tree 6b6f1e2c07291fba968e6a72c095ca6526be88d5
parent 906010b2134e14a2e377decbadd357b3d0ab9c6a
author David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 1253560954 -0700
committer Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> 1255014151 +0200

mm, perf_event: Make vmalloc_user() align base kernel virtual address to SHMLBA

When a vmalloc'd area is mmap'd into userspace, some kind of
co-ordination is necessary for this to work on platforms with cpu
D-caches which can have aliases.

Otherwise kernel side writes won't be seen properly in userspace
and vice versa.

If the kernel side mapping and the user side one have the same
alignment, modulo SHMLBA, this can work as long as VM_SHARED is
shared of VMA and for all current users this is true.  VM_SHARED
will force SHMLBA alignment of the user side mmap on platforms with
D-cache aliasing matters.

The bulk of this patch is just making it so that a specific
alignment can be passed down into __get_vm_area_node().  All
existing callers pass in '1' which preserves existing behavior.
vmalloc_user() gives SHMLBA for the alignment.

As a side effect this should get the video media drivers and other
vmalloc_user() users into more working shape on such systems.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
LKML-Reference: <200909211922.n8LJMYjw029425@imap1.linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>