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Revision a66b34b26fe1b0983c6d91b6381df806cd98886e authored by Adrian Bunk on 09 June 2008, 23:22:24 UTC, committed by Len Brown on 11 June 2008, 23:13:46 UTC
This patch adds a proper prototype for acpi_processor_tstate_has_changed()
in include/acpi/processor.h

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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Tip revision: a66b34b26fe1b0983c6d91b6381df806cd98886e authored by Adrian Bunk on 09 June 2008, 23:22:24 UTC
proper prototype for acpi_processor_tstate_has_changed()
Tip revision: a66b34b
maccess.c
/*
 * Access kernel memory without faulting.
 */
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>

/**
 * probe_kernel_read(): safely attempt to read from a location
 * @dst: pointer to the buffer that shall take the data
 * @src: address to read from
 * @size: size of the data chunk
 *
 * Safely read from address @src to the buffer at @dst.  If a kernel fault
 * happens, handle that and return -EFAULT.
 */
long probe_kernel_read(void *dst, void *src, size_t size)
{
	long ret;
	mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();

	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
	pagefault_disable();
	ret = __copy_from_user_inatomic(dst,
			(__force const void __user *)src, size);
	pagefault_enable();
	set_fs(old_fs);

	return ret ? -EFAULT : 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(probe_kernel_read);

/**
 * probe_kernel_write(): safely attempt to write to a location
 * @dst: address to write to
 * @src: pointer to the data that shall be written
 * @size: size of the data chunk
 *
 * Safely write to address @dst from the buffer at @src.  If a kernel fault
 * happens, handle that and return -EFAULT.
 */
long probe_kernel_write(void *dst, void *src, size_t size)
{
	long ret;
	mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();

	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
	pagefault_disable();
	ret = __copy_to_user_inatomic((__force void __user *)dst, src, size);
	pagefault_enable();
	set_fs(old_fs);

	return ret ? -EFAULT : 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(probe_kernel_write);
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