On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 08:11:26PM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote: > > - ret = probe_kernel_read(&c, (u8 *)addr + len, 1); > > + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_NON_OVERLAPPING_ADDRESS_SPACE) && > > + (unsigned long)addr < TASK_SIZE) { > > + ret = probe_user_read(&c, > > + (__force u8 __user *)addr + len, 1); > > + } else { > > + ret = probe_kernel_read(&c, (u8 *)addr + len, 1); > > + } > > len++; > > } while (c && ret == 0 && len < MAX_STRING_SIZE); > > To avoid redundant check in the loop, we can use strnlen_user_nofault() out of > the loop. Something like below. Yes, I've done something very similar in response to Linus' comment (just using an ifdef instead).