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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-07-18 02:39:39 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-07-18 02:39:39 -0700
commit49997d75152b3d23c53b0fa730599f2f74c92c65 (patch)
tree46e93126170d02cfec9505172e545732c1b69656 /fs/libfs.c
parenta0c80b80e0fb48129e4e9d6a9ede914f9ff1850d (diff)
parent5b664cb235e97afbf34db9c4d77f08ebd725335e (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')
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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)
{