[v2.6.34-stable 55/77] export __get_user_pages_fast() function

[Paul Gortmaker]

From: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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    This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release.
    http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-2.6.34.git
    If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment.
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commit 45888a0c6edc305495b6bd72a30e66bc40b324c6 upstream.

This function is used by KVM to pin process's page in the atomic context.

Define the 'weak' function to avoid other architecture not support it

Acked-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 mm/util.c | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index f5712e8..4f0d32b 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -250,6 +250,19 @@ void arch_pick_mmap_layout(struct mm_struct *mm)
 }
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Like get_user_pages_fast() except its IRQ-safe in that it won't fall
+ * back to the regular GUP.
+ * If the architecture not support this fucntion, simply return with no
+ * page pinned
+ */
+int __attribute__((weak)) __get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start,
+				 int nr_pages, int write, struct page **pages)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__get_user_pages_fast);
+
 /**
  * get_user_pages_fast() - pin user pages in memory
  * @start:	starting user address
-- 
1.7.12.1

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