Re: [PATCH V9 21/21] csky: support dword access for get_user_size()

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On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 10:34:00AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 5:41 AM Guo Ren <ren_guo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 05:44:17PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 5:33 AM Guo Ren <ren_guo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Support dword access for get_user_size and redesign put_user_size with
> > > > the same style of get_user_size. It's Ok to use xxx_user_asm_common for
> > > > all size of variable with ldb, ldh, ldw, ld.d
> > > >
> > > > ld.d rx, (addr, 0) could "rx <= addr" "and r(x+1) <= addr+4" and this also
> > > > follow abiv2 gcc ABI for dword access.
> > >
> > > Are you sure this is correct for this?
> > >
> > > static inline u32 get_64_to_32(__u64 __user *p)
> > > {
> > >       u32 ret;
> > >       get_user(ret, p);
> > >       return ret;
> > > }
> > >
> > > If I read __get_user_asm_common() right, the ld.d would overwrite
> > > two registers, but the caller only expects one, so it clobbers one
> > > that might be in use.
> > Ah... BUG! I only consider the get_user(u64, u64 *) :P
> >
> > Change to:
> > case 8:                                                 \
> > __get_user_asm_dword((x), ptr, "ld.d", retval);         \
> > break;
> >
> > #define __get_user_asm_dword(x, ptr, err)               \
> > do {                                                    \
> >         u64 tmp;                                        \
> >         __get_user_asm_common(tmp, ptr, "ld.d", err);   \
> >         x = typeof(x) tmp;                              \
> > } while(0)
> >
> > #define __put_user_asm_dword(x, ptr, err)               \
> > do {                                                    \
> >         u64 tmp = (u64) x;                              \
> >         __put_user_asm_common(tmp, ptr, "st.d", err);   \
> > } while(0)
> >
> 
> I think this will cause warnings for code that passes a pointer.
> 
> The 64-bit __get_user() is really hard, and most 32-bit architectures don't
> implement it at all. If you really want to add it, have a look at what
> x86 and arm do. IIRC they both use __builtin_choose_expr(),
Thx for the tips and I'll drop the patch first for the upstream. 

I want to implement it because of make allmodconfig and
drivers/android/binder.c need it. I'll learn __builtin_choose_expr()
and prepare patch next.

Best Regards
 Guo Ren



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