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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/blk_types.h | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/fs.h | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/mm.h | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/swap.c | 53 |
4 files changed, 61 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h index 0edb65dd8ed..7b7ac9ccec7 100644 --- a/include/linux/blk_types.h +++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h @@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ enum rq_flag_bits { __REQ_FLUSH_SEQ, /* request for flush sequence */ __REQ_IO_STAT, /* account I/O stat */ __REQ_MIXED_MERGE, /* merge of different types, fail separately */ + __REQ_KERNEL, /* direct IO to kernel pages */ __REQ_NR_BITS, /* stops here */ }; @@ -201,5 +202,6 @@ enum rq_flag_bits { #define REQ_IO_STAT (1 << __REQ_IO_STAT) #define REQ_MIXED_MERGE (1 << __REQ_MIXED_MERGE) #define REQ_SECURE (1 << __REQ_SECURE) +#define REQ_KERNEL (1 << __REQ_KERNEL) #endif /* __LINUX_BLK_TYPES_H */ diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index 8fabb037a48..9d77309da15 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ struct inodes_stat_t { #define READ 0 #define WRITE RW_MASK #define READA RWA_MASK +#define KERNEL_READ (READ|REQ_KERNEL) +#define KERNEL_WRITE (WRITE|REQ_KERNEL) #define READ_SYNC (READ | REQ_SYNC) #define WRITE_SYNC (WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_NOIDLE) diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h index 7cdac1676b5..bd079a1b0fd 100644 --- a/include/linux/mm.h +++ b/include/linux/mm.h @@ -1019,6 +1019,10 @@ int get_user_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm, struct page **pages, struct vm_area_struct **vmas); int get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write, struct page **pages); +struct kvec; +int get_kernel_pages(const struct kvec *iov, int nr_pages, int write, + struct page **pages); +int get_kernel_page(unsigned long start, int write, struct page **pages); struct page *get_dump_page(unsigned long addr); extern int try_to_release_page(struct page * page, gfp_t gfp_mask); diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c index 4e7e2ec6707..7d7f80c8044 100644 --- a/mm/swap.c +++ b/mm/swap.c @@ -236,6 +236,59 @@ void put_pages_list(struct list_head *pages) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(put_pages_list); +/* + * get_kernel_pages() - pin kernel pages in memory + * @kiov: An array of struct kvec structures + * @nr_segs: number of segments to pin + * @write: pinning for read/write, currently ignored + * @pages: array that receives pointers to the pages pinned. + * Should be at least nr_segs long. + * + * 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. Each page returned must be released + * with a put_page() call when it is finished with. + */ +int get_kernel_pages(const struct kvec *kiov, int nr_segs, int write, + struct page **pages) +{ + int seg; + + for (seg = 0; seg < nr_segs; seg++) { + if (WARN_ON(kiov[seg].iov_len != PAGE_SIZE)) + return seg; + + /* virt_to_page sanity checks the PFN */ + pages[seg] = virt_to_page(kiov[seg].iov_base); + page_cache_get(pages[seg]); + } + + return seg; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_kernel_pages); + +/* + * get_kernel_page() - pin a kernel page in memory + * @start: starting kernel address + * @write: pinning for read/write, currently ignored + * @pages: array that receives pointer to the page pinned. + * Must be at least nr_segs long. + * + * Returns 1 if page is pinned. If the page was not pinned, returns + * -errno. The page returned must be released with a put_page() call + * when it is finished with. + */ +int get_kernel_page(unsigned long start, int write, struct page **pages) +{ + const struct kvec kiov = { + .iov_base = (void *)start, + .iov_len = PAGE_SIZE + }; + + return get_kernel_pages(&kiov, 1, write, pages); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_kernel_page); + static void pagevec_lru_move_fn(struct pagevec *pvec, void (*move_fn)(struct page *page, struct lruvec *lruvec, void *arg), void *arg) |