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2016-05-22x86: remove more uaccess_32.h complexityLinus Torvalds1-2/+1
I'm looking at trying to possibly merge the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the x86 uaccess.h implementation, but first this needs to be cleaned up. For example, the 32-bit version of "__copy_from_user_inatomic()" is mostly the special cases for the constant size, and it's actually almost never relevant. Most users aren't actually using a constant size anyway, and the few cases that do small constant copies are better off just using __get_user() instead. So get rid of the unnecessary complexity. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-11-05mm/maccess.c: actually return -EFAULT from strncpy_from_unsafeRasmus Villemoes1-1/+1
As far as I can tell, strncpy_from_unsafe never returns -EFAULT. ret is the result of a __copy_from_user_inatomic(), which is 0 for success and positive (in this case necessarily 1) for access error - it is never negative. So we were always returning the length of the, possibly truncated, destination string. Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk> Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-11-05uaccess: reimplement probe_kernel_address() using probe_kernel_read()Andrew Morton1-0/+5
probe_kernel_address() is basically the same as the (later added) probe_kernel_read(). The return value on EFAULT is a bit different: probe_kernel_address() returns number-of-bytes-not-copied whereas probe_kernel_read() returns -EFAULT. All callers have been checked, none cared. probe_kernel_read() can be overridden by the architecture whereas probe_kernel_address() cannot. parisc, blackfin and um do this, to insert additional checking. Hence this patch possibly fixes obscure bugs, although there are only two probe_kernel_address() callsites outside arch/. My first attempt involved removing probe_kernel_address() entirely and converting all callsites to use probe_kernel_read() directly, but that got tiresome. This patch shrinks mm/slab_common.o by 218 bytes. For a single probe_kernel_address() callsite. Cc: Steven Miao <realmz6@gmail.com> Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at> Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@parisc-linux.org> Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-08-31lib: move strncpy_from_unsafe() into mm/maccess.cAlexei Starovoitov1-0/+41
To fix build errors: kernel/built-in.o: In function `bpf_trace_printk': bpf_trace.c:(.text+0x11a254): undefined reference to `strncpy_from_unsafe' kernel/built-in.o: In function `fetch_memory_string': trace_kprobe.c:(.text+0x11acf8): undefined reference to `strncpy_from_unsafe' move strncpy_from_unsafe() next to probe_kernel_read/write() which use the same memory access style. Reported-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Reported-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> Fixes: 1a6877b9c0c2 ("lib: introduce strncpy_from_unsafe()") Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-10-31mm: Map most files to use export.h instead of module.hPaul Gortmaker1-1/+1
The files changed within are only using the EXPORT_SYMBOL macro variants. They are not using core modular infrastructure and hence don't need module.h but only the export.h header. Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
2011-05-25maccess,probe_kernel: Make write/read src const void *Steven Rostedt1-4/+4
The functions probe_kernel_write() and probe_kernel_read() do not modify the src pointer. Allow const pointers to be passed in without the need of a typecast. Acked-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> Acked-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> Acked-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1305824936.1465.4.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com
2010-10-27MN10300: Save frame pointer in thread_info struct rather than global varDavid Howells1-1/+1
Save the current exception frame pointer in the thread_info struct rather than in a global variable as the latter makes SMP tricky, especially when preemption is also enabled. This also replaces __frame with current_frame() and rearranges header file inclusions to make it all compile. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Acked-by: Akira Takeuchi <takeuchi.akr@jp.panasonic.com>
2010-01-07maccess,probe_kernel: Allow arch specific override probe_kernel_(read|write)Jason Wessel1-2/+9
Some archs such as blackfin, would like to have an arch specific probe_kernel_read() and probe_kernel_write() implementation which can fall back to the generic implementation if no special operations are needed. CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
2009-06-12[S390] maccess: add weak attribute to probe_kernel_writeHeiko Carstens1-1/+1
probe_kernel_write() gets used to write to the kernel address space. E.g. to patch the kernel (kgdb, ftrace, kprobes...). Some architectures however enable write protection for the kernel text section, so that writes to this region would fault. This patch allows to specify an architecture specific version of probe_kernel_write() which allows to handle and bypass write protection of the text segment. That way it is still possible to catch random writes to kernel text and explicitly allow writes via this interface. Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2008-04-17kgdb: fix optional arch functions and probe_kernel_*Jason Wessel1-0/+6
Fix two regressions dealing with the kgdb core. 1) kgdb_skipexception and kgdb_post_primary_code are optional functions that are only required on archs that need special exception fixups. 2) The kernel address space scope must be set on any probe_kernel_* function or archs such as ARCH=arm will not allow access to the kernel memory space. As an example, it is required to allow the full kernel address space is when you the kernel debugger to inspect a system call. Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-04-17uaccess: add probe_kernel_write()Ingo Molnar1-0/+49
add probe_kernel_read() and probe_kernel_write(). Uninlined and restricted to kernel range memory only, as suggested by Linus. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>