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author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2008-07-18 02:39:39 -0700 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2008-07-18 02:39:39 -0700 |
commit | 49997d75152b3d23c53b0fa730599f2f74c92c65 (patch) | |
tree | 46e93126170d02cfec9505172e545732c1b69656 /fs/libfs.c | |
parent | a0c80b80e0fb48129e4e9d6a9ede914f9ff1850d (diff) | |
parent | 5b664cb235e97afbf34db9c4d77f08ebd725335e (diff) |
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
Conflicts:
Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
drivers/atm/Makefile
drivers/net/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c
drivers/pci/pci-acpi.c
net/8021q/vlan.c
net/iucv/iucv.c
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/libfs.c')
-rw-r--r-- | fs/libfs.c | 28 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c index 892d41cb338..baeb71ee1cd 100644 --- a/fs/libfs.c +++ b/fs/libfs.c @@ -512,6 +512,20 @@ void simple_release_fs(struct vfsmount **mount, int *count) mntput(mnt); } +/** + * simple_read_from_buffer - copy data from the buffer to user space + * @to: the user space buffer to read to + * @count: the maximum number of bytes to read + * @ppos: the current position in the buffer + * @from: the buffer to read from + * @available: the size of the buffer + * + * The simple_read_from_buffer() function reads up to @count bytes from the + * buffer @from at offset @ppos into the user space address starting at @to. + * + * On success, the number of bytes read is returned and the offset @ppos is + * advanced by this number, or negative value is returned on error. + **/ ssize_t simple_read_from_buffer(void __user *to, size_t count, loff_t *ppos, const void *from, size_t available) { @@ -528,6 +542,20 @@ ssize_t simple_read_from_buffer(void __user *to, size_t count, loff_t *ppos, return count; } +/** + * memory_read_from_buffer - copy data from the buffer + * @to: the kernel space buffer to read to + * @count: the maximum number of bytes to read + * @ppos: the current position in the buffer + * @from: the buffer to read from + * @available: the size of the buffer + * + * The memory_read_from_buffer() function reads up to @count bytes from the + * buffer @from at offset @ppos into the kernel space address starting at @to. + * + * On success, the number of bytes read is returned and the offset @ppos is + * advanced by this number, or negative value is returned on error. + **/ ssize_t memory_read_from_buffer(void *to, size_t count, loff_t *ppos, const void *from, size_t available) { |