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authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2009-05-20 09:02:28 +0200
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2009-05-20 09:02:28 +0200
commit521c180874dae86f675d23c4eade4dba8b1f2cc8 (patch)
tree7509303da3a9a1b40a26f6811f321c89cd31737b /mm/util.c
parentf1a11e0576c7a73d759d05d776692b2b2d37172b (diff)
parent64d1304a64477629cb16b75491a77bafe6f86963 (diff)
Merge branch 'core/urgent' into core/futexes
Merge reason: this branch was on an pre -rc1 base, merge it up to -rc6+ to get the latest upstream fixes. Conflicts: kernel/futex.c Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index 7c122e49f76..55bef160b9f 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/err.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/tracepoint.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
/**
@@ -222,6 +223,22 @@ void arch_pick_mmap_layout(struct mm_struct *mm)
}
#endif
+/**
+ * get_user_pages_fast() - pin user pages in memory
+ * @start: starting user address
+ * @nr_pages: number of pages from start to pin
+ * @write: whether pages will be written to
+ * @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.
+ */
int __attribute__((weak)) get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start,
int nr_pages, int write, struct page **pages)
{
@@ -236,3 +253,18 @@ int __attribute__((weak)) get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start,
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_user_pages_fast);
+
+/* Tracepoints definitions. */
+DEFINE_TRACE(kmalloc);
+DEFINE_TRACE(kmem_cache_alloc);
+DEFINE_TRACE(kmalloc_node);
+DEFINE_TRACE(kmem_cache_alloc_node);
+DEFINE_TRACE(kfree);
+DEFINE_TRACE(kmem_cache_free);
+
+EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(kmalloc);
+EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_alloc);
+EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(kmalloc_node);
+EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_alloc_node);
+EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(kfree);
+EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_free);