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static int copy_to_brd_setup(struct brd_device *brd, sector_t sector, size_t n)
/*
* Ram backed block device driver.
*
* Copyright (C) 2007 Nick Piggin
* Copyright (C) 2007 Novell Inc.
*
* Parts derived from drivers/block/rd.c, and drivers/block/loop.c, copyright
* of their respective owners.
*/
/*
* Each block ramdisk device has a radix_tree brd_pages of pages that stores
* the pages containing the block device's contents. A brd page's ->index is
* its offset in PAGE_SIZE units. This is similar to, but in no way connected
* with, the kernel's pagecache or buffer cache (which sit above our block
* device).
*/
struct brd_device {
int brd_number;
struct request_queue *brd_queue;
struct gendisk *brd_disk;
struct list_head brd_list;
/*
* Backing store of pages and lock to protect it. This is the contents
* of the block device.
*/
spinlock_t brd_lock;
struct radix_tree_root brd_pages;
};
/*
* Look up and return a brd's page for a given sector.
*/
static struct page *brd_lookup_page(struct brd_device *brd, sector_t sector)
{
pgoff_t idx;
struct page *page;
/*
* The page lifetime is protected by the fact that we have opened the
* device node -- brd pages will never be deleted under us, so we
* don't need any further locking or refcounting.