[PATCH] Text Edit Lock - i386 kerneldoc

From: Mathieu Desnoyers
Date: Sat Jul 14 2007 - 21:34:19 EST


Text Edit Lock - i386 kerneldoc

Add kerneldoc to text edit lock i386 API.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
include/asm-i386/cacheflush.h | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux-2.6-lttng/include/asm-i386/cacheflush.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-lttng.orig/include/asm-i386/cacheflush.h 2007-07-14 20:23:01.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6-lttng/include/asm-i386/cacheflush.h 2007-07-14 20:24:17.000000000 -0400
@@ -35,8 +35,25 @@ void kernel_map_pages(struct page *page,
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA
void mark_rodata_ro(void);

-/* mark kernel text pages writable */
+/**
+ * kernel_text_mark_rw - Mark kernel text RW
+ * @address: location of the code
+ * @len: size of code to mark
+ *
+ * Mark the kernel text pages writable so they can safely written to. This is
+ * useful for code patching.
+*/
+
extern void kernel_text_mark_rw(unsigned long address, size_t len);
+
+/**
+ * kernel_text_unmark - Mark kernel text back to its original flags
+ * @address: location of the code
+ * @len: size of code to mark
+ *
+ * Mark the kernel text back to its original flags.
+ */
+
extern void kernel_text_unmark(unsigned long address, size_t len);
#else
static inline void kernel_text_mark_rw(unsigned long address, size_t len) { }
--
Mathieu Desnoyers
Computer Engineering Ph.D. Student, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
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