From 5ddd36b9c59887c6416e21daf984fbdd9b1818df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephen Wilson Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 15:49:20 -0400 Subject: mm: implement access_remote_vm Provide an alternative to access_process_vm that allows the caller to obtain a reference to the supplied mm_struct. Signed-off-by: Stephen Wilson Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- mm/memory.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) (limited to 'mm/memory.c') diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c index 820b4c4810f0..468f5076754c 100644 --- a/mm/memory.c +++ b/mm/memory.c @@ -3711,6 +3711,22 @@ static int __access_remote_vm(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm, return buf - old_buf; } +/** + * @access_remote_vm - access another process' address space + * @mm: the mm_struct of the target address space + * @addr: start address to access + * @buf: source or destination buffer + * @len: number of bytes to transfer + * @write: whether the access is a write + * + * The caller must hold a reference on @mm. + */ +int access_remote_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, + void *buf, int len, int write) +{ + return __access_remote_vm(NULL, mm, addr, buf, len, write); +} + /* * Access another process' address space. * Source/target buffer must be kernel space, -- cgit v1.2.3