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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/lib/usercopy.c')
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diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/usercopy.c b/arch/x86/lib/usercopy.c new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..24b48af274 --- /dev/null +++ b/arch/x86/lib/usercopy.c @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +/* + * User address space access functions. + * + * For licencing details see kernel-base/COPYING + */ + +#include <linux/uaccess.h> +#include <linux/export.h> +#include <linux/instrumented.h> + +#include <asm/tlbflush.h> + +/** + * copy_from_user_nmi - NMI safe copy from user + * @to: Pointer to the destination buffer + * @from: Pointer to a user space address of the current task + * @n: Number of bytes to copy + * + * Returns: The number of not copied bytes. 0 is success, i.e. all bytes copied + * + * Contrary to other copy_from_user() variants this function can be called + * from NMI context. Despite the name it is not restricted to be called + * from NMI context. It is safe to be called from any other context as + * well. It disables pagefaults across the copy which means a fault will + * abort the copy. + * + * For NMI context invocations this relies on the nested NMI work to allow + * atomic faults from the NMI path; the nested NMI paths are careful to + * preserve CR2. + */ +unsigned long +copy_from_user_nmi(void *to, const void __user *from, unsigned long n) +{ + unsigned long ret; + + if (!__access_ok(from, n)) + return n; + + if (!nmi_uaccess_okay()) + return n; + + /* + * Even though this function is typically called from NMI/IRQ context + * disable pagefaults so that its behaviour is consistent even when + * called from other contexts. + */ + pagefault_disable(); + instrument_copy_from_user_before(to, from, n); + ret = raw_copy_from_user(to, from, n); + instrument_copy_from_user_after(to, from, n, ret); + pagefault_enable(); + + return ret; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(copy_from_user_nmi); |