mm: clean up get_user_pages_fast() documentation

Move more documentation for get_user_pages_fast into the new kerneldoc comment.
Add some comments for get_user_pages as well.

Also, move get_user_pages_fast declaration up to get_user_pages. It wasn't
there initially because it was once a static inline function.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes]
Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
Cc: Andy Grover <andy.grover@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
This commit is contained in:
Nick Piggin
2009-06-16 15:31:39 -07:00
committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 7ffc59b4d0
commit d2bf6be8ab
3 changed files with 67 additions and 19 deletions

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@@ -233,13 +233,21 @@ void arch_pick_mmap_layout(struct mm_struct *mm)
* @pages: array that receives pointers to the pages pinned.
* Should be at least nr_pages long.
*
* Attempt to pin user pages in memory without taking mm->mmap_sem.
* If not successful, it will fall back to taking the lock and
* calling get_user_pages().
*
* Returns number of pages pinned. This may be fewer than the number
* requested. If nr_pages is 0 or negative, returns 0. If no pages
* were pinned, returns -errno.
*
* get_user_pages_fast provides equivalent functionality to get_user_pages,
* operating on current and current->mm, with force=0 and vma=NULL. However
* unlike get_user_pages, it must be called without mmap_sem held.
*
* get_user_pages_fast may take mmap_sem and page table locks, so no
* assumptions can be made about lack of locking. get_user_pages_fast is to be
* implemented in a way that is advantageous (vs get_user_pages()) when the
* user memory area is already faulted in and present in ptes. However if the
* pages have to be faulted in, it may turn out to be slightly slower so
* callers need to carefully consider what to use. On many architectures,
* get_user_pages_fast simply falls back to get_user_pages.
*/
int __attribute__((weak)) get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start,
int nr_pages, int write, struct page **pages)