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Kernel v2.6.24 /mm/fremap.c

Filename:/mm/fremap.c
Lines Added:14
Lines Deleted:12
Also changed in: (Previous) 2.6.24-rc8  2.6.24-rc7  2.6.24-rc6  2.6.24-rc5  2.6.24-rc4  2.6.24-rc3 
(Following) 2.6.24-git15  2.6.24-git16  2.6.24-git17  2.6.24.1-rc1  2.6.24-git18  2.6.24-git19 

Location
[  2.6.24
  [  mm
     o  fremap.c

Patch

diff --git a/mm/fremap.c b/mm/fremap.c
index 95bcb56..14bd3bf 100644
--- a/mm/fremap.c
+++ b/mm/fremap.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *
  * started by Ingo Molnar, Copyright (C) 2002, 2003
  */
-
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/swap.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
@@ -97,26 +97,28 @@ static int populate_range(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 }
 
-/***
- * sys_remap_file_pages - remap arbitrary pages of a shared backing store
- *                        file within an existing vma.
+/**
+ * sys_remap_file_pages - remap arbitrary pages of an existing VM_SHARED vma
  * @start: start of the remapped virtual memory range
  * @size: size of the remapped virtual memory range
- * @prot: new protection bits of the range
- * @pgoff: to be mapped page of the backing store file
+ * @prot: new protection bits of the range (see NOTE)
+ * @pgoff: to-be-mapped page of the backing store file
  * @flags: 0 or MAP_NONBLOCKED - the later will cause no IO.
  *
- * this syscall works purely via pagetables, so it's the most efficient
+ * sys_remap_file_pages remaps arbitrary pages of an existing VM_SHARED vma
+ * (shared backing store file).
+ *
+ * This syscall works purely via pagetables, so it's the most efficient
  * way to map the same (large) file into a given virtual window. Unlike
  * mmap()/mremap() it does not create any new vmas. The new mappings are
  * also safe across swapout.
  *
- * NOTE: the 'prot' parameter right now is ignored, and the vma's default
- * protection is used. Arbitrary protections might be implemented in the
- * future.
+ * NOTE: the 'prot' parameter right now is ignored (but must be zero),
+ * and the vma's default protection is used. Arbitrary protections
+ * might be implemented in the future.
  */
 asmlinkage long sys_remap_file_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long size,
-   unsigned long __prot, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags)
+   unsigned long prot, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags)
 {
    struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
    struct address_space *mapping;
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_remap_file_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long size,
    int err = -EINVAL;
    int has_write_lock = 0;
 
-   if (__prot)
+   if (prot)
       return err;
    /*
     * Sanitize the syscall parameters:


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