x86: Document get_user_pages_fast()
While better than get_user_pages(), the usage of gupf(), especially the return values and the fact that it can potentially only partially pin the range, warranted some documentation. Signed-off-by: Andy Grover <andy.grover@oracle.com> Cc: npiggin@suse.de Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org LKML-Reference: <1239320729-3262-1-git-send-email-andy.grover@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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@ -219,6 +219,22 @@ static int gup_pud_range(pgd_t pgd, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
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return 1;
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}
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/**
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* get_user_pages_fast() - pin user pages in memory
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* @start: starting user address
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* @nr_pages: number of pages from start to pin
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* @write: whether pages will be written to
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* @pages: array that receives pointers to the pages pinned.
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* Should be at least nr_pages long.
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*
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* Attempt to pin user pages in memory without taking mm->mmap_sem.
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* If not successful, it will fall back to taking the lock and
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* calling get_user_pages().
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*
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* Returns number of pages pinned. This may be fewer than the number
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* requested. If nr_pages is 0 or negative, returns 0. If no pages
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* were pinned, returns -errno.
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*/
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int get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write,
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struct page **pages)
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{
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