x86, perf: Make copy_from_user_nmi() a library function
copy_from_user_nmi() is used in oprofile and perf. Moving it to other library functions like copy_from_user(). As this is x86 code for 32 and 64 bits, create a new file usercopy.c for unified code. Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110607172413.GJ20052@erda.amd.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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@@ -555,6 +555,9 @@ struct __large_struct { unsigned long buf[100]; };
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#endif /* CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK */
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extern unsigned long
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copy_from_user_nmi(void *to, const void __user *from, unsigned long n);
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/*
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* movsl can be slow when source and dest are not both 8-byte aligned
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*/
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