mm: implement access_remote_vm
Provide an alternative to access_process_vm that allows the caller to obtain a
reference to the supplied mm_struct.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Wilson <wilsons@start.ca>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 820b4c4..468f507 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3711,6 +3711,22 @@
return buf - old_buf;
}
+/**
+ * @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,