lru_move_fn(struct pagevec *pvec, void (*move_fn)(struct page *page, struct lruvec *lruvec, void *arg), void *arg) |
