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-rw-r--r--include/linux/blk_types.h2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/fs.h2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/mm.h4
3 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
index 0edb65dd8edd..7b7ac9ccec7a 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ enum rq_flag_bits {
__REQ_FLUSH_SEQ, /* request for flush sequence */
__REQ_IO_STAT, /* account I/O stat */
__REQ_MIXED_MERGE, /* merge of different types, fail separately */
+ __REQ_KERNEL, /* direct IO to kernel pages */
__REQ_NR_BITS, /* stops here */
};
@@ -201,5 +202,6 @@ enum rq_flag_bits {
#define REQ_IO_STAT (1 << __REQ_IO_STAT)
#define REQ_MIXED_MERGE (1 << __REQ_MIXED_MERGE)
#define REQ_SECURE (1 << __REQ_SECURE)
+#define REQ_KERNEL (1 << __REQ_KERNEL)
#endif /* __LINUX_BLK_TYPES_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 8fabb037a48d..9d77309da153 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ struct inodes_stat_t {
#define READ 0
#define WRITE RW_MASK
#define READA RWA_MASK
+#define KERNEL_READ (READ|REQ_KERNEL)
+#define KERNEL_WRITE (WRITE|REQ_KERNEL)
#define READ_SYNC (READ | REQ_SYNC)
#define WRITE_SYNC (WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_NOIDLE)
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 7cdac1676b59..bd079a1b0fdc 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1019,6 +1019,10 @@ int get_user_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
struct page **pages, struct vm_area_struct **vmas);
int get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write,
struct page **pages);
+struct kvec;
+int get_kernel_pages(const struct kvec *iov, int nr_pages, int write,
+ struct page **pages);
+int get_kernel_page(unsigned long start, int write, struct page **pages);
struct page *get_dump_page(unsigned long addr);
extern int try_to_release_page(struct page * page, gfp_t gfp_mask);