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diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c
index 4e7e2ec67078..77825883298f 100644
--- a/mm/swap.c
+++ b/mm/swap.c
@@ -236,6 +236,58 @@ void put_pages_list(struct list_head *pages)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(put_pages_list);
+/*
+ * get_kernel_pages() - pin kernel pages in memory
+ * @kiov: An array of struct kvec structures
+ * @nr_segs: number of segments to pin
+ * @write: pinning for read/write, currently ignored
+ * @pages: array that receives pointers to the pages pinned.
+ * Should be at least nr_segs long.
+ *
+ * Returns number of pages pinned. This may be fewer than the number
+ * requested. If nr_pages is 0 or negative, returns 0. If no pages
+ * were pinned, returns -errno. Each page returned must be released
+ * with a put_page() call when it is finished with.
+ */
+int get_kernel_pages(const struct kvec *kiov, int nr_segs, int write,
+ struct page **pages)
+{
+ int seg;
+
+ for (seg = 0; seg < nr_segs; seg++) {
+ if (WARN_ON(kiov[seg].iov_len != PAGE_SIZE))
+ return seg;
+
+ pages[seg] = kmap_to_page(kiov[seg].iov_base);
+ page_cache_get(pages[seg]);
+ }
+
+ return seg;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_kernel_pages);
+
+/*
+ * get_kernel_page() - pin a kernel page in memory
+ * @start: starting kernel address
+ * @write: pinning for read/write, currently ignored
+ * @pages: array that receives pointer to the page pinned.
+ * Must be at least nr_segs long.
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if page is pinned. If the page was not pinned, returns
+ * -errno. The page returned must be released with a put_page() call
+ * when it is finished with.
+ */
+int get_kernel_page(unsigned long start, int write, struct page **pages)
+{
+ const struct kvec kiov = {
+ .iov_base = (void *)start,
+ .iov_len = PAGE_SIZE
+ };
+
+ return get_kernel_pages(&kiov, 1, write, pages);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_kernel_page);
+
static void pagevec_lru_move_fn(struct pagevec *pvec,
void (*move_fn)(struct page *page, struct lruvec *lruvec, void *arg),
void *arg)