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Subject[PATCH 1/2] x86: Add a __copy_from_user_nmi
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From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>

Add a inlined __ variant of copy_from_user_nmi. The inlined variant allows
the user to:

- batch the access_ok check for multiple accesses
- avoid having a pagefault_disable/enable on every access if the caller
already ensures disabled page faults due to its context.
- get all the optimizations in copy_*_user for small constant sized transfers

It is just a define to __copy_from_user_inatomic.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
index a8df874..1d0766c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -745,5 +745,14 @@ copy_to_user(void __user *to, const void *from, unsigned long n)
#undef __copy_from_user_overflow
#undef __copy_to_user_overflow

+/*
+ * We rely on the nested NMI work to allow atomic faults from the NMI path; the
+ * nested NMI paths are careful to preserve CR2.
+ *
+ * Caller must use pagefault_enable/disable, or run in interrupt context,
+ * and also do a uaccess_ok() check
+ */
+#define __copy_from_user_nmi __copy_from_user_inatomic
+
#endif /* _ASM_X86_UACCESS_H */

--
2.4.3


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