Re: [PATCH 2/9] mm: Provide new get_vaddr_frames() helper

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On Fri, 17 Jul 2015 12:23:40 +0200 Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 07/13/2015 04:55 PM, Jan Kara wrote:
> > From: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Provide new function get_vaddr_frames().  This function maps virtual
> > addresses from given start and fills given array with page frame numbers of
> > the corresponding pages. If given start belongs to a normal vma, the function
> > grabs reference to each of the pages to pin them in memory. If start
> > belongs to VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP vma, we don't touch page structures. Caller
> > must make sure pfns aren't reused for anything else while he is using
> > them.
> > 
> > This function is created for various drivers to simplify handling of
> > their buffers.
> > 
> > Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> 
> I'd like to see an Acked-by from Andrew or mm-maintainers before I merge this.

I think I already acked this but it got lost.

Acked-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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