@@ -1503,6 +1503,8 @@ int vm_insert_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
unsigned long pfn);
int vm_insert_mixed(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
unsigned long pfn);
+int vm_iomap_memory(struct vm_area_struct *vma, phys_addr_t start, unsigned long len);
+
struct page *follow_page(struct vm_area_struct *, unsigned long address,
unsigned int foll_flags);
@@ -2334,6 +2334,53 @@ int remap_pfn_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(remap_pfn_range);
+/**
+ * vm_iomap_memory - remap memory to userspace
+ * @vma: user vma to map to
+ * @start: start of area
+ * @len: size of area
+ *
+ * This is a simplified io_remap_pfn_range() for common driver use. The
+ * driver just needs to give us the physical memory range to be mapped,
+ * we'll figure out the rest from the vma information.
+ *
+ * NOTE! Some drivers might want to tweak vma->vm_page_prot first to get
+ * whatever write-combining details or similar.
+ */
+int vm_iomap_memory(struct vm_area_struct *vma, phys_addr_t start, unsigned long len)
+{
+ unsigned long vm_len, pfn, pages;
+
+ /* Check that the physical memory area passed in looks valid */
+ if (start + len < start)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ /*
+ * You *really* shouldn't map things that aren't page-aligned,
+ * but we've historically allowed it because IO memory might
+ * just have smaller alignment.
+ */
+ len += start & ~PAGE_MASK;
+ pfn = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+ pages = (len + ~PAGE_MASK) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+ if (pfn + pages < pfn)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ /* We start the mapping 'vm_pgoff' pages into the area */
+ if (vma->vm_pgoff > pages)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ pfn += vma->vm_pgoff;
+ pages -= vma->vm_pgoff;
+
+ /* Can we fit all of the mapping? */
+ vm_len = vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start;
+ if (vm_len >> PAGE_SHIFT > pages)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ /* Ok, let it rip */
+ return io_remap_pfn_range(vma, vma->vm_start, pfn, vm_len, vma->vm_page_prot);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_iomap_memory);
+
static int apply_to_pte_range(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd,
unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
pte_fn_t fn, void *data)
This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled vm: add vm_iomap_memory() helper function to the linux-3.5.y-queue branch of the 3.5.y.z extended stable tree which can be found at: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.5.y-queue If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please reply to this email. For more information about the 3.5.y.z tree, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable Thanks. -Luis ------ From a302676f6471649649030b4948dce621aa471d81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:45:37 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] vm: add vm_iomap_memory() helper function commit b4cbb197c7e7a68dbad0d491242e3ca67420c13e upstream. Various drivers end up replicating the code to mmap() their memory buffers into user space, and our core memory remapping function may be very flexible but it is unnecessarily complicated for the common cases to use. Our internal VM uses pfn's ("page frame numbers") which simplifies things for the VM, and allows us to pass physical addresses around in a denser and more efficient format than passing a "phys_addr_t" around, and having to shift it up and down by the page size. But it just means that drivers end up doing that shifting instead at the interface level. It also means that drivers end up mucking around with internal VM things like the vma details (vm_pgoff, vm_start/end) way more than they really need to. So this just exports a function to map a certain physical memory range into user space (using a phys_addr_t based interface that is much more natural for a driver) and hides all the complexity from the driver. Some drivers will still end up tweaking the vm_page_prot details for things like prefetching or cacheability etc, but that's actually relevant to the driver, rather than caring about what the page offset of the mapping is into the particular IO memory region. Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@canonical.com> --- include/linux/mm.h | 2 ++ mm/memory.c | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 49 insertions(+) -- 1.8.1.2