+/*
+ * small helper routine , copy contents to buf from addr.
+ * If the page is not present, fill zero.
+ */
+
+static int aligned_vread(char *buf, char *addr, unsigned long count)
+{
+ struct page *p;
+ int copied = 0;
+
+ while (count) {
+ unsigned long offset, length;
+
+ offset = (unsigned long)addr & ~PAGE_MASK;
+ length = PAGE_SIZE - offset;
+ if (length > count)
+ length = count;
+ p = vmalloc_to_page(addr);
+ /*
+ * To do safe access to this _mapped_ area, we need
+ * lock. But adding lock here means that we need to add
+ * overhead of vmalloc()/vfree() calles for this _debug_
+ * interface, rarely used. Instead of that, we'll use
+ * kmap() and get small overhead in this access function.
+ */
+ if (p) {
+ /*
+ * we can expect USER0 is not used (see vread/vwrite's
+ * function description)
+ */
+ void *map = kmap_atomic(p, KM_USER0);
+ memcpy(buf, map + offset, length);
+ kunmap_atomic(map, KM_USER0);
+ } else
+ memset(buf, 0, length);
+
+ addr += length;
+ buf += length;
+ copied += length;
+ count -= length;
+ }
+ return copied;
+}
+
+static int aligned_vwrite(char *buf, char *addr, unsigned long count)
+{
+ struct page *p;
+ int copied = 0;
+
+ while (count) {
+ unsigned long offset, length;
+
+ offset = (unsigned long)addr & ~PAGE_MASK;
+ length = PAGE_SIZE - offset;
+ if (length > count)
+ length = count;
+ p = vmalloc_to_page(addr);
+ /*
+ * To do safe access to this _mapped_ area, we need
+ * lock. But adding lock here means that we need to add
+ * overhead of vmalloc()/vfree() calles for this _debug_
+ * interface, rarely used. Instead of that, we'll use
+ * kmap() and get small overhead in this access function.
+ */
+ if (p) {
+ /*
+ * we can expect USER0 is not used (see vread/vwrite's
+ * function description)
+ */
+ void *map = kmap_atomic(p, KM_USER0);
+ memcpy(map + offset, buf, length);
+ kunmap_atomic(map, KM_USER0);
+ }
+ addr += length;
+ buf += length;
+ copied += length;
+ count -= length;
+ }
+ return copied;
+}
+
+/**
+ * vread() - read vmalloc area in a safe way.
+ * @buf: buffer for reading data
+ * @addr: vm address.
+ * @count: number of bytes to be read.
+ *
+ * Returns # of bytes which addr and buf should be increased.
+ * (same number to @count). Returns 0 if [addr...addr+count) doesn't
+ * includes any intersect with alive vmalloc area.
+ *
+ * This function checks that addr is a valid vmalloc'ed area, and
+ * copy data from that area to a given buffer. If the given memory range
+ * of [addr...addr+count) includes some valid address, data is copied to
+ * proper area of @buf. If there are memory holes, they'll be zero-filled.
+ * IOREMAP area is treated as memory hole and no copy is done.
+ *
+ * If [addr...addr+count) doesn't includes any intersects with alive
+ * vm_struct area, returns 0.
+ * @buf should be kernel's buffer. Because this function uses KM_USER0,
+ * the caller should guarantee KM_USER0 is not used.
+ *
+ * Note: In usual ops, vread() is never necessary because the caller
+ * should know vmalloc() area is valid and can use memcpy().
+ * This is for routines which have to access vmalloc area without
+ * any informaion, as /dev/kmem.
+ *
+ */
+