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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/memory.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/memory.c | 25 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c index 635451abc8f7..38090ca37a08 100644 --- a/mm/memory.c +++ b/mm/memory.c @@ -1551,8 +1551,29 @@ out: int vm_insert_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, unsigned long pfn) { + return vm_insert_pfn_prot(vma, addr, pfn, vma->vm_page_prot); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_insert_pfn); + +/** + * vm_insert_pfn_prot - insert single pfn into user vma with specified pgprot + * @vma: user vma to map to + * @addr: target user address of this page + * @pfn: source kernel pfn + * @pgprot: pgprot flags for the inserted page + * + * This is exactly like vm_insert_pfn, except that it allows drivers to + * to override pgprot on a per-page basis. + * + * This only makes sense for IO mappings, and it makes no sense for + * cow mappings. In general, using multiple vmas is preferable; + * vm_insert_pfn_prot should only be used if using multiple VMAs is + * impractical. + */ +int vm_insert_pfn_prot(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, + unsigned long pfn, pgprot_t pgprot) +{ int ret; - pgprot_t pgprot = vma->vm_page_prot; /* * Technically, architectures with pte_special can avoid all these * restrictions (same for remap_pfn_range). However we would like @@ -1574,7 +1595,7 @@ int vm_insert_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, return ret; } -EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_insert_pfn); +EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_insert_pfn_prot); int vm_insert_mixed(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, pfn_t pfn) |