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@@ -14,15 +14,20 @@ tables. Access to higher level tables protected by mm->page_table_lock.
There are helpers to lock/unlock a table and other accessor functions:
- pte_offset_map_lock()
- maps pte and takes PTE table lock, returns pointer to the taken
- lock;
+ maps PTE and takes PTE table lock, returns pointer to PTE with
+ pointer to its PTE table lock, or returns NULL if no PTE table;
+ - pte_offset_map_nolock()
+ maps PTE, returns pointer to PTE with pointer to its PTE table
+ lock (not taken), or returns NULL if no PTE table;
+ - pte_offset_map()
+ maps PTE, returns pointer to PTE, or returns NULL if no PTE table;
+ - pte_unmap()
+ unmaps PTE table;
- pte_unmap_unlock()
unlocks and unmaps PTE table;
- pte_alloc_map_lock()
- allocates PTE table if needed and take the lock, returns pointer
- to taken lock or NULL if allocation failed;
- - pte_lockptr()
- returns pointer to PTE table lock;
+ allocates PTE table if needed and takes its lock, returns pointer to
+ PTE with pointer to its lock, or returns NULL if allocation failed;
- pmd_lock()
takes PMD table lock, returns pointer to taken lock;
- pmd_lockptr()