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authorSeth Jennings2012-07-02 23:15:51 +0200
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman2012-07-09 20:34:59 +0200
commit166cfda752ca22eb6912614993b85f9a997dbd8f (patch)
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parentstaging: zsmalloc: add single-page object fastpath in unmap (diff)
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staging: zsmalloc: add details to zs_map_object boiler plate
Add information on the usage limits of zs_map_object() Signed-off-by: Seth Jennings <sjenning@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c b/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c
index 4942d419074b..abf7c13c89c8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c
@@ -747,7 +747,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(zs_free);
*
* Before using an object allocated from zs_malloc, it must be mapped using
* this function. When done with the object, it must be unmapped using
- * zs_unmap_object
+ * zs_unmap_object.
+ *
+ * Only one object can be mapped per cpu at a time. There is no protection
+ * against nested mappings.
+ *
+ * This function returns with preemption and page faults disabled.
*/
void *zs_map_object(struct zs_pool *pool, unsigned long handle)
{