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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/uaccess.h | 22 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/Makefile | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/maccess.c | 49 |
3 files changed, 72 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/uaccess.h b/include/linux/uaccess.h index 975c963e5789..fec6decfb983 100644 --- a/include/linux/uaccess.h +++ b/include/linux/uaccess.h @@ -84,4 +84,26 @@ static inline unsigned long __copy_from_user_nocache(void *to, ret; \ }) +/* + * probe_kernel_read(): safely attempt to read from a location + * @dst: pointer to the buffer that shall take the data + * @src: address to read from + * @size: size of the data chunk + * + * Safely read from address @src to the buffer at @dst. If a kernel fault + * happens, handle that and return -EFAULT. + */ +extern long probe_kernel_read(void *dst, void *src, size_t size); + +/* + * probe_kernel_write(): safely attempt to write to a location + * @dst: address to write to + * @src: pointer to the data that shall be written + * @size: size of the data chunk + * + * 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); + #endif /* __LINUX_UACCESS_H__ */ diff --git a/mm/Makefile b/mm/Makefile index a5b0dd93427a..18c143b3c46c 100644 --- a/mm/Makefile +++ b/mm/Makefile @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ mmu-$(CONFIG_MMU) := fremap.o highmem.o madvise.o memory.o mincore.o \ vmalloc.o obj-y := bootmem.o filemap.o mempool.o oom_kill.o fadvise.o \ - page_alloc.o page-writeback.o pdflush.o \ + maccess.o page_alloc.o page-writeback.o pdflush.o \ readahead.o swap.o truncate.o vmscan.o \ prio_tree.o util.o mmzone.o vmstat.o backing-dev.o \ page_isolation.o $(mmu-y) diff --git a/mm/maccess.c b/mm/maccess.c new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..24f81b971403 --- /dev/null +++ b/mm/maccess.c @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +/* + * Access kernel memory without faulting. + */ +#include <linux/uaccess.h> +#include <linux/module.h> +#include <linux/mm.h> + +/** + * probe_kernel_read(): safely attempt to read from a location + * @dst: pointer to the buffer that shall take the data + * @src: address to read from + * @size: size of the data chunk + * + * 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 ret; + + pagefault_disable(); + ret = __copy_from_user_inatomic(dst, + (__force const void __user *)src, size); + pagefault_enable(); + + return ret ? -EFAULT : 0; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(probe_kernel_read); + +/** + * probe_kernel_write(): safely attempt to write to a location + * @dst: address to write to + * @src: pointer to the data that shall be written + * @size: size of the data chunk + * + * Safely write to address @dst from the buffer at @src. If a kernel fault + * happens, handle that and return -EFAULT. + */ +long probe_kernel_write(void *dst, void *src, size_t size) +{ + long ret; + + pagefault_disable(); + ret = __copy_to_user_inatomic((__force void __user *)dst, src, size); + pagefault_enable(); + + return ret ? -EFAULT : 0; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(probe_kernel_write); |
