@@ -894,6 +894,30 @@ int vma_wants_writenotify(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
extern pte_t *get_locked_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, spinlock_t **ptl);
+static inline pte_t *get_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
+{
+ pgd_t *pgd;
+ pud_t *pud;
+ pmd_t *pmd;
+ pte_t *ptep = NULL;
+
+ pgd = pgd_offset(mm, addr);
+ if (!pgd_present(*pgd))
+ goto out;
+
+ pud = pud_offset(pgd, addr);
+ if (!pud_present(*pud))
+ goto out;
+
+ pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr);
+ if (!pmd_present(*pmd))
+ goto out;
+
+ ptep = pte_offset_map(pmd, addr);
+out:
+ return ptep;
+}
+
#ifdef __PAGETABLE_PUD_FOLDED
static inline int __pud_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd,
unsigned long address)
get_pte() receive mm_struct of a task, and a virtual address and return the pte corresponding to it. this function return NULL in case it couldnt fetch the pte. Signed-off-by: Izik Eidus <ieidus@redhat.com> --- include/linux/mm.h | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)