@@ -2393,8 +2393,6 @@ int
copy_page_range(struct vm_area_struct *dst_vma, struct vm_area_struct *src_vma);
int follow_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
pte_t **ptepp, spinlock_t **ptlp);
-int follow_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
- unsigned long *pfn);
int follow_phys(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
unsigned int flags, unsigned long *prot, resource_size_t *phys);
int generic_access_phys(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
@@ -5882,8 +5882,8 @@ int __pmd_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm, pud_t *pud, unsigned long address)
* Only IO mappings and raw PFN mappings are allowed. The mmap semaphore
* should be taken for read.
*
- * KVM uses this function. While it is arguably less bad than ``follow_pfn``,
- * it is not a good general-purpose API.
+ * KVM uses this function. While it is arguably less bad than the historic
+ * ``follow_pfn``, it is not a good general-purpose API.
*
* Return: zero on success, -ve otherwise.
*/
@@ -5925,38 +5925,6 @@ int follow_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(follow_pte);
-/**
- * follow_pfn - look up PFN at a user virtual address
- * @vma: memory mapping
- * @address: user virtual address
- * @pfn: location to store found PFN
- *
- * Only IO mappings and raw PFN mappings are allowed.
- *
- * This function does not allow the caller to read the permissions
- * of the PTE. Do not use it.
- *
- * Return: zero and the pfn at @pfn on success, -ve otherwise.
- */
-int follow_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
- unsigned long *pfn)
-{
- int ret = -EINVAL;
- spinlock_t *ptl;
- pte_t *ptep;
-
- if (!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP)))
- return ret;
-
- ret = follow_pte(vma->vm_mm, address, &ptep, &ptl);
- if (ret)
- return ret;
- *pfn = pte_pfn(ptep_get(ptep));
- pte_unmap_unlock(ptep, ptl);
- return 0;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(follow_pfn);
-
#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT
int follow_phys(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long address, unsigned int flags,
@@ -110,27 +110,6 @@ unsigned int kobjsize(const void *objp)
return page_size(page);
}
-/**
- * follow_pfn - look up PFN at a user virtual address
- * @vma: memory mapping
- * @address: user virtual address
- * @pfn: location to store found PFN
- *
- * Only IO mappings and raw PFN mappings are allowed.
- *
- * Returns zero and the pfn at @pfn on success, -ve otherwise.
- */
-int follow_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
- unsigned long *pfn)
-{
- if (!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP)))
- return -EINVAL;
-
- *pfn = address >> PAGE_SHIFT;
- return 0;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(follow_pfn);
-
void vfree(const void *addr)
{
kfree(addr);