Re: [PATCH 2/5] uprobes: Change __copy_insn() to usecopy_from_page()

From: Srikar Dronamraju
Date: Tue Mar 26 2013 - 08:06:05 EST


* Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> [2013-03-24 19:21:15]:

> Change __copy_insn() to use copy_from_page() and simplify the code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> kernel/events/uprobes.c | 13 ++-----------
> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> index d6891cb..0a759c6 100644
> --- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> +++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> @@ -477,30 +477,21 @@ __copy_insn(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp, char *insn,
> unsigned long nbytes, loff_t offset)
> {
> struct page *page;
> - void *vaddr;
> - unsigned long off;
> - pgoff_t idx;
>
> if (!filp)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> if (!mapping->a_ops->readpage)
> return -EIO;
> -
> - idx = offset >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
> - off = offset & ~PAGE_MASK;
> -
> /*
> * Ensure that the page that has the original instruction is
> * populated and in page-cache.
> */
> - page = read_mapping_page(mapping, idx, filp);
> + page = read_mapping_page(mapping, offset >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT, filp);
> if (IS_ERR(page))
> return PTR_ERR(page);
>
> - vaddr = kmap_atomic(page);
> - memcpy(insn, vaddr + off, nbytes);
> - kunmap_atomic(vaddr);
> + copy_from_page(page, offset, insn, nbytes);
> page_cache_release(page);
>
> return 0;
> --
> 1.5.5.1
>

--
Thanks and Regards
Srikar Dronamraju

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