Subject: [PATCHv2 2/4] mm: vmalloc: export find_vm_area() function

From: [email-masked] (Minchan Kim)
Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 16:01:14 +0900

On 05/17/2012 07:54 PM, Marek Szyprowski wrote:

> find_vm_area() function is usefull for other core subsystems (like
> dma-mapping) to get access to vm_area internals.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marek Szyprowski <[email-masked]>
> Reviewed-by: Kyungmin Park <[email-masked]>

We can't know how you want to use this function.
It would be better to fold this patch into [4/4].

> ---
>  include/linux/vmalloc.h |    1 +
>  mm/vmalloc.c            |   10 +++++++++-
>  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/vmalloc.h b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
> index 2e28f4d..6071e91 100644
> --- a/include/linux/vmalloc.h
> +++ b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
> @@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ extern struct vm_struct *__get_vm_area_caller(unsigned long size,
>  					unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
>  					const void *caller);
>  extern struct vm_struct *remove_vm_area(const void *addr);
> +extern struct vm_struct *find_vm_area(const void *addr);
>  
>  extern int map_vm_area(struct vm_struct *area, pgprot_t prot,
>  			struct page ***pages);
> diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
> index 8bc7f3ef..8cb7f22 100644
> --- a/mm/vmalloc.c
> +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
> @@ -1402,7 +1402,15 @@ struct vm_struct *get_vm_area_caller(unsigned long size, unsigned long flags,
>  						-1, GFP_KERNEL, caller);
>  }
>  
> -static struct vm_struct *find_vm_area(const void *addr)
> +/**
> + *	find_vm_area  -  find a continuous kernel virtual area
> + *	@addr:		base address
> + *
> + *	Search for the kernel VM area starting at @addr, and return it.
> + *	It is up to the caller to do all required locking to keep the returned
> + *	pointer valid.
> + */
> +struct vm_struct *find_vm_area(const void *addr)
>  {
>  	struct vmap_area *va;
>  

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Kind regards,
Minchan Kim