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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/hmm.h')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/hmm.h | 27 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/hmm.h b/include/linux/hmm.h index 62899c9829c9..61a6535fe438 100644 --- a/include/linux/hmm.h +++ b/include/linux/hmm.h @@ -292,6 +292,33 @@ int hmm_vma_get_pfns(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long end, hmm_pfn_t *pfns); bool hmm_vma_range_done(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct hmm_range *range); + + +/* + * Fault memory on behalf of device driver. Unlike handle_mm_fault(), this will + * not migrate any device memory back to system memory. The hmm_pfn_t array will + * be updated with the fault result and current snapshot of the CPU page table + * for the range. + * + * The mmap_sem must be taken in read mode before entering and it might be + * dropped by the function if the block argument is false. In that case, the + * function returns -EAGAIN. + * + * Return value does not reflect if the fault was successful for every single + * address or not. Therefore, the caller must to inspect the hmm_pfn_t array to + * determine fault status for each address. + * + * Trying to fault inside an invalid vma will result in -EINVAL. + * + * See the function description in mm/hmm.c for further documentation. + */ +int hmm_vma_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, + struct hmm_range *range, + unsigned long start, + unsigned long end, + hmm_pfn_t *pfns, + bool write, + bool block); #endif /* IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HMM_MIRROR) */ |