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linux-next/mm/maccess.c
Ingo Molnar c33fa9f560 uaccess: add probe_kernel_write()
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>
2008-04-17 20:05:36 +02:00

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/*
* 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);