Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Oct 2002 07:13:52 -0400 | From | Brian Gerst <> | Subject | Re: user space virtual address to a vm_area_struct |
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Melkor Ainur wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a recommended way for a driver to take an > application provided virtual address while executing > in the syscall context of that same application and > find the corresponding vm_area_struct (if exists for > that address) that spans that virtual address? > > Melkor
down_read(current->mm->mmap_sem); vma = find_vma(current->mm, address); ... up_read(current->mm->mmap_sem);
-- Brian Gerst
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