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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/mm.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/mm.h | 24 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h index c3c73b3c9adc..e6b6be15609e 100644 --- a/include/linux/mm.h +++ b/include/linux/mm.h @@ -1007,6 +1007,30 @@ static inline void put_page(struct page *page) __put_page(page); } +/** + * put_user_page() - release a gup-pinned page + * @page: pointer to page to be released + * + * Pages that were pinned via get_user_pages*() must be released via + * either put_user_page(), or one of the put_user_pages*() routines + * below. This is so that eventually, pages that are pinned via + * get_user_pages*() can be separately tracked and uniquely handled. In + * particular, interactions with RDMA and filesystems need special + * handling. + * + * put_user_page() and put_page() are not interchangeable, despite this early + * implementation that makes them look the same. put_user_page() calls must + * be perfectly matched up with get_user_page() calls. + */ +static inline void put_user_page(struct page *page) +{ + put_page(page); +} + +void put_user_pages_dirty(struct page **pages, unsigned long npages); +void put_user_pages_dirty_lock(struct page **pages, unsigned long npages); +void put_user_pages(struct page **pages, unsigned long npages); + #if defined(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM) && !defined(CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP) #define SECTION_IN_PAGE_FLAGS #endif |