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r: 143121
b: refs/heads/master
c: a0d22f4
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  143119: fd4c5f9
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 746cddd37d48a166f170165a0df4bd50fde1ea60
+refs/heads/master: a0d22f485af1553060b4094ee0154537a8f6a8a6

trunk/arch/x86/mm/gup.c

@@ -219,6 +219,22 @@ static int gup_pud_range(pgd_t pgd, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 	return 1;
 }
 
+/**
+ * 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 get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write,
 			struct page **pages)
 {