uaccess: add force_uaccess_{begin,end} helpers
Add helpers to wrap the get_fs/set_fs magic for undoing any damange done by set_fs(KERNEL_DS). There is no real functional benefit, but this documents the intent of these calls better, and will allow stubbing the functions out easily for kernels builds that do not allow address space overrides in the future. [hch@lst.de: drop two incorrect hunks, fix a commit log typo] Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200714105505.935079-6-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Acked-by: Greentime Hu <green.hu@gmail.com> Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Cc: Nick Hu <nickhu@andestech.com> Cc: Vincent Chen <deanbo422@gmail.com> Cc: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com> Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200710135706.537715-6-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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#include <asm/uaccess.h>
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/*
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* Force the uaccess routines to be wired up for actual userspace access,
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* overriding any possible set_fs(KERNEL_DS) still lingering around. Undone
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* using force_uaccess_end below.
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*/
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static inline mm_segment_t force_uaccess_begin(void)
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{
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mm_segment_t fs = get_fs();
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set_fs(USER_DS);
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return fs;
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}
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static inline void force_uaccess_end(mm_segment_t oldfs)
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{
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set_fs(oldfs);
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}
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/*
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* Architectures should provide two primitives (raw_copy_{to,from}_user())
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* and get rid of their private instances of copy_{to,from}_user() and
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