remap_vmalloc_range(9)

NAME

remap_vmalloc_range - map vmalloc pages to userspace

SYNOPSIS

int remap_vmalloc_range(struct vm_area_struct * vma, void * addr,
                        unsigned long pgoff);

ARGUMENTS

vma
vma to cover (map full range of vma)
addr
vmalloc memory
pgoff
number of pages into addr before first page to map

RETURNS

0 for success, -Exxx on failure

This function checks that addr is a valid vmalloc´ed area, and that it is big enough to cover the vma. Will return failure if that criteria
isn´t met.

Similar to remap_pfn_range (see mm/memory.c)

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