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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2 v2] kprobe: Do not use uaccess functions to access kernel memory that can fault
On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 01:04:53 +0900
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> wrote:

> > What about just adding 'u' to the end of the offset? Say you have a
> > data structure in kernel space that has a field in user space you want
> > to reference?
> >
> >
> > field_val=+8u(+0(%si))
>
> Ah, that looks good :~) thank you for this idea!

<bike-shed>

Hmm, I wonder if we should make it +u8 or u+8? as +8u may be confused
as unsigned? Like 8ULL. I don't know. Kernel developers suck at
naming :-p

</bike-shed>

-- Steve

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