-/*
- * 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 */
-
- 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;
-}
-