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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-06-16 19:50:13 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-06-16 19:50:13 -0700
commit517d08699b250021303f9a7cf0d758b6dc0748ed (patch)
tree5e5b0134c3fffb78fe9d8b1641a64ff28fdd7bbc /mm/util.c
parentsend_sigio_to_task: sanitize the usage of fown->signum (diff)
parentfbdev: bf54x-lq043fb: use kzalloc over kmalloc/memset (diff)
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Merge branch 'akpm'
* akpm: (182 commits) fbdev: bf54x-lq043fb: use kzalloc over kmalloc/memset fbdev: *bfin*: fix __dev{init,exit} markings fbdev: *bfin*: drop unnecessary calls to memset fbdev: bfin-t350mcqb-fb: drop unused local variables fbdev: blackfin has __raw I/O accessors, so use them in fb.h fbdev: s1d13xxxfb: add accelerated bitblt functions tcx: use standard fields for framebuffer physical address and length fbdev: add support for handoff from firmware to hw framebuffers intelfb: fix a bug when changing video timing fbdev: use framebuffer_release() for freeing fb_info structures radeon: P2G2CLK_ALWAYS_ONb tested twice, should 2nd be P2G2CLK_DAC_ALWAYS_ONb? s3c-fb: CPUFREQ frequency scaling support s3c-fb: fix resource releasing on error during probing carminefb: fix possible access beyond end of carmine_modedb[] acornfb: remove fb_mmap function mb862xxfb: use CONFIG_OF instead of CONFIG_PPC_OF mb862xxfb: restrict compliation of platform driver to PPC Samsung SoC Framebuffer driver: add Alpha Channel support atmel-lcdc: fix pixclock upper bound detection offb: use framebuffer_alloc() to allocate fb_info struct ... Manually fix up conflicts due to kmemcheck in mm/slab.c
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diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index abc65aa7cdfc..d5d2213728c5 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -233,13 +233,21 @@ void arch_pick_mmap_layout(struct mm_struct *mm)
* @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.
+ *
+ * get_user_pages_fast provides equivalent functionality to get_user_pages,
+ * operating on current and current->mm, with force=0 and vma=NULL. However
+ * unlike get_user_pages, it must be called without mmap_sem held.
+ *
+ * get_user_pages_fast may take mmap_sem and page table locks, so no
+ * assumptions can be made about lack of locking. get_user_pages_fast is to be
+ * implemented in a way that is advantageous (vs get_user_pages()) when the
+ * user memory area is already faulted in and present in ptes. However if the
+ * pages have to be faulted in, it may turn out to be slightly slower so
+ * callers need to carefully consider what to use. On many architectures,
+ * get_user_pages_fast simply falls back to get_user_pages.
*/
int __attribute__((weak)) get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start,
int nr_pages, int write, struct page **pages)