On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:25:01 -0800 Jeremy Fitzhardinge <[email protected]> wrote:
> +void lock_vm_area(struct vm_struct *area)
> +{
> + unsigned long i;
> + char c;
> +
> + /*
> + * Prevent context switch to a lazy mm that doesn't have this area
> + * mapped into its page tables.
> + */
> + preempt_disable();
> +
> + /*
> + * Ensure that the page tables are mapped into the current mm. The
> + * page-fault path will copy the page directory pointers from init_mm.
> + */
> + for (i = 0; i < area->size; i += PAGE_SIZE)
> + (void)__get_user(c, (char __user *)area->addr + i);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lock_vm_area);
This won't work when CONFIG_PREEMPT=y. The pagefault handler will see
in_atomic() and will scram.
(pet-peeve-from-someone-who-remembers-fortran: the reader expects the
variable `i' to be signed. signed int really)
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