COPY_OLDMEM_PAGE

Section: (9)
Updated: 09 October 2005
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NAME

copy_oldmem_page - copy one page from ``oldmem''  

SYNOPSIS

"SYNOPSIS"

ssize_t copy_oldmem_page (unsigned long pfn, char * buf, size_t csize, unsigned long offset, int userbuf);  

ARGUMENTS

pfn
page frame number to be copied
buf
target memory address for the copy; this can be in kernel address space or user address space (see userbuf)
csize
number of bytes to copy
offset
offset in bytes into the page (based on pfn) to begin the copy
userbuf
if set, buf is in user address space, use copy_to_user, otherwise buf is in kernel address space, use memcpy.
 

DESCRIPTION

Copy a page from ``oldmem''. For this page, there is no pte mapped in the current kernel. We stitch up a pte, similar to kmap_atomic.


 

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NAME
SYNOPSIS
ARGUMENTS
DESCRIPTION

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