+/**
+ * access_remote_vm - access another process' address space
+ * @mm: the mm_struct of the target address space
+ * @addr: start address to access
+ * @buf: source or destination buffer
+ * @len: number of bytes to transfer
+ * @write: whether the access is a write
+ *
+ * The caller must hold a reference on @mm.
+ */
+int access_remote_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
+ void *buf, int len, int write)
+{
+ return __access_remote_vm(NULL, mm, addr, buf, len, write);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Access another process' address space.
+ * Source/target buffer must be kernel space,
+ * Do not walk the page table directly, use get_user_pages
+ */
+int access_process_vm(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long addr,
+ void *buf, int len, int write)
+{
+ struct mm_struct *mm;
+ int ret;
+
+ mm = get_task_mm(tsk);
+ if (!mm)
+ return 0;
+
+ ret = __access_remote_vm(tsk, mm, addr, buf, len, write);
+ mmput(mm);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+