The current interface copy_oldmem_page() passes user pointer without __user annotation and hence does unnecessary user/kernel pointer conversions during its implementation. Use the interface copy_oldmem_page_buf() to avoid this issue. Cc: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-mips <linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Amit Daniel Kachhap <amit.kachhap@xxxxxxx> --- arch/mips/kernel/crash_dump.c | 24 ++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/crash_dump.c b/arch/mips/kernel/crash_dump.c index 2e50f55185a6..f2406b868a27 100644 --- a/arch/mips/kernel/crash_dump.c +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/crash_dump.c @@ -3,20 +3,20 @@ #include <linux/crash_dump.h> /** - * copy_oldmem_page - copy one page from "oldmem" + * copy_oldmem_page_buf - copy one page from "oldmem" * @pfn: page frame number to be copied - * @buf: target memory address for the copy; this can be in kernel address - * space or user address space (see @userbuf) + * @ubuf: target user memory pointer for the copy; use copy_to_user() if this + * pointer is not NULL + * @kbuf: target kernel memory pointer for the copy; use memcpy() if this + * pointer is not NULL * @csize: number of bytes to copy * @offset: offset in bytes into the page (based on pfn) to begin the copy - * @userbuf: if set, @buf is in user address space, use copy_to_user(), - * otherwise @buf is in kernel address space, use memcpy(). * - * Copy a page from "oldmem". For this page, there is no pte mapped - * in the current kernel. + * Copy a page from "oldmem" into buffer pointed by either @ubuf or @kbuf. For + * this page, there is no pte mapped in the current kernel. */ -ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long pfn, char *buf, - size_t csize, unsigned long offset, int userbuf) +ssize_t copy_oldmem_page_buf(unsigned long pfn, char __user *ubuf, char *kbuf, + size_t csize, unsigned long offset) { void *vaddr; @@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ ssize_t copy_oldmem_page(unsigned long pfn, char *buf, vaddr = kmap_local_pfn(pfn); - if (!userbuf) { - memcpy(buf, vaddr + offset, csize); + if (kbuf) { + memcpy(kbuf, vaddr + offset, csize); } else { - if (copy_to_user(buf, vaddr + offset, csize)) + if (copy_to_user(ubuf, vaddr + offset, csize)) csize = -EFAULT; } -- 2.17.1