summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/include/linux/vmalloc.h
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorLorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@gmail.com>2023-03-22 18:57:04 +0000
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>2023-04-05 19:42:57 -0700
commit4c91c07c93bbbdd7f2d9de2beb7ee5c2a48ad8e7 (patch)
tree6f4d9e58c53e2838c61f4223929b8aba637bc89c /include/linux/vmalloc.h
parent4f80818b4a58c9458dce0df7cce9abe107da445e (diff)
mm: vmalloc: convert vread() to vread_iter()
Having previously laid the foundation for converting vread() to an iterator function, pull the trigger and do so. This patch attempts to provide minimal refactoring and to reflect the existing logic as best we can, for example we continue to zero portions of memory not read, as before. Overall, there should be no functional difference other than a performance improvement in /proc/kcore access to vmalloc regions. Now we have eliminated the need for a bounce buffer in read_kcore_iter(), we dispense with it, and try to write to user memory optimistically but with faults disabled via copy_page_to_iter_nofault(). We already have preemption disabled by holding a spin lock. We continue faulting in until the operation is complete. Additionally, we must account for the fact that at any point a copy may fail (most likely due to a fault not being able to occur), we exit indicating fewer bytes retrieved than expected. [sfr@canb.auug.org.au: fix sparc64 warning] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230320144721.663280c3@canb.auug.org.au [lstoakes@gmail.com: redo Stephen's sparc build fix] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/8506cbc667c39205e65a323f750ff9c11a463798.1679566220.git.lstoakes@gmail.com [akpm@linux-foundation.org: unbreak uio.h includes] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/941f88bc5ab928e6656e1e2593b91bf0f8c81e1b.1679511146.git.lstoakes@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Reviewed-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Liu Shixin <liushixin2@huawei.com> Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Cc: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/vmalloc.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/vmalloc.h3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/vmalloc.h b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
index 351fc7697214..c720be70c8dd 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmalloc.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmalloc.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
struct vm_area_struct; /* vma defining user mapping in mm_types.h */
struct notifier_block; /* in notifier.h */
+struct iov_iter; /* in uio.h */
/* bits in flags of vmalloc's vm_struct below */
#define VM_IOREMAP 0x00000001 /* ioremap() and friends */
@@ -247,7 +248,7 @@ static inline void set_vm_flush_reset_perms(void *addr)
#endif
/* for /proc/kcore */
-extern long vread(char *buf, char *addr, unsigned long count);
+extern long vread_iter(struct iov_iter *iter, const char *addr, size_t count);
/*
* Internals. Don't use..