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diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 8e05a11155c..3cee76a8c9f 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ int map_vm_area(struct vm_struct *area, pgprot_t prot, struct page ***pages)
flush_cache_vmap((unsigned long) area->addr, end);
return err;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(map_vm_area);
static struct vm_struct *__get_vm_area_node(unsigned long size, unsigned long flags,
unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
@@ -242,6 +243,7 @@ struct vm_struct *__get_vm_area(unsigned long size, unsigned long flags,
{
return __get_vm_area_node(size, flags, start, end, -1, GFP_KERNEL);
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__get_vm_area);
/**
* get_vm_area - reserve a contingous kernel virtual area
@@ -583,9 +585,9 @@ void *vmalloc_exec(unsigned long size)
}
#if defined(CONFIG_64BIT) && defined(CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32)
-#define GFP_VMALLOC32 GFP_DMA32
+#define GFP_VMALLOC32 GFP_DMA32 | GFP_KERNEL
#elif defined(CONFIG_64BIT) && defined(CONFIG_ZONE_DMA)
-#define GFP_VMALLOC32 GFP_DMA
+#define GFP_VMALLOC32 GFP_DMA | GFP_KERNEL
#else
#define GFP_VMALLOC32 GFP_KERNEL
#endif
@@ -767,3 +769,56 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(remap_vmalloc_range);
void __attribute__((weak)) vmalloc_sync_all(void)
{
}
+
+
+static int f(pte_t *pte, struct page *pmd_page, unsigned long addr, void *data)
+{
+ /* apply_to_page_range() does all the hard work. */
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * alloc_vm_area - allocate a range of kernel address space
+ * @size: size of the area
+ * @returns: NULL on failure, vm_struct on success
+ *
+ * This function reserves a range of kernel address space, and
+ * allocates pagetables to map that range. No actual mappings
+ * are created. If the kernel address space is not shared
+ * between processes, it syncs the pagetable across all
+ * processes.
+ */
+struct vm_struct *alloc_vm_area(size_t size)
+{
+ struct vm_struct *area;
+
+ area = get_vm_area(size, VM_IOREMAP);
+ if (area == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+
+ /*
+ * This ensures that page tables are constructed for this region
+ * of kernel virtual address space and mapped into init_mm.
+ */
+ if (apply_to_page_range(&init_mm, (unsigned long)area->addr,
+ area->size, f, NULL)) {
+ free_vm_area(area);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ /* Make sure the pagetables are constructed in process kernel
+ mappings */
+ vmalloc_sync_all();
+
+ return area;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(alloc_vm_area);
+
+void free_vm_area(struct vm_struct *area)
+{
+ struct vm_struct *ret;
+ ret = remove_vm_area(area->addr);
+ BUG_ON(ret != area);
+ kfree(area);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(free_vm_area);