(10/2/13 10:27 AM), Jan Kara wrote:
> Provide a wrapper for get_user_pages() which takes care of acquiring and
> releasing mmap_sem. Using this function reduces amount of places in
> which we deal with mmap_sem.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/mm.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
> index 8b6e55ee8855..70031ead06a5 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> @@ -1031,6 +1031,20 @@ long get_user_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
> struct vm_area_struct **vmas);
> int get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write,
> struct page **pages);
> +static inline long
> +get_user_pages_unlocked(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
> + unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
> + int write, int force, struct page **pages)
> +{
> + long ret;
> +
> + down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> + ret = get_user_pages(tsk, mm, start, nr_pages, write, force, pages,
> + NULL);
> + up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
> + return ret;
> +}
Hmmm. I like the idea, but I really dislike this name. I don't like xx_unlocked
function takes a lock. It is a source of confusing, I believe.
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