From patchwork Wed May 13 16:00:24 2020 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Christoph Hellwig X-Patchwork-Id: 11546793 Return-Path: Received: from mail.kernel.org (pdx-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.123]) by pdx-korg-patchwork-2.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F004913 for ; Wed, 13 May 2020 16:02:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A07C0206F5 for ; Wed, 13 May 2020 16:02:37 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key) header.d=infradead.org header.i=@infradead.org header.b="K7vXcJeQ" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2389353AbgEMQAx (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 May 2020 12:00:53 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:50756 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2389348AbgEMQAx (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 May 2020 12:00:53 -0400 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [IPv6:2607:7c80:54:e::133]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EB682C061A0C; Wed, 13 May 2020 09:00:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infradead.org; s=bombadil.20170209; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding: MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-Id:Date:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender :Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-ID:Content-Description; bh=mSMXwSYIg6w8Djb8jfs2EjgdqI2tqBJvsH4pyf4a+s4=; b=K7vXcJeQdZ4RxFlFwWFM087V2s ELGL5A58AHOSBzKj7tSKyX1/5d/XvhoN/lFQJNE8Ml8PL7igR4gDP0nge0LibB2gH9sYX5OPVbtRV XsCsiBJYRNog7EKtYR2j8v3RYS7UaXLJPMfeuVRw3DkSpo4rga4+m4uPkRWfT1yDlkmSNOKnpNw7/ DXby0rgCEtH1QjbS7puSqf7dUsnzCY0wQEzDivuEktT3SVj643l7vgfi7h8f+lE226/hsFFsRa8ri LtYKe2R97TArhfTeE8v4HwzdzypRNsAiSvWdvbhYUyq5tW10XFMdVgovAN/qZzCyyLB+F4CeycFLP zl+XNRDg==; Received: from [2001:4bb8:180:9d3f:c70:4a89:bc61:2] (helo=localhost) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtpsa (Exim 4.92.3 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1jYtoR-0004j2-24; Wed, 13 May 2020 16:00:51 +0000 From: Christoph Hellwig To: x86@kernel.org, Alexei Starovoitov , Daniel Borkmann , Masami Hiramatsu , Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, linux-um@lists.infradead.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 04/18] maccess: clarify kerneldoc comments Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 18:00:24 +0200 Message-Id: <20200513160038.2482415-5-hch@lst.de> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.26.2 In-Reply-To: <20200513160038.2482415-1-hch@lst.de> References: <20200513160038.2482415-1-hch@lst.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by bombadil.infradead.org. See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-parisc-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org Add proper kerneldoc comments for probe_kernel_read_strict and probe_kernel_read strncpy_from_unsafe_strict and explain the different versus the non-strict version. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig --- mm/maccess.c | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/maccess.c b/mm/maccess.c index 4e7f3b6eb05ae..747581ac50dc9 100644 --- a/mm/maccess.c +++ b/mm/maccess.c @@ -31,29 +31,35 @@ probe_write_common(void __user *dst, const void *src, size_t size) } /** - * probe_kernel_read(): safely attempt to read from a kernel-space location + * probe_kernel_read(): safely attempt to read from any 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. + * Same as probe_kernel_read_strict() except that for architectures with + * not fully separated user and kernel address spaces this function also works + * for user address tanges. + * + * DO NOT USE THIS FUNCTION - it is broken on architectures with entirely + * separate kernel and user address spaces, and also a bad idea otherwise. + */ +long __weak probe_kernel_read(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size) + __attribute__((alias("__probe_kernel_read"))); + +/** + * probe_kernel_read_strict(): safely attempt to read from kernel-space + * @dst: pointer to the buffer that shall take the data + * @src: address to read from + * @size: size of the data chunk + * + * Safely read from kernel address @src to the buffer at @dst. If a kernel + * fault happens, handle that and return -EFAULT. * * We ensure that the copy_from_user is executed in atomic context so that * do_page_fault() doesn't attempt to take mmap_sem. This makes * probe_kernel_read() suitable for use within regions where the caller * already holds mmap_sem, or other locks which nest inside mmap_sem. - * - * probe_kernel_read_strict() is the same as probe_kernel_read() except for - * the case where architectures have non-overlapping user and kernel address - * ranges: probe_kernel_read_strict() will additionally return -EFAULT for - * probing memory on a user address range where probe_user_read() is supposed - * to be used instead. */ - -long __weak probe_kernel_read(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size) - __attribute__((alias("__probe_kernel_read"))); - long __weak probe_kernel_read_strict(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size) __attribute__((alias("__probe_kernel_read"))); @@ -153,15 +159,34 @@ long probe_user_write(void __user *dst, const void *src, size_t size) * If @count is smaller than the length of the string, copies @count-1 bytes, * sets the last byte of @dst buffer to NUL and returns @count. * - * strncpy_from_unsafe_strict() is the same as strncpy_from_unsafe() except - * for the case where architectures have non-overlapping user and kernel address - * ranges: strncpy_from_unsafe_strict() will additionally return -EFAULT for - * probing memory on a user address range where strncpy_from_unsafe_user() is - * supposed to be used instead. + * Same as strncpy_from_unsafe_strict() except that for architectures with + * not fully separated user and kernel address spaces this function also works + * for user address tanges. + * + * DO NOT USE THIS FUNCTION - it is broken on architectures with entirely + * separate kernel and user address spaces, and also a bad idea otherwise. */ long __weak strncpy_from_unsafe(char *dst, const void *unsafe_addr, long count) __attribute__((alias("__strncpy_from_unsafe"))); +/** + * strncpy_from_unsafe_strict: - Copy a NUL terminated string from unsafe + * address. + * @dst: Destination address, in kernel space. This buffer must be at + * least @count bytes long. + * @unsafe_addr: Unsafe address. + * @count: Maximum number of bytes to copy, including the trailing NUL. + * + * Copies a NUL-terminated string from unsafe address to kernel buffer. + * + * On success, returns the length of the string INCLUDING the trailing NUL. + * + * If access fails, returns -EFAULT (some data may have been copied + * and the trailing NUL added). + * + * If @count is smaller than the length of the string, copies @count-1 bytes, + * sets the last byte of @dst buffer to NUL and returns @count. + */ long __weak strncpy_from_unsafe_strict(char *dst, const void *unsafe_addr, long count) __attribute__((alias("__strncpy_from_unsafe")));