On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 05:47:15PM -0800, Carl Spalletta wrote: > 1) How do I get a pointer to the struct page related > to a given userpace address in the current process? > If you know the virtual address and the current task structure, you can get the pte using pte_t *pte = get_one_pte(current->mm, virtual_addr) (see mm/mremap.c) From pte you can get the page using struct page *page = pte_page(*pte) > 2) If that page is swapped out how do I bring it into > memory so I can access it? After finding the corresponding vma using find_vma(current->mm, virtual_addr), you can load the page in using handle_mm_fault() (routine used page fault handler) > > I am trying to bump the reference count on that page > so it won't go away in > do_execve()/load_elf_binary()after the old mm is destroyed. > PS:MM gurus correct if I am wrong. Regards, Bharata. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/
