[PATCH] vhost: copy_from_user -> __copy_from_user

From: Michael S. Tsirkin
Date: Sun Mar 06 2011 - 06:34:40 EST


copy_from_user is pretty high on perf top profile,
replacing it with __copy_from_user helps.
It's also safe because we do access_ok checks during setup.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index ade0568..01701b8 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ int vhost_get_vq_desc(struct vhost_dev *dev, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
i, vq->num, head);
return -EINVAL;
}
- ret = copy_from_user(&desc, vq->desc + i, sizeof desc);
+ ret = __copy_from_user(&desc, vq->desc + i, sizeof desc);
if (unlikely(ret)) {
vq_err(vq, "Failed to get descriptor: idx %d addr %p\n",
i, vq->desc + i);
--
1.7.3.2.91.g446ac
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