+/*
+ * This function writes to the *virtual* memory as seen by the kernel.
+ */
+static ssize_t write_kmem(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
+ size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ unsigned long p = *ppos;
+ ssize_t wrote = 0;
+ ssize_t virtr = 0;
+ ssize_t written;
+ char * kbuf; /* k-addr because vwrite() takes vmlist_lock rwlock */
+
+ return -EPERM;
+
+ if (p < (unsigned long) high_memory) {
+
+ wrote = count;
+ if (count > (unsigned long) high_memory - p)
+ wrote = (unsigned long) high_memory - p;
+
+ written = do_write_mem((void*)p, p, buf, wrote, ppos);
+ if (written != wrote)
+ return written;
+ wrote = written;
+ p += wrote;
+ buf += wrote;
+ count -= wrote;
+ }
+
+ if (count > 0) {
+ kbuf = (char *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!kbuf)
+ return wrote ? wrote : -ENOMEM;
+ while (count > 0) {
+ int len = count;
+
+ if (len > PAGE_SIZE)
+ len = PAGE_SIZE;
+ if (len) {
+ written = copy_from_user(kbuf, buf, len);
+ if (written) {
+ ssize_t ret;
+
+ free_page((unsigned long)kbuf);
+ ret = wrote + virtr + (len - written);
+ return ret ? ret : -EFAULT;
+ }
+ }
+ len = vwrite(kbuf, (char *)p, len);
+ count -= len;
+ buf += len;
+ virtr += len;
+ p += len;
+ }
+ free_page((unsigned long)kbuf);
+ }
+
+ *ppos = p;
+ return virtr + wrote;
+}
+