Re: [PATCH] Export shmem_file_setup and shmem_getpage for DRM-GEM

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 11:58:38PM -0700, Eric Anholt wrote:
> From: Keith Packard <keithp@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> GEM needs to create shmem files and get pages related to a shmem file, and
> using this pair of functions is the easiest way to do that.

Nope.  Let the userspace protion create a file in shmfs instead of
adding fugly kernel interfaces hdiing this fact.

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