linux_dsm_epyc7002/arch
Andrew Morton 0ab32b6f1b uaccess: reimplement probe_kernel_address() using probe_kernel_read()
probe_kernel_address() is basically the same as the (later added)
probe_kernel_read().

The return value on EFAULT is a bit different: probe_kernel_address()
returns number-of-bytes-not-copied whereas probe_kernel_read() returns
-EFAULT.  All callers have been checked, none cared.

probe_kernel_read() can be overridden by the architecture whereas
probe_kernel_address() cannot.  parisc, blackfin and um do this, to insert
additional checking.  Hence this patch possibly fixes obscure bugs,
although there are only two probe_kernel_address() callsites outside
arch/.

My first attempt involved removing probe_kernel_address() entirely and
converting all callsites to use probe_kernel_read() directly, but that got
tiresome.

This patch shrinks mm/slab_common.o by 218 bytes.  For a single
probe_kernel_address() callsite.

Cc: Steven Miao <realmz6@gmail.com>
Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>
Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@parisc-linux.org>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-11-05 19:34:48 -08:00
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alpha Linux 4.3-rc6 2015-10-20 10:16:46 +02:00
arc Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-11-03 16:10:43 -08:00
arm uaccess: reimplement probe_kernel_address() using probe_kernel_read() 2015-11-05 19:34:48 -08:00
arm64 driver core update for 4.4-rc1 2015-11-04 21:50:37 -08:00
avr32 Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-11-03 16:10:43 -08:00
blackfin Merge branch 'strscpy' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cmetcalf/linux-tile 2015-10-04 16:31:13 +01:00
c6x irqdomain: Use irq_domain_get_of_node() instead of direct field access 2015-10-13 19:01:23 +02:00
cris cris: Drop reference to get_cmos_time() 2015-11-02 20:03:05 +01:00
frv Linux 4.3-rc4 2015-10-06 17:10:28 +02:00
h8300 Linux 4.3-rc6 2015-10-20 10:16:46 +02:00
hexagon Linux 4.3-rc4 2015-10-06 17:10:28 +02:00
ia64 Power management and ACPI updates for v4.4-rc1 2015-11-04 18:10:13 -08:00
m32r Linux 4.3-rc4 2015-10-06 17:10:28 +02:00
m68k Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2015-11-04 09:41:05 -08:00
metag Linux 4.3-rc4 2015-10-06 17:10:28 +02:00
microblaze Merge branch 'acpi-init' 2015-10-25 22:55:14 +01:00
mips Power management and ACPI updates for v4.4-rc1 2015-11-04 18:10:13 -08:00
mn10300 Linux 4.3-rc4 2015-10-06 17:10:28 +02:00
nios2 Merge branch 'acpi-init' 2015-10-25 22:55:14 +01:00
openrisc dma-mapping: consolidate dma_set_mask 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
parisc Merge branch 'parisc-4.3-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/deller/parisc-linux 2015-11-04 11:30:22 -08:00
powerpc uaccess: reimplement probe_kernel_address() using probe_kernel_read() 2015-11-05 19:34:48 -08:00
s390 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/s390/linux 2015-11-04 11:31:31 -08:00
score Merge branch 'strscpy' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cmetcalf/linux-tile 2015-10-04 16:31:13 +01:00
sh Linux 4.3-rc6 2015-10-20 10:16:46 +02:00
sparc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2015-11-04 09:41:05 -08:00
tile Linux 4.3-rc6 2015-10-20 10:16:46 +02:00
um um: Fix kernel mode fault condition 2015-10-19 22:53:37 +02:00
unicore32 Merge branch 'strscpy' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cmetcalf/linux-tile 2015-10-04 16:31:13 +01:00
x86 Power management and ACPI updates for v4.4-rc1 2015-11-04 18:10:13 -08:00
xtensa Power management and ACPI updates for v4.4-rc1 2015-11-04 18:10:13 -08:00
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Kconfig kexec: split kexec_load syscall from kexec core code 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00