linux/mm/maccess.c
Steven Rostedt f29c50419c maccess,probe_kernel: Make write/read src const void *
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
2011-05-25 19:56:23 -04:00

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/*
* Access kernel memory without faulting.
*/
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.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 __weak probe_kernel_read(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
__attribute__((alias("__probe_kernel_read")));
long __probe_kernel_read(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
{
long ret;
mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
pagefault_disable();
ret = __copy_from_user_inatomic(dst,
(__force const void __user *)src, size);
pagefault_enable();
set_fs(old_fs);
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 __weak probe_kernel_write(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
__attribute__((alias("__probe_kernel_write")));
long __probe_kernel_write(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
{
long ret;
mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
pagefault_disable();
ret = __copy_to_user_inatomic((__force void __user *)dst, src, size);
pagefault_enable();
set_fs(old_fs);
return ret ? -EFAULT : 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(probe_kernel_write);