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2016-08-08unsafe_[get|put]_user: change interface to use a error target labelLinus Torvalds1-2/+2
When I initially added the unsafe_[get|put]_user() helpers in commit 5b24a7a2aa20 ("Add 'unsafe' user access functions for batched accesses"), I made the mistake of modeling the interface on our traditional __[get|put]_user() functions, which return zero on success, or -EFAULT on failure. That interface is fairly easy to use, but it's actually fairly nasty for good code generation, since it essentially forces the caller to check the error value for each access. In particular, since the error handling is already internally implemented with an exception handler, and we already use "asm goto" for various other things, we could fairly easily make the error cases just jump directly to an error label instead, and avoid the need for explicit checking after each operation. So switch the interface to pass in an error label, rather than checking the error value in the caller. Best do it now before we start growing more users (the signal handling code in particular would be a good place to use the new interface). So rather than if (unsafe_get_user(x, ptr)) ... handle error .. the interface is now unsafe_get_user(x, ptr, label); where an error during the user mode fetch will now just cause a jump to 'label' in the caller. Right now the actual _implementation_ of this all still ends up being a "if (err) goto label", and does not take advantage of any exception label tricks, but for "unsafe_put_user()" in particular it should be fairly straightforward to convert to using the exception table model. Note that "unsafe_get_user()" is much harder to convert to a clever exception table model, because current versions of gcc do not allow the use of "asm goto" (for the exception) with output values (for the actual value to be fetched). But that is hopefully not a limitation in the long term. [ Also note that it might be a good idea to switch unsafe_get_user() to actually _return_ the value it fetches from user space, but this commit only changes the error handling semantics ] Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-12-17Add 'unsafe' user access functions for batched accessesLinus Torvalds1-0/+7
The naming is meant to discourage random use: the helper functions are not really any more "unsafe" than the traditional double-underscore functions (which need the address range checking), but they do need even more infrastructure around them, and should not be used willy-nilly. In addition to checking the access range, these user access functions require that you wrap the user access with a "user_acess_{begin,end}()" around it. That allows architectures that implement kernel user access control (x86: SMAP, arm64: PAN) to do the user access control in the wrapping user_access_begin/end part, and then batch up the actual user space accesses using the new interfaces. The main (and hopefully only) use for these are for core generic access helpers, initially just the generic user string functions (strnlen_user() and strncpy_from_user()). Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-11-05uaccess: reimplement probe_kernel_address() using probe_kernel_read()Andrew Morton1-30/+10
probe_kernel_address() is basically the same as the (later added) probe_kernel_read(). The return value on EFAULT is a bit different: probe_kernel_address() returns number-of-bytes-not-copied whereas probe_kernel_read() returns -EFAULT. All callers have been checked, none cared. probe_kernel_read() can be overridden by the architecture whereas probe_kernel_address() cannot. parisc, blackfin and um do this, to insert additional checking. Hence this patch possibly fixes obscure bugs, although there are only two probe_kernel_address() callsites outside arch/. My first attempt involved removing probe_kernel_address() entirely and converting all callsites to use probe_kernel_read() directly, but that got tiresome. This patch shrinks mm/slab_common.o by 218 bytes. For a single probe_kernel_address() callsite. Cc: Steven Miao <realmz6@gmail.com> Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at> Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@parisc-linux.org> Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-08-28lib: introduce strncpy_from_unsafe()Alexei Starovoitov1-0/+2
generalize FETCH_FUNC_NAME(memory, string) into strncpy_from_unsafe() and fix sparse warnings that were present in original implementation. Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2015-05-19sched/preempt, mm/fault: Decouple preemption from the page fault logicDavid Hildenbrand1-14/+2
As the fault handlers now all rely on the pagefault_disabled() checks and implicit preempt_disable() calls by pagefault_disable() have been made explicit, we can completely rely on the pagefault_disableD counter. So let's no longer touch the preempt count when disabling/enabling pagefaults. After a call to pagefault_disable(), pagefault_disabled() will return true, but in_atomic() won't. Reviewed-and-tested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <dahi@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: David.Laight@ACULAB.COM Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: airlied@linux.ie Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org Cc: benh@kernel.crashing.org Cc: bigeasy@linutronix.de Cc: borntraeger@de.ibm.com Cc: daniel.vetter@intel.com Cc: heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com Cc: herbert@gondor.apana.org.au Cc: hocko@suse.cz Cc: hughd@google.com Cc: mst@redhat.com Cc: paulus@samba.org Cc: ralf@linux-mips.org Cc: schwidefsky@de.ibm.com Cc: yang.shi@windriver.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1431359540-32227-16-git-send-email-dahi@linux.vnet.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-05-19mm/fault, arch: Use pagefault_disable() to check for disabled pagefaults in the handlerDavid Hildenbrand1-0/+12
Introduce faulthandler_disabled() and use it to check for irq context and disabled pagefaults (via pagefault_disable()) in the pagefault handlers. Please note that we keep the in_atomic() checks in place - to detect whether in irq context (in which case preemption is always properly disabled). In contrast, preempt_disable() should never be used to disable pagefaults. With !CONFIG_PREEMPT_COUNT, preempt_disable() doesn't modify the preempt counter, and therefore the result of in_atomic() differs. We validate that condition by using might_fault() checks when calling might_sleep(). Therefore, add a comment to faulthandler_disabled(), describing why this is needed. faulthandler_disabled() and pagefault_disable() are defined in linux/uaccess.h, so let's properly add that include to all relevant files. This patch is based on a patch from Thomas Gleixner. Reviewed-and-tested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <dahi@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: David.Laight@ACULAB.COM Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: airlied@linux.ie Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org Cc: benh@kernel.crashing.org Cc: bigeasy@linutronix.de Cc: borntraeger@de.ibm.com Cc: daniel.vetter@intel.com Cc: heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com Cc: herbert@gondor.apana.org.au Cc: hocko@suse.cz Cc: hughd@google.com Cc: mst@redhat.com Cc: paulus@samba.org Cc: ralf@linux-mips.org Cc: schwidefsky@de.ibm.com Cc: yang.shi@windriver.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1431359540-32227-7-git-send-email-dahi@linux.vnet.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-05-19sched/preempt, mm/fault: Count pagefault_disable() levels in pagefault_disabledDavid Hildenbrand1-7/+29
Until now, pagefault_disable()/pagefault_enabled() used the preempt count to track whether in an environment with pagefaults disabled (can be queried via in_atomic()). This patch introduces a separate counter in task_struct to count the level of pagefault_disable() calls. We'll keep manipulating the preempt count to retain compatibility to existing pagefault handlers. It is now possible to verify whether in a pagefault_disable() envionment by calling pagefault_disabled(). In contrast to in_atomic() it will not be influenced by preempt_enable()/preempt_disable(). This patch is based on a patch from Ingo Molnar. Reviewed-and-tested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <dahi@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: David.Laight@ACULAB.COM Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: airlied@linux.ie Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org Cc: benh@kernel.crashing.org Cc: bigeasy@linutronix.de Cc: borntraeger@de.ibm.com Cc: daniel.vetter@intel.com Cc: heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com Cc: herbert@gondor.apana.org.au Cc: hocko@suse.cz Cc: hughd@google.com Cc: mst@redhat.com Cc: paulus@samba.org Cc: ralf@linux-mips.org Cc: schwidefsky@de.ibm.com Cc: yang.shi@windriver.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1431359540-32227-2-git-send-email-dahi@linux.vnet.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-01-13sched/preempt: Take away preempt_enable_no_resched() from modulesPeter Zijlstra1-1/+4
Discourage drivers/modules to be creative with preemption. Sadly all is implemented in macros and inline so if they want to do evil they still can, but at least try and discourage some. Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Eliezer Tamir <eliezer.tamir@linux.intel.com> Cc: rui.zhang@intel.com Cc: jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com Cc: Mike Galbraith <bitbucket@online.de> Cc: hpa@zytor.com Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Cc: lenb@kernel.org Cc: rjw@rjwysocki.net Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-fn7h6vu8wtgxk0ih402qcijx@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2013-09-25sched: Extract the basic add/sub preempt_count modifiersPeter Zijlstra1-6/+2
Rewrite the preempt_count macros in order to extract the 3 basic preempt_count value modifiers: __preempt_count_add() __preempt_count_sub() and the new: __preempt_count_dec_and_test() And since we're at it anyway, replace the unconventional $op_preempt_count names with the more conventional preempt_count_$op. Since these basic operators are equivalent to the previous _notrace() variants, do away with the _notrace() versions. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-ewbpdbupy9xpsjhg960zwbv8@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2011-05-25maccess,probe_kernel: Make write/read src const void *Steven Rostedt1-4/+4
The functions probe_kernel_write() and probe_kernel_read() do not modify the src pointer. Allow const pointers to be passed in without the need of a typecast. Acked-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> Acked-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> Acked-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1305824936.1465.4.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com
2010-01-07maccess,probe_kernel: Allow arch specific override probe_kernel_(read|write)Jason Wessel1-1/+3
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>
2008-09-16uaccess: fix parameters inversion for __copy_from_user_inatomic()Hiroshi Shimamoto1-1/+1
The following patch changes to use __copy_from_user_inatomic(), but the passing parameters incorrect: x86: some lock annotations for user copy paths, v3 This fixes the netfilter crash reported by Steven Noonan. Reported-by: Steven Noonan <steven@uplinklabs.net> Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> Tested-by: Steven Noonan <steven@uplinklabs.net> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-09-11x86: some lock annotations for user copy paths, v3Ingo Molnar1-1/+1
- add annotation back to clear_user() - change probe_kernel_address() to _inatomic*() method Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-04-17uaccess: add probe_kernel_write()Ingo Molnar1-0/+22
add probe_kernel_read() and probe_kernel_write(). Uninlined and restricted to kernel range memory only, as suggested by Linus. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2006-12-07Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds1-1/+1
* 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6: (156 commits) [PATCH] x86-64: Export smp_call_function_single [PATCH] i386: Clean up smp_tune_scheduling() [PATCH] unwinder: move .eh_frame to RODATA [PATCH] unwinder: fully support linker generated .eh_frame_hdr section [PATCH] x86-64: don't use set_irq_regs() [PATCH] x86-64: check vector in setup_ioapic_dest to verify if need setup_IO_APIC_irq [PATCH] x86-64: Make ix86 default to HIGHMEM4G instead of NOHIGHMEM [PATCH] i386: replace kmalloc+memset with kzalloc [PATCH] x86-64: remove remaining pc98 code [PATCH] x86-64: remove unused variable [PATCH] x86-64: Fix constraints in atomic_add_return() [PATCH] x86-64: fix asm constraints in i386 atomic_add_return [PATCH] x86-64: Correct documentation for bzImage protocol v2.05 [PATCH] x86-64: replace kmalloc+memset with kzalloc in MTRR code [PATCH] x86-64: Fix numaq build error [PATCH] x86-64: include/asm-x86_64/cpufeature.h isn't a userspace header [PATCH] unwinder: Add debugging output to the Dwarf2 unwinder [PATCH] x86-64: Clarify error message in GART code [PATCH] x86-64: Fix interrupt race in idle callback (3rd try) [PATCH] x86-64: Remove unwind stack pointer alignment forcing again ... Fixed conflict in include/linux/uaccess.h manually Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-07[PATCH] probe_kernel_address() needs to do set_fs()Andrew Morton1-0/+8
probe_kernel_address() purports to be generic, only it forgot to select KERNEL_DS, so it presently won't work right on all architectures. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-07[PATCH] mm: pagefault_{disable,enable}()Peter Zijlstra1-2/+37
Introduce pagefault_{disable,enable}() and use these where previously we did manual preempt increments/decrements to make the pagefault handler do the atomic thing. Currently they still rely on the increased preempt count, but do not rely on the disabled preemption, this might go away in the future. (NOTE: the extra barrier() in pagefault_disable might fix some holes on machines which have too many registers for their own good) [heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com: s390 fix] Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Acked-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-07[PATCH] Generic: Move __user cast into probe_kernel_addressAndi Kleen1-1/+1
Caller of probe_kernel_address shouldn't need to know that pka is internally implemented with __get_user. So move the __user cast into pka. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2006-09-27[PATCH] add probe_kernel_address()Andrew Morton1-0/+22
Add a version of __get_user() which is safe to call inside mmap_sem. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-23[PATCH] x86: cache pollution aware __copy_from_user_ll()Hiro Yoshioka1-0/+22
Use the x86 cache-bypassing copy instructions for copy_from_user(). Some performance data are Total of GLOBAL_POWER_EVENTS (CPU cycle samples) 2.6.12.4.orig 1921587 2.6.12.4.nt 1599424 1599424/1921587=83.23% (16.77% reduction) BSQ_CACHE_REFERENCE (L3 cache miss) 2.6.12.4.orig 57427 2.6.12.4.nt 20858 20858/57427=36.32% (63.7% reduction) L3 cache miss reduction of __copy_from_user_ll samples % 37408 65.1412 vmlinux __copy_from_user_ll 23 0.1103 vmlinux __copy_user_zeroing_intel_nocache 23/37408=0.061% (99.94% reduction) Top 5 of 2.6.12.4.nt Counted GLOBAL_POWER_EVENTS events (time during which processor is not stopped) with a unit mask of 0x01 (mandatory) count 100000 samples % app name symbol name 128392 8.0274 vmlinux __copy_user_zeroing_intel_nocache 64206 4.0143 vmlinux journal_add_journal_head 59746 3.7355 vmlinux do_get_write_access 47674 2.9807 vmlinux journal_put_journal_head 46021 2.8774 vmlinux journal_dirty_metadata pattern9-0-cpu4-0-09011728/summary.out Counted BSQ_CACHE_REFERENCE events (cache references seen by the bus unit) with a unit mask of 0x3f (multiple flags) count 3000 samples % app name symbol name 69755 4.2861 vmlinux __copy_user_zeroing_intel_nocache 55685 3.4215 vmlinux journal_add_journal_head 52371 3.2179 vmlinux __find_get_block 45504 2.7960 vmlinux journal_put_journal_head 36005 2.2123 vmlinux journal_stop pattern9-0-cpu4-0-09011744/summary.out Counted BSQ_CACHE_REFERENCE events (cache references seen by the bus unit) with a unit mask of 0x200 (read 3rd level cache miss) count 3000 samples % app name symbol name 1147 5.4994 vmlinux journal_add_journal_head 881 4.2240 vmlinux journal_dirty_data 872 4.1809 vmlinux blk_rq_map_sg 734 3.5192 vmlinux journal_commit_transaction 617 2.9582 vmlinux radix_tree_delete pattern9-0-cpu4-0-09011731/summary.out iozone results are original 2.6.12.4 CPU time = 207.768 sec cache aware CPU time = 184.783 sec (three times run) 184.783/207.768=88.94% (11.06% reduction) original: pattern9-0-cpu4-0-08191720/iozone.out: CPU Utilization: Wall time 45.997 CPU time 64.527 CPU utilization 140.28 % pattern9-0-cpu4-0-08191741/iozone.out: CPU Utilization: Wall time 46.878 CPU time 71.933 CPU utilization 153.45 % pattern9-0-cpu4-0-08191743/iozone.out: CPU Utilization: Wall time 45.152 CPU time 71.308 CPU utilization 157.93 % cache awre: pattern9-0-cpu4-0-09011728/iozone.out: CPU Utilization: Wall time 44.842 CPU time 62.465 CPU utilization 139.30 % pattern9-0-cpu4-0-09011731/iozone.out: CPU Utilization: Wall time 44.718 CPU time 59.273 CPU utilization 132.55 % pattern9-0-cpu4-0-09011744/iozone.out: CPU Utilization: Wall time 44.367 CPU time 63.045 CPU utilization 142.10 % Signed-off-by: Hiro Yoshioka <hyoshiok@miraclelinux.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>