kernel/linux.git/include/linux/uaccess.h, branch linux-5.9.y

x86, powerpc: Rename memcpy_mcsafe() to copy_mc_to_{user, kernel}()

2020-11-04T17:09:05+00:00

commit ec6347bb43395cb92126788a1a5b25302543f815 upstream. In reaction to a proposal to introduce a memcpy_mcsafe_fast() implementation Linus points out that memcpy_mcsafe() is poorly named relative to communicating the scope of the interface. Specifically what addresses are valid to pass as source, destination, and what faults / exceptions are handled. Of particular concern is that even though x86 might be able to handle the semantics of copy_mc_to_user() with its common copy_user_generic() implementation other archs likely need / want an explicit path for this case: On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 11:28 AM Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 6:21 PM Dan Williams wrote: > > > > However now I see that copy_user_generic() works for the wrong reason. > > It works because the exception on the source address due to poison > > looks no different than a write fault on the user address to the > > caller, it's still just a short copy. So it makes copy_to_user() work > > for the wrong reason relative to the name. > > Right. > > And it won't work that way on other architectures. On x86, we have a > generic function that can take faults on either side, and we use it > for both cases (and for the "in_user" case too), but that's an > artifact of the architecture oddity. > > In fact, it's probably wrong even on x86 - because it can hide bugs - > but writing those things is painful enough that everybody prefers > having just one function. Replace a single top-level memcpy_mcsafe() with either copy_mc_to_user(), or copy_mc_to_kernel(). Introduce an x86 copy_mc_fragile() name as the rename for the low-level x86 implementation formerly named memcpy_mcsafe(). It is used as the slow / careful backend that is supplanted by a fast copy_mc_generic() in a follow-on patch. One side-effect of this reorganization is that separating copy_mc_64.S to its own file means that perf no longer needs to track dependencies for its memcpy_64.S benchmarks. [ bp: Massage a bit. ] Signed-off-by: Dan Williams Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov Reviewed-by: Tony Luck Acked-by: Michael Ellerman Cc: Link: http://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wjSqtXAqfUJxFtWNwmguFASTgB0dz1dT3V-78Quiezqbg@mail.gmail.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/160195561680.2163339.11574962055305783722.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Revert "x86, powerpc: Rename memcpy_mcsafe() to copy_mc_to_{user, kernel}()"

2020-11-04T17:08:28+00:00

This reverts commit a85748ed9eb70108f9605558f2754ca94ee91401 which is commit ec6347bb43395cb92126788a1a5b25302543f815 upstream. We had a mistake when merging a later patch in this series due to some file movements, so revert this change for now, as we will add it back in a later commit. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

x86, powerpc: Rename memcpy_mcsafe() to copy_mc_to_{user, kernel}()

2020-11-01T11:47:03+00:00

uaccess: add force_uaccess_{begin,end} helpers

2020-08-12T17:57:59+00:00

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 Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Acked-by: Linus Torvalds Acked-by: Mark Rutland Acked-by: Greentime Hu Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Nick Hu Cc: Vincent Chen Cc: Paul Walmsley Cc: Palmer Dabbelt Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200710135706.537715-6-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

uaccess: remove segment_eq

2020-08-12T17:57:58+00:00

segment_eq is only used to implement uaccess_kernel. Just open code uaccess_kernel in the arch uaccess headers and remove one layer of indirection. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Acked-by: Linus Torvalds Acked-by: Greentime Hu Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Nick Hu Cc: Vincent Chen Cc: Paul Walmsley Cc: Palmer Dabbelt Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200710135706.537715-5-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

maccess: make get_kernel_nofault() check for minimal type compatibility

2020-06-18T19:10:37+00:00

Now that we've renamed probe_kernel_address() to get_kernel_nofault() and made it look and behave more in line with get_user(), some of the subtle type behavior differences end up being more obvious and possibly dangerous. When you do get_user(val, user_ptr); the type of the access comes from the "user_ptr" part, and the above basically acts as val = *user_ptr; by design (except, of course, for the fact that the actual dereference is done with a user access). Note how in the above case, the type of the end result comes from the pointer argument, and then the value is cast to the type of 'val' as part of the assignment. So the type of the pointer is ultimately the more important type both for the access itself. But 'get_kernel_nofault()' may now _look_ similar, but it behaves very differently. When you do get_kernel_nofault(val, kernel_ptr); it behaves like val = *(typeof(val) *)kernel_ptr; except, of course, for the fact that the actual dereference is done with exception handling so that a faulting access is suppressed and returned as the error code. But note how different the casting behavior of the two superficially similar accesses are: one does the actual access in the size of the type the pointer points to, while the other does the access in the size of the target, and ignores the pointer type entirely. Actually changing get_kernel_nofault() to act like get_user() is almost certainly the right thing to do eventually, but in the meantime this patch adds logit to at least verify that the pointer type is compatible with the type of the result. In many cases, this involves just casting the pointer to 'void *' to make it obvious that the type of the pointer is not the important part. It's not how 'get_user()' acts, but at least the behavioral difference is now obvious and explicit. Cc: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

maccess: rename probe_kernel_address to get_kernel_nofault

2020-06-18T18:14:40+00:00

Better describe what this helper does, and match the naming of copy_from_kernel_nofault. Also switch the argument order around, so that it acts and looks like get_user(). Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

maccess: rename probe_user_{read,write} to copy_{from,to}_user_nofault

2020-06-17T17:57:41+00:00

Better describe what these functions do. Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

maccess: rename probe_kernel_{read,write} to copy_{from,to}_kernel_nofault

2020-06-17T17:57:41+00:00

Better describe what these functions do. Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Rebase locking/kcsan to locking/urgent

2020-06-11T18:02:46+00:00

Merge the state of the locking kcsan branch before the read/write_once() and the atomics modifications got merged. Squash the fallout of the rebase on top of the read/write once and atomic fallback work into the merge. The history of the original branch is preserved in tag locking-kcsan-2020-06-02. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner