On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 08:43:09PM +0530, Souptick Joarder wrote: > Hi Mike, > > On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 8:07 PM Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 12:26:38PM +0530, Souptick Joarder wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 11:59 PM Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > + * 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. > > > > > > > > > > Sure I will wait for some time to get additional review comments and > > > add all of those requested changes in v2. > > > > You could send your proposed wording now which might remove the need > > for a v3 if we end up arguing about the wording. > > Does this description looks good ? > > /** > * 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: number 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. > * > * Context - Process context. Called by mmap handlers. Context: > * Return - int error value Return: > * 0 - OK > * -EINVAL - Invalid argument > * -ENOMEM - No memory > * -EFAULT - Bad address > * -EBUSY - Device or resource busy I don't think that elaborate description of error values is needed, just "0 on success and error code otherwise" would be sufficient. > */ > -- Sincerely yours, Mike.
