On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 09:15:30PM +0530, Souptick Joarder wrote: > Previouly drivers have their own way of mapping range of > kernel pages/memory into user vma and this was done by > invoking vm_insert_page() within a loop. > > As this pattern is common across different drivers, it can > be generalized by creating a new function and use it across > the drivers. > > vm_insert_range is the new API which will be used to map a > range of kernel memory/pages to user vma. > > Signed-off-by: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > include/linux/mm_types.h | 3 +++ > mm/memory.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > mm/nommu.c | 7 +++++++ > 3 files changed, 38 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h > index 5ed8f62..15ae24f 100644 > --- a/include/linux/mm_types.h > +++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h > @@ -523,6 +523,9 @@ extern void tlb_gather_mmu(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct mm_struct *mm, > extern void tlb_finish_mmu(struct mmu_gather *tlb, > unsigned long start, unsigned long end); > > +int vm_insert_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, > + struct page **pages, unsigned long page_count); > + > static inline void init_tlb_flush_pending(struct mm_struct *mm) > { > atomic_set(&mm->tlb_flush_pending, 0); > diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c > index 15c417e..da904ed 100644 > --- a/mm/memory.c > +++ b/mm/memory.c > @@ -1478,6 +1478,34 @@ static int insert_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, > } > > /** > + * vm_insert_range - insert range of kernel pages into user vma > + * @vma: user vma to map to > + * @addr: target user address of this page > + * @pages: pointer to array of source kernel pages > + * @page_count: no. of pages need to insert into user vma > + * > + * This allows drivers to insert range of kernel pages they've allocated > + * into a user vma. This is a generic function which drivers can use > + * rather than using their own way of mapping range of kernel pages into > + * user vma. Please add the return value and context descriptions. > + */ > +int vm_insert_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, > + struct page **pages, unsigned long page_count) > +{ > + unsigned long uaddr = addr; > + int ret = 0, i; > + > + for (i = 0; i < page_count; i++) { > + ret = vm_insert_page(vma, uaddr, pages[i]); > + if (ret < 0) > + return ret; > + uaddr += PAGE_SIZE; > + } > + > + return ret; > +} > + > +/** > * vm_insert_page - insert single page into user vma > * @vma: user vma to map to > * @addr: target user address of this page > diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c > index 749276b..d6ef5c7 100644 > --- a/mm/nommu.c > +++ b/mm/nommu.c > @@ -473,6 +473,13 @@ int vm_insert_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_insert_page); > > +int vm_insert_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, > + struct page **pages, unsigned long page_count) > +{ > + return -EINVAL; > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_insert_range); > + > /* > * sys_brk() for the most part doesn't need the global kernel > * lock, except when an application is doing something nasty > -- > 1.9.1 > -- Sincerely yours, Mike.