arch/arm64/lib/clear_user.S
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File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
arch/arm64/lib/clear_user.S- Extension
.S- Size
- 1396 bytes
- Lines
- 73
- Domain
- Architecture Layer
- Bucket
- arch/arm64
- Inferred role
- Architecture Layer: exported/initcall integration point
- Status
- integration implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
CPU and platform-specific kernel glue: boot entry, traps, syscall entry, interrupts, page tables, context switch, and low-level barriers.
- CPU and platform-specific kernel glue: boot entry, traps, syscall entry, interrupts, page tables, context switch, and low-level barriers.
- Exports symbols or registers init work; inspect boot/module ordering and who consumes the exported contract.
Dependency Surface
linux/linkage.hasm/asm-uaccess.h
Detected Declarations
export __arch_clear_user
Annotated Snippet
#include <linux/linkage.h>
#include <asm/asm-uaccess.h>
.text
/* Prototype: int __arch_clear_user(void *addr, size_t sz)
* Purpose : clear some user memory
* Params : addr - user memory address to clear
* : sz - number of bytes to clear
* Returns : number of bytes NOT cleared
*
* Alignment fixed up by hardware.
*/
SYM_FUNC_START(__arch_clear_user)
add x2, x0, x1
#ifdef CONFIG_AS_HAS_MOPS
.arch_extension mops
alternative_if_not ARM64_HAS_MOPS
b .Lno_mops
alternative_else_nop_endif
USER(9f, setpt [x0]!, x1!, xzr)
USER(6f, setmt [x0]!, x1!, xzr)
USER(6f, setet [x0]!, x1!, xzr)
mov x0, #0
ret
.Lno_mops:
#endif
subs x1, x1, #8
b.mi 2f
1: .p2align 4
USER(9f, sttr xzr, [x0])
add x0, x0, #8
subs x1, x1, #8
b.hi 1b
USER(9f, sttr xzr, [x2, #-8])
mov x0, #0
ret
2: tbz x1, #2, 3f
USER(9f, sttr wzr, [x0])
USER(8f, sttr wzr, [x2, #-4])
mov x0, #0
ret
3: tbz x1, #1, 4f
USER(9f, sttrh wzr, [x0])
4: tbz x1, #0, 5f
USER(7f, sttrb wzr, [x2, #-1])
5: mov x0, #0
ret
// Exception fixups
6: b.cs 9f
// Registers are in Option A format
add x0, x0, x1
b 9f
7: sub x0, x2, #5 // Adjust for faulting on the final byte...
8: add x0, x0, #4 // ...or the second word of the 4-7 byte case
9: sub x0, x2, x0
ret
SYM_FUNC_END(__arch_clear_user)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__arch_clear_user)
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/linkage.h`, `asm/asm-uaccess.h`.
- Detected declarations: `export __arch_clear_user`.
- Atlas domain: Architecture Layer / arch/arm64.
- Implementation status: integration implementation candidate.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.