RE: [PATCH 05/12] unicore32 additional architecture files: low-level lib: uaccess

From: Guan Xuetao
Date: Sun Feb 27 2011 - 20:05:00 EST




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arnd Bergmann [mailto:arnd@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 1:22 AM
> To: Guan Xuetao
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; 'Greg KH'
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/12] unicore32 additional architecture files: low-level lib: uaccess
>
> On Sunday 27 February 2011, Guan Xuetao wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Arnd Bergmann [mailto:arnd@xxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 1:45 AM
> > > To: Guan Xuetao
> > > Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; 'Greg KH'
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/12] unicore32 additional architecture files: low-level lib: uaccess
> > >
> > > On Wednesday 16 February 2011, Guan Xuetao wrote:
> > > > +
> > > > +#define __kernel_ok (segment_eq(get_fs(), KERNEL_DS))
> > > > +#define __user_ok(addr, size) (((size) <= TASK_SIZE) \
> > > > + && ((addr) <= TASK_SIZE - (size)))
> > > > +#define __access_ok(addr, size) (__kernel_ok || __user_ok((addr), (size)))
> > >
> > > A nice trick to simplify this is to introduce a per-process variable for comparing
> > > the pointer, set_fs() then sets this variable to either TASK_SIZE or
> > > UINT_MAX.
> >
> > Perhaps like this:
> > 1. add a member named kaddr in thread_info
> > 2. add following assignment codes in set_fs:
> > current_thread_info()->kaddr = segment_eq(fs, KERNEL_DS) ? UINT_MAX : TASK_SIZE;
> > 3. then __access_ok will be:
> > #define addr
> > #define __access_ok(addr, size) (((size) <= TASK_SIZE) \
> > && ((addr) <= current_thread_info()->kaddr) - (size)))
>
> That would also work. What I meant was to have
>
> #define set_fs(fs) \
> do { current_thread_info()->kaddr = (fs); } while (0)
>
> #define KERNEL_DS UINT_MAX
> #define USER_DS TASK_SIZE
>
> Either way is fine with me, just choose whichever works best for you in terms of code size.
I can't find the difference between this way and the way in asm-generic/uaccess.h.
Perhaps, under this idea, __kernel_ok could be ignored.

>
> Arnd

Thanks & Regards.
Guan Xuetao

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