centos man page for phys_to_virt

Query: phys_to_virt

OS: centos

Section: 9

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PHYS_TO_VIRT(9) 					     Public Functions Provided						   PHYS_TO_VIRT(9)

NAME
phys_to_virt - map physical address to virtual
SYNOPSIS
void * phys_to_virt(phys_addr_t address);
ARGUMENTS
address address to remap
DESCRIPTION
The returned virtual address is a current CPU mapping for the memory address given. It is only valid to use this function on addresses that have a kernel mapping This function does not handle bus mappings for DMA transfers. In almost all conceivable cases a device driver should not be using this function
AUTHORS
Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> Author. Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Author.
COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10 June 2014 PHYS_TO_VIRT(9)
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