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Subject[PATCH 2/4] mm: vmalloc: export find_vm_area() function
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 <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
Reviewed-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@samsung.com>
---
include/linux/vmalloc.h | 1 +
mm/vmalloc.c | 10 +++++++++-
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

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 8bc7f3e..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;

--
1.7.1.569.g6f426


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