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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/highmem-internal.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/highmem-internal.h | 18 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/highmem-internal.h b/include/linux/highmem-internal.h index 337bd9f32921..cddb42ff0473 100644 --- a/include/linux/highmem-internal.h +++ b/include/linux/highmem-internal.h @@ -246,9 +246,21 @@ static inline bool is_kmap_addr(const void *x) #endif /* CONFIG_HIGHMEM */ -/* - * Prevent people trying to call kunmap_atomic() as if it were kunmap() - * kunmap_atomic() should get the return value of kmap_atomic, not the page. +/** + * kunmap_atomic - Unmap the virtual address mapped by kmap_atomic() - deprecated! + * @__addr: Virtual address to be unmapped + * + * Unmaps an address previously mapped by kmap_atomic() and re-enables + * pagefaults. Depending on PREEMP_RT configuration, re-enables also + * migration and preemption. Users should not count on these side effects. + * + * Mappings should be unmapped in the reverse order that they were mapped. + * See kmap_local_page() for details on nesting. + * + * @__addr can be any address within the mapped page, so there is no need + * to subtract any offset that has been added. In contrast to kunmap(), + * this function takes the address returned from kmap_atomic(), not the + * page passed to it. The compiler will warn you if you pass the page. */ #define kunmap_atomic(__addr) \ do { \ |