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authorJason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>2010-01-07 11:58:36 -0600
committerJason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>2010-01-07 11:58:36 -0600
commit6144a85a0e018c19bc4b24f7eb6c1f3f7431813d (patch)
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parent2c1f1895ef2aa8f0e5497893eff71304aef332e1 (diff)
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maccess,probe_kernel: Allow arch specific override probe_kernel_(read|write)
Some archs such as blackfin, would like to have an arch specific probe_kernel_read() and probe_kernel_write() implementation which can fall back to the generic implementation if no special operations are needed. CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
-rw-r--r--include/linux/uaccess.h4
-rw-r--r--mm/maccess.c11
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/uaccess.h b/include/linux/uaccess.h
index 6b58367..d512d98 100644
--- a/include/linux/uaccess.h
+++ b/include/linux/uaccess.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ static inline unsigned long __copy_from_user_nocache(void *to,
* happens, handle that and return -EFAULT.
*/
extern long probe_kernel_read(void *dst, void *src, size_t size);
+extern long __probe_kernel_read(void *dst, void *src, size_t size);
/*
* probe_kernel_write(): safely attempt to write to a location
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ extern long probe_kernel_read(void *dst, void *src, size_t size);
* Safely write to address @dst from the buffer at @src. If a kernel fault
* happens, handle that and return -EFAULT.
*/
-extern long probe_kernel_write(void *dst, void *src, size_t size);
+extern long notrace probe_kernel_write(void *dst, void *src, size_t size);
+extern long notrace __probe_kernel_write(void *dst, void *src, size_t size);
#endif /* __LINUX_UACCESS_H__ */
diff --git a/mm/maccess.c b/mm/maccess.c
index 9073695..4e348db 100644
--- a/mm/maccess.c
+++ b/mm/maccess.c
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@
* Safely read from address @src to the buffer at @dst. If a kernel fault
* happens, handle that and return -EFAULT.
*/
-long probe_kernel_read(void *dst, void *src, size_t size)
+
+long __weak probe_kernel_read(void *dst, void *src, size_t size)
+ __attribute__((alias("__probe_kernel_read")));
+
+long __probe_kernel_read(void *dst, void *src, size_t size)
{
long ret;
mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
@@ -39,7 +43,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(probe_kernel_read);
* Safely write to address @dst from the buffer at @src. If a kernel fault
* happens, handle that and return -EFAULT.
*/
-long notrace __weak probe_kernel_write(void *dst, void *src, size_t size)
+long __weak probe_kernel_write(void *dst, void *src, size_t size)
+ __attribute__((alias("__probe_kernel_write")));
+
+long __probe_kernel_write(void *dst, void *src, size_t size)
{
long ret;
mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();