mm: document get_user_pages_fast()

While better than get_user_pages(), the usage of gupf(), especially the
return values and the fact that it can potentially only partially pin the
range, warranted some documentation.

Signed-off-by: Andy Grover <andy.grover@oracle.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index 2599e83eea17a9c9673c26507541b12581e952f0..55bef160b9f1484c032220b506f4ebfaeffe9a47 100644 (file)
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -223,6 +223,22 @@ void arch_pick_mmap_layout(struct mm_struct *mm)
 }
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * get_user_pages_fast() - pin user pages in memory
+ * @start:     starting user address
+ * @nr_pages:  number of pages from start to pin
+ * @write:     whether pages will be written to
+ * @pages:     array that receives pointers to the pages pinned.
+ *             Should be at least nr_pages long.
+ *
+ * Attempt to pin user pages in memory without taking mm->mmap_sem.
+ * If not successful, it will fall back to taking the lock and
+ * calling get_user_pages().
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
 int __attribute__((weak)) get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start,
                                int nr_pages, int write, struct page **pages)
 {