---

yaml
---
r: 243393
b: refs/heads/master
c: f55f199
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  243391: f50f473
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b554cb426a955a267dba524f98f99e29bc947643
+refs/heads/master: f55f199b7d76a01e7ce9d1c3bb004327e075c327

trunk/mm/nommu.c

@@ -1971,21 +1971,10 @@ int filemap_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_fault);
 
-/*
- * Access another process' address space.
- * - source/target buffer must be kernel space
- */
-int access_process_vm(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long addr, void *buf, int len, int write)
+static int __access_remote_vm(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
+		unsigned long addr, void *buf, int len, int write)
 {
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
-	struct mm_struct *mm;
-
-	if (addr + len < addr)
-		return 0;
-
-	mm = get_task_mm(tsk);
-	if (!mm)
-		return 0;
 
 	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 
@@ -2010,6 +1999,43 @@ int access_process_vm(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long addr, void *buf, in
 	}
 
 	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+
+	return len;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @access_remote_vm - access another process' address space
+ * @mm:		the mm_struct of the target address space
+ * @addr:	start address to access
+ * @buf:	source or destination buffer
+ * @len:	number of bytes to transfer
+ * @write:	whether the access is a write
+ *
+ * The caller must hold a reference on @mm.
+ */
+int access_remote_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
+		void *buf, int len, int write)
+{
+	return __access_remote_vm(NULL, mm, addr, buf, len, write);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Access another process' address space.
+ * - source/target buffer must be kernel space
+ */
+int access_process_vm(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long addr, void *buf, int len, int write)
+{
+	struct mm_struct *mm;
+
+	if (addr + len < addr)
+		return 0;
+
+	mm = get_task_mm(tsk);
+	if (!mm)
+		return 0;
+
+	len = __access_remote_vm(tsk, mm, addr, buf, len, write);
+
 	mmput(mm);
 	return len;
 }