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author | Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> | 2009-04-07 13:34:16 -0700 |
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committer | Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> | 2009-04-07 13:34:16 -0700 |
commit | 38f4b8c0da01ae7cd9b93386842ce272d6fde9ab (patch) | |
tree | 3c8c52201aac038094bfea7efdd0984a8f62045e /mm/util.c | |
parent | a811454027352c762e0d5bba1b1d8f7d26bf96ae (diff) | |
parent | 8e2c4f2844c0e8dcdfe312e5f2204854ca8532c6 (diff) |
Merge commit 'origin/master' into for-linus/xen/master
* commit 'origin/master': (4825 commits)
Fix build errors due to CONFIG_BRANCH_TRACER=y
parport: Use the PCI IRQ if offered
tty: jsm cleanups
Adjust path to gpio headers
KGDB_SERIAL_CONSOLE check for module
Change KCONFIG name
tty: Blackin CTS/RTS
Change hardware flow control from poll to interrupt driven
Add support for the MAX3100 SPI UART.
lanana: assign a device name and numbering for MAX3100
serqt: initial clean up pass for tty side
tty: Use the generic RS485 ioctl on CRIS
tty: Correct inline types for tty_driver_kref_get()
splice: fix deadlock in splicing to file
nilfs2: support nanosecond timestamp
nilfs2: introduce secondary super block
nilfs2: simplify handling of active state of segments
nilfs2: mark minor flag for checkpoint created by internal operation
nilfs2: clean up sketch file
nilfs2: super block operations fix endian bug
...
Conflicts:
arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
arch/x86/lguest/boot.c
drivers/xen/manage.c
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/util.c')
-rw-r--r-- | mm/util.c | 46 |
1 files changed, 46 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c index 37eaccdf3054..2599e83eea17 100644 --- a/mm/util.c +++ b/mm/util.c @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ #include <linux/module.h> #include <linux/err.h> #include <linux/sched.h> +#include <linux/tracepoint.h> #include <asm/uaccess.h> /** @@ -70,6 +71,36 @@ void *kmemdup(const void *src, size_t len, gfp_t gfp) EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmemdup); /** + * memdup_user - duplicate memory region from user space + * + * @src: source address in user space + * @len: number of bytes to copy + * + * Returns an ERR_PTR() on failure. + */ +void *memdup_user(const void __user *src, size_t len) +{ + void *p; + + /* + * Always use GFP_KERNEL, since copy_from_user() can sleep and + * cause pagefault, which makes it pointless to use GFP_NOFS + * or GFP_ATOMIC. + */ + p = kmalloc_track_caller(len, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!p) + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); + + if (copy_from_user(p, src, len)) { + kfree(p); + return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT); + } + + return p; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(memdup_user); + +/** * __krealloc - like krealloc() but don't free @p. * @p: object to reallocate memory for. * @new_size: how many bytes of memory are required. @@ -206,3 +237,18 @@ int __attribute__((weak)) get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, return ret; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_user_pages_fast); + +/* Tracepoints definitions. */ +DEFINE_TRACE(kmalloc); +DEFINE_TRACE(kmem_cache_alloc); +DEFINE_TRACE(kmalloc_node); +DEFINE_TRACE(kmem_cache_alloc_node); +DEFINE_TRACE(kfree); +DEFINE_TRACE(kmem_cache_free); + +EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(kmalloc); +EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_alloc); +EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(kmalloc_node); +EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_alloc_node); +EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(kfree); +EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_free); |