On Tuesday 14 August 2012, Catalin Marinas wrote: > +/* > + * Single-value transfer routines. They automatically use the right > + * size if we just have the right pointer type. Note that the functions > + * which read from user space (*get_*) need to take care not to leak > + * kernel data even if the calling code is buggy and fails to check > + * the return value. This means zeroing out the destination variable > + * or buffer on error. Normally this is done out of line by the > + * fixup code, but there are a few places where it intrudes on the > + * main code path. When we only write to user space, there is no > + * problem. > + */ > +extern long __get_user_1(void *); > +extern long __get_user_2(void *); > +extern long __get_user_4(void *); > +extern long __get_user_8(void *); > + > +#define __get_user_x(__r2,__p,__e,__s,__i...) \ > + asm volatile( \ > + __asmeq("%0", "x0") __asmeq("%1", "x2") \ > + "bl __get_user_" #__s \ > + : "=&r" (__e), "=r" (__r2) \ > + : "0" (__p) \ > + : __i, "cc") > + > +#define get_user(x,p) \ > + ({ \ > + register const typeof(*(p)) __user *__p asm("x0") = (p);\ > + register unsigned long __r2 asm("x2"); \ > + register long __e asm("x0"); \ > + switch (sizeof(*(__p))) { \ > + case 1: \ > + __get_user_x(__r2, __p, __e, 1, "x30"); \ > + break; \ > + case 2: \ > + __get_user_x(__r2, __p, __e, 2, "x3", "x30"); \ > + break; \ > + case 4: \ > + __get_user_x(__r2, __p, __e, 4, "x30"); \ > + break; \ > + case 8: \ > + __get_user_x(__r2, __p, __e, 8, "x30"); \ > + break; \ > + default: __e = __get_user_bad(); break; \ > + } \ > + x = (typeof(*(p))) __r2; \ > + __e; \ > + }) It's fairly unusual to have out of line get_user/put_user functions. What is the reason for this, other than copying from ARM? > + > +__get_user_bad: > + mov x2, #0 > + mov x0, #-EFAULT > + ret > +ENDPROC(__get_user_bad) > +__put_user_bad: > + mov x0, #-EFAULT > + ret > +ENDPROC(__put_user_bad) > + The purpose of these symbols is to provoke a link error when you pass the wrong data into get_user/put_user. Actually defining them completely breaks this logic, so you should remove these! Arnd -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html