Re: [PATCH v12 01/12] lib: introduce copy_struct_{to, from}_user helpers

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On Thu, Sep 05, 2019 at 11:09:35AM +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> On Sep 05 2019, Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > diff --git a/lib/struct_user.c b/lib/struct_user.c
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..7301ab1bbe98
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/lib/struct_user.c
> > @@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> > +/*
> > + * Copyright (C) 2019 SUSE LLC
> > + * Copyright (C) 2019 Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > + */
> > +
> > +#include <linux/types.h>
> > +#include <linux/export.h>
> > +#include <linux/uaccess.h>
> > +#include <linux/kernel.h>
> > +#include <linux/string.h>
> > +
> > +#define BUFFER_SIZE 64
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * "memset(p, 0, size)" but for user space buffers. Caller must have already
> > + * checked access_ok(p, size).
> > + */
> > +static int __memzero_user(void __user *p, size_t s)
> > +{
> > +	const char zeros[BUFFER_SIZE] = {};
> 
> Perhaps make that static?

On SMP? It should at least be per cpu, and I'm not even sure
with preemption.

	Gabriel

> 
> Andreas.
> 
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