VM: Bizzare MM tricks...

jmcmullan@linuxcare.com
26 Apr 2000 20:51:57 GMT

I'm working on a port of a driver from NT to Linux, and was
wondering how to best go about mapping kernel memory to
user space and vice versa. mmap(2) is a possibility, but would
require a vast rework of the code, and break the ability of
the customer to use their existing code base in NT/95.

Is this possible under the current (2.2.14) VM scheme?
If so, any hints as to how to go about it? Any tricky issues?

ie:

----------------------- EXAMPLE CODE --------------------
void *device_buffer=ioremap(DEV_MEM_ADDR,DEV_MEM_SIZE);
void *user_buffer=NULL;

... ioctl(...)
{
switch (cmd) {
MAP_DEVICE_BUFFER:
/* MYTHICAL: vm_kernel_to_user(addr,size)
*/
*(void **)arg=vm_kernel_to_user(device_buffer,DEV_MEM_SIZE);
break;
MAP_USER_BUFFER:
/* MYTHICAL: vm_drop_mapping(addr)
* MYTHICAL: vm_user_to_kernel(addr,size)
*/
if (user_buffer != NULL)
vm_drop_mapping(user_buffer);
user_buffer=vm_user_to_kernel((void *)arg,USER_MEM_SIZE);
break;
...
}
}

/* Now we need to make sure to remove any mappings in the kernel
* when the process closes the device
*/
... release(...)
{
...
if (user_buffer != NULL) {
/* MYTHICAL: vm_drop_mapping(addr)
*/
vm_drop_mapping(user_buffer);
user_buffer=NULL;
}
}

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Jason McMullan, Senior Linux Consultant, Linuxcare, Inc.
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jmcmullan@linuxcare.com, http://www.linuxcare.com/
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