Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 21 Nov 2023 22:26:07 -0800 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 3/8] x86/mm: Remove "static" from vmap_pages_range() |
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On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 01:20:11PM -0800, mhkelley58@gmail.com wrote: > From: Michael Kelley <mhklinux@outlook.com> > > The mm subsystem currently provides no mechanism to map memory pages > to a specified virtual address range. A virtual address range can be > allocated using get_vm_area(), but the only function available for > mapping memory pages to a caller-specified address in that range is > ioremap_page_range(), which is inappropriate for system memory. > > Fix this by allowing vmap_pages_range() to be used by callers outside > of vmalloc.c.
I really do not want to expose vmap_pages_range. Please try to come up with a good way to encapsulate your map at a certain address primitive and implement it in vmalloc.c.
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