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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/uaccess.h | 22 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/uaccess.h b/include/linux/uaccess.h index 975c963e5789..fec6decfb983 100644 --- a/include/linux/uaccess.h +++ b/include/linux/uaccess.h @@ -84,4 +84,26 @@ static inline unsigned long __copy_from_user_nocache(void *to, ret; \ }) +/* + * 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. + */ +extern long probe_kernel_read(void *dst, void *src, size_t size); + +/* + * 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. + */ +extern long probe_kernel_write(void *dst, void *src, size_t size); + #endif /* __LINUX_UACCESS_H__ */ |