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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/vvar.h')
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diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vvar.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vvar.h new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..183e98e49a --- /dev/null +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vvar.h @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */ +/* + * vvar.h: Shared vDSO/kernel variable declarations + * Copyright (c) 2011 Andy Lutomirski + * + * A handful of variables are accessible (read-only) from userspace + * code in the vsyscall page and the vdso. They are declared here. + * Some other file must define them with DEFINE_VVAR. + * + * In normal kernel code, they are used like any other variable. + * In user code, they are accessed through the VVAR macro. + * + * These variables live in a page of kernel data that has an extra RO + * mapping for userspace. Each variable needs a unique offset within + * that page; specify that offset with the DECLARE_VVAR macro. (If + * you mess up, the linker will catch it.) + */ + +#ifndef _ASM_X86_VVAR_H +#define _ASM_X86_VVAR_H + +#ifdef EMIT_VVAR +/* + * EMIT_VVAR() is used by the kernel linker script to put vvars in the + * right place. Also, it's used by kernel code to import offsets values. + */ +#define DECLARE_VVAR(offset, type, name) \ + EMIT_VVAR(name, offset) + +#else + +extern char __vvar_page; + +#define DECLARE_VVAR(offset, type, name) \ + extern type vvar_ ## name[CS_BASES] \ + __attribute__((visibility("hidden"))); \ + extern type timens_ ## name[CS_BASES] \ + __attribute__((visibility("hidden"))); \ + +#define VVAR(name) (vvar_ ## name) +#define TIMENS(name) (timens_ ## name) + +#define DEFINE_VVAR(type, name) \ + type name[CS_BASES] \ + __attribute__((section(".vvar_" #name), aligned(16))) __visible + +#endif + +/* DECLARE_VVAR(offset, type, name) */ + +DECLARE_VVAR(128, struct vdso_data, _vdso_data) + +#undef DECLARE_VVAR + +#endif |