Allow the callers to distinguish a real unmapped address vs a range
that can't be probed.
Suggested-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
---
mm/maccess.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/maccess.c b/mm/maccess.c
index 1e7d77656c596..4010d64189d21 100644
--- a/mm/maccess.c
+++ b/mm/maccess.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ bool __weak copy_from_kernel_nofault_allowed(void *dst, const void *unsafe_src,
long copy_from_kernel_nofault(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
{
if (!copy_from_kernel_nofault_allowed(dst, src, size))
- return -EFAULT;
+ return -ERANGE;
pagefault_disable();
copy_from_kernel_nofault_loop(dst, src, size, u64, Efault);
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ long strncpy_from_kernel_nofault(char *dst, const void *unsafe_addr, long count)
if (unlikely(count <= 0))
return 0;
if (!copy_from_kernel_nofault_allowed(dst, unsafe_addr, count))
- return -EFAULT;
+ return -ERANGE;
pagefault_disable();
do {
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ long copy_from_kernel_nofault(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
if (!copy_from_kernel_nofault_allowed(dst, src, size))
- return -EFAULT;
+ return -ERANGE;
set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
pagefault_disable();
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ long strncpy_from_kernel_nofault(char *dst, const void *unsafe_addr, long count)
if (unlikely(count <= 0))
return 0;
if (!copy_from_kernel_nofault_allowed(dst, unsafe_addr, count))
- return -EFAULT;
+ return -ERANGE;
set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
pagefault_disable();
--
2.26.2
