FIND_GET_PAGES_TAG(9) Memory Management in Linux FIND_GET_PAGES_TAG(9)NAME
find_get_pages_tag - find and return pages that match tag
SYNOPSIS
unsigned find_get_pages_tag(struct address_space * mapping, pgoff_t * index, int tag, unsigned int nr_pages, struct page ** pages);
ARGUMENTS
mapping
the address_space to search
index
the starting page index
tag
the tag index
nr_pages
the maximum number of pages
pages
where the resulting pages are placed
DESCRIPTION
Like find_get_pages, except we only return pages which are tagged with tag. We update index to index the next page for the traversal.
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GET_USER_PAGES(9) Memory Management in Linux GET_USER_PAGES(9)NAME
get_user_pages - pin user pages in memory
SYNOPSIS
int get_user_pages(struct task_struct * tsk, struct mm_struct * mm, unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write, int force,
struct page ** pages, struct vm_area_struct ** vmas);
ARGUMENTS
tsk
task_struct of target task
mm
mm_struct of target mm
start
starting user address
nr_pages
number of pages from start to pin
write
whether pages will be written to by the caller
force
whether to force write access even if user mapping is readonly. This will result in the page being COWed even in MAP_SHARED mappings.
You do not want this.
pages
array that receives pointers to the pages pinned. Should be at least nr_pages long. Or NULL, if caller only intends to ensure the pages
are faulted in.
vmas
array of pointers to vmas corresponding to each page. Or NULL if the caller does not require them.
DESCRIPTION
Returns number of pages pinned. This may be fewer than the number requested. If nr_pages is 0 or negative, returns 0. If no pages were
pinned, returns -errno. Each page returned must be released with a put_page call when it is finished with. vmas will only remain valid
while mmap_sem is held.
Must be called with mmap_sem held for read or write.
get_user_pages walks a process's page tables and takes a reference to each struct page that each user address corresponds to at a given
instant. That is, it takes the page that would be accessed if a user thread accesses the given user virtual address at that instant.
This does not guarantee that the page exists in the user mappings when get_user_pages returns, and there may even be a completely different
page there in some cases (eg. if mmapped pagecache has been invalidated and subsequently re faulted). However it does guarantee that the
page won't be freed completely. And mostly callers simply care that the page contains data that was valid *at some point in time*.
Typically, an IO or similar operation cannot guarantee anything stronger anyway because locks can't be held over the syscall boundary.
If write=0, the page must not be written to. If the page is written to, set_page_dirty (or set_page_dirty_lock, as appropriate) must be
called after the page is finished with, and before put_page is called.
get_user_pages is typically used for fewer-copy IO operations, to get a handle on the memory by some means other than accesses via the user
virtual addresses. The pages may be submitted for DMA to devices or accessed via their kernel linear mapping (via the kmap APIs). Care
should be taken to use the correct cache flushing APIs.
See also get_user_pages_fast, for performance critical applications.
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