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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/3] introduce probe_slab_address()
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В Вт, 28/10/2014 в 08:44 +0300, Kirill Tkhai пишет:
> В Пн, 27/10/2014 в 20:54 +0100, Oleg Nesterov пишет:
> > Extract the ifdef(CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC) code from get_freepointer_safe()
> > into the new generic helper, probe_slab_address(). The next patch will add
> > another user.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
> > ---
> > include/linux/uaccess.h | 15 +++++++++++++++
> > mm/slub.c | 6 +-----
> > 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/uaccess.h b/include/linux/uaccess.h
> > index effb637..3367396 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/uaccess.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/uaccess.h
> > @@ -71,6 +71,21 @@ static inline unsigned long __copy_from_user_nocache(void *to,
> > __probe_kernel_read(&(retval), (__force void *)(addr), sizeof(retval))
> >
> > /*
> > + * Same as probe_kernel_address(), but @addr must be the valid pointer
> > + * to a slab object, potentially freed/reused/unmapped.
> > + */
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
> > +#define probe_slab_address(addr, retval) \
> > + probe_kernel_address(addr, retval)
> > +#else
> > +#define probe_slab_address(addr, retval) \
> > + ({ \
> > + (retval) = *(typeof(retval) *)(addr); \
> > + 0; \
> > + })
> > +#endif
> > +
> > +/*
> > * 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
> > diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
> > index 3e8afcc..0467d22 100644
> > --- a/mm/slub.c
> > +++ b/mm/slub.c
> > @@ -265,11 +265,7 @@ static inline void *get_freepointer_safe(struct kmem_cache *s, void *object)
> > {
> > void *p;
> >
> > -#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
> > - probe_kernel_read(&p, (void **)(object + s->offset), sizeof(p));
> > -#else
> > - p = get_freepointer(s, object);
> > -#endif
> > + probe_slab_address(object + s->offset, p);
> > return p;
> > }
> >
>
> probe_kernel_read() was arch-dependent on tree platforms:

Of course, I mean get_freepointer_safe() used to use arch-dependent
probe_kernel_read() on blackfin, parisc and um.

> arch/blackfin/mm/maccess.c
> arch/parisc/lib/memcpy.c
> arch/um/kernel/maccess.c
>
> But now we skip these arch-dependent implementations. Is there no a problem?


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