add some helper functions for copying between virtual and physical memory

this was already possible, but now it's slightly safer

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/kernel/mem/virt.h b/src/kernel/mem/virt.h
index 7dac887..78d0cb3 100644
--- a/src/kernel/mem/virt.h
+++ b/src/kernel/mem/virt.h
@@ -27,3 +27,14 @@ bool virt_iter_next(struct virt_iter *);
 bool virt_cpy(
 		struct pagedir *dest_pages,       void __user *dest,
 		struct pagedir  *src_pages, const void __user *src, size_t length);
+
+
+inline bool virt_cpy_to(struct pagedir *dest_pages, // physical -> virtual
+		void __user *dest, const void *src, size_t length) {
+	return virt_cpy(dest_pages, dest, NULL, (userptr_t)src, length);
+}
+
+inline bool virt_cpy_from(struct pagedir *src_pages, // virtual -> physical
+		void *dest, const void __user *src, size_t length) {
+	return virt_cpy(NULL, (userptr_t)dest, src_pages, src, length);
+}