The patch titled
use generic_access_phys for /dev/mem mappings
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
use-generic_access_phys-for-dev-mem-mappings.patch
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Subject: use generic_access_phys for /dev/mem mappings
From: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Use generic_access_phys as the access_process_vm access function for
/dev/mem mappings. This makes it possible to debug the X server.
Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Benjamin Herrensmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/char/mem.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN drivers/char/mem.c~use-generic_access_phys-for-dev-mem-mappings drivers/char/mem.c
--- a/drivers/char/mem.c~use-generic_access_phys-for-dev-mem-mappings
+++ a/drivers/char/mem.c
@@ -326,7 +326,8 @@ static void mmap_mem_close(struct vm_are
static struct vm_operations_struct mmap_mem_ops = {
.open = mmap_mem_open,
- .close = mmap_mem_close
+ .close = mmap_mem_close,
+ .access = generic_access_phys
};
static int mmap_mem(struct file * file, struct vm_area_struct * vma)
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from riel@xxxxxxxxxx are
access_process_vm-device-memory-infrastructure.patch
use-generic_access_phys-for-dev-mem-mappings.patch
use-generic_access_phys-for-pci-mmap-on-x86.patch
powerpc-ioremap_prot.patch
spufs-use-the-new-vm_ops-access.patch
vmscan-give-referenced-active-and-unmapped-pages-a-second-trip-around-the-lru.patch
idr-change-the-idr-structure.patch
idr-rename-some-of-the-idr-apis-internal-routines.patch
idr-fix-a-printk-call.patch
idr-error-checking-factorization.patch
idr-make-idr_get_new-rcu-safe.patch
idr-make-idr_find-rcu-safe.patch
idr-make-idr_remove-rcu-safe.patch
ipc-call-idr_find-without-locking-in-ipc_lock.patch
ipc-get-rid-of-ipc_lock_down.patch
make-mm-rmapc-anon_vma_cachep-static.patch
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