linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 0/4] vm: add a syscall to map a process memory into a pipe

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Date:   Wed, 22 Nov 2017 21:36:27 +0200
From:   Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        criu@...nvz.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...tuozzo.com>,
        Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Yossi Kuperman <yossiku@...ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 0/4] vm: add a syscall to map a process memory into a pipe

From: Yossi Kuperman <yossiku@...ibm.com>

Hi,

This patches introduces new process_vmsplice system call that combines
functionality of process_vm_read and vmsplice.

It allows to map the memory of another process into a pipe, similarly to
what vmsplice does for its own address space.

The patch 2/4 ("vm: add a syscall to map a process memory into a pipe")
actually adds the new system call and provides its elaborate description.

The patchset is against -mm tree.

v3: minor refactoring to reduce code duplication
v2: move this syscall under CONFIG_CROSS_MEMORY_ATTACH
    give correct flags to get_user_pages_remote()

Andrei Vagin (3):
  vm: add a syscall to map a process memory into a pipe
  x86: wire up the process_vmsplice syscall
  test: add a test for the process_vmsplice syscall

Mike Rapoport (1):
  fs/splice: introduce pages_to_pipe helper

 arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl             |   1 +
 arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl             |   2 +
 fs/splice.c                                        | 262 +++++++++++++++++++--
 include/linux/compat.h                             |   3 +
 include/linux/syscalls.h                           |   4 +
 include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h                  |   5 +-
 kernel/sys_ni.c                                    |   2 +
 tools/testing/selftests/process_vmsplice/Makefile  |   5 +
 .../process_vmsplice/process_vmsplice_test.c       | 188 +++++++++++++++
 9 files changed, 450 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/process_vmsplice/Makefile
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/process_vmsplice/process_vmsplice_test.c

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