To avoid code duplication, re-use __memset_user(), when clearing
user-space memory.
The overhead should be minimal (2 extra register assignments) and
outside of the writing loop.
Signed-off-by: Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@xxxxxxxxx>
CC: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: linux-integrity@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
CC: kernel-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
CC: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
CC: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c | 29 +----------------------------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 28 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c b/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c
index 84f8f8a20b30..ab6aabb62055 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c
@@ -69,34 +69,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(memset_user);
unsigned long __clear_user(void __user *addr, unsigned long size)
{
- long __d0;
- might_fault();
- /* no memory constraint because it doesn't change any memory gcc knows
- about */
- stac();
- asm volatile(
- " testq %[size8],%[size8]\n"
- " jz 4f\n"
- "0: movq $0,(%[dst])\n"
- " addq $8,%[dst]\n"
- " decl %%ecx ; jnz 0b\n"
- "4: movq %[size1],%%rcx\n"
- " testl %%ecx,%%ecx\n"
- " jz 2f\n"
- "1: movb $0,(%[dst])\n"
- " incq %[dst]\n"
- " decl %%ecx ; jnz 1b\n"
- "2:\n"
- ".section .fixup,\"ax\"\n"
- "3: lea 0(%[size1],%[size8],8),%[size8]\n"
- " jmp 2b\n"
- ".previous\n"
- _ASM_EXTABLE_UA(0b, 3b)
- _ASM_EXTABLE_UA(1b, 2b)
- : [size8] "=&c"(size), [dst] "=&D" (__d0)
- : [size1] "r"(size & 7), "[size8]" (size / 8), "[dst]"(addr));
- clac();
- return size;
+ return __memset_user(addr, 0, size);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__clear_user);
--
2.19.1
