On 11/15/18 7:45 AM, 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(+)
Hi,
What is the opposite of vm_insert_range() or even of vm_insert_page()?
or is there no need for that?
> 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
s/no./number/
> + *
> + * 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.
> + */
> +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;
For a non-trivial value of page_count:
Is it a problem if vm_insert_page() succeeds for several pages
and then fails?
> + 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
thanks.
--
~Randy
