static inline pte_t gup_get_pte(pte_t *ptep)
{
#ifndef CONFIG_X86_PAE
- return *ptep;
+ return ACCESS_ONCE(*ptep);
#else
/*
* With get_user_pages_fast, we walk down the pagetables without taking
return 1;
}
-int get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write,
- struct page **pages)
+/*
+ * Like get_user_pages_fast() except its IRQ-safe in that it won't fall
+ * back to the regular GUP.
+ */
+int __get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write,
+ struct page **pages)
{
struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
unsigned long addr, len, end;
unsigned long next;
+ unsigned long flags;
pgd_t *pgdp;
int nr = 0;
end = start + len;
if (unlikely(!access_ok(write ? VERIFY_WRITE : VERIFY_READ,
(void __user *)start, len)))
+ return 0;
+
+ /*
+ * XXX: batch / limit 'nr', to avoid large irq off latency
+ * needs some instrumenting to determine the common sizes used by
+ * important workloads (eg. DB2), and whether limiting the batch size
+ * will decrease performance.
+ *
+ * It seems like we're in the clear for the moment. Direct-IO is
+ * the main guy that batches up lots of get_user_pages, and even
+ * they are limited to 64-at-a-time which is not so many.
+ */
+ /*
+ * This doesn't prevent pagetable teardown, but does prevent
+ * the pagetables and pages from being freed on x86.
+ *
+ * So long as we atomically load page table pointers versus teardown
+ * (which we do on x86, with the above PAE exception), we can follow the
+ * address down to the the page and take a ref on it.
+ */
+ local_irq_save(flags);
+ pgdp = pgd_offset(mm, addr);
+ do {
+ pgd_t pgd = *pgdp;
+
+ next = pgd_addr_end(addr, end);
+ if (pgd_none(pgd))
+ break;
+ if (!gup_pud_range(pgd, addr, next, write, pages, &nr))
+ break;
+ } while (pgdp++, addr = next, addr != end);
+ local_irq_restore(flags);
+
+ return nr;
+}
+
+/**
+ * get_user_pages_fast() - pin user pages in memory
+ * @start: starting user address
+ * @nr_pages: number of pages from start to pin
+ * @write: whether pages will be written to
+ * @pages: array that receives pointers to the pages pinned.
+ * Should be at least nr_pages long.
+ *
+ * Attempt to pin user pages in memory without taking mm->mmap_sem.
+ * If not successful, it will fall back to taking the lock and
+ * calling get_user_pages().
+ *
+ * Returns number of pages pinned. This may be fewer than the number
+ * requested. If nr_pages is 0 or negative, returns 0. If no pages
+ * were pinned, returns -errno.
+ */
+int get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write,
+ struct page **pages)
+{
+ struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
+ unsigned long addr, len, end;
+ unsigned long next;
+ pgd_t *pgdp;
+ int nr = 0;
+
+ start &= PAGE_MASK;
+ addr = start;
+ len = (unsigned long) nr_pages << PAGE_SHIFT;
+
+ end = start + len;
+ if (end < start)
goto slow_irqon;
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+ if (end >> __VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT)
+ goto slow_irqon;
+#endif
+
/*
* XXX: batch / limit 'nr', to avoid large irq off latency
* needs some instrumenting to determine the common sizes used by