On 11/30/2012 06:47 PM, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:29:30 +0800 Lin Feng <linf...@cn.fujitsu.com> wrote: > >>> add a new library function which callers can use before (or after?) >>> calling get_user_pages[_fast](). >> Sorry, I'm not quite understand what "library function" function means.. >> Does it means a function aids get_user_pages() or totally wraps/replaces >> get_user_pages(), or none of above? > > "library function" is terminology for a general facility which > the core kernel makes available to other parts of the kernel. > get_user_pages() is a library function, as are the functions in lib/, > etc. "grep EXPORT_SYMBOL ./*/*.c" hi Andrew,
Thanks for your explanation and sorry for my ignorant question :) As Mel said Still I can't find a way to make every guy happy.. Thanks, linfeng > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
