arch/x86/mm/maccess.c

Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/arch/x86/mm/maccess.c

File Facts

System
Linux kernel
Corpus path
arch/x86/mm/maccess.c
Extension
.c
Size
1111 bytes
Lines
44
Domain
Architecture Layer
Bucket
arch/x86
Inferred role
Architecture Layer: implementation source
Status
source 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.

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Annotated Snippet

// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>

#include <asm/vsyscall.h>

#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
bool copy_from_kernel_nofault_allowed(const void *unsafe_src, size_t size)
{
	unsigned long vaddr = (unsigned long)unsafe_src;

	/*
	 * Do not allow userspace addresses.  This disallows
	 * normal userspace and the userspace guard page:
	 */
	if (vaddr < TASK_SIZE_MAX + PAGE_SIZE)
		return false;

	/*
	 * Reading from the vsyscall page may cause an unhandled fault in
	 * certain cases.  Though it is at an address above TASK_SIZE_MAX, it is
	 * usually considered as a user space address.
	 */
	if (is_vsyscall_vaddr(vaddr))
		return false;

	/*
	 * Allow everything during early boot before 'x86_virt_bits'
	 * is initialized.  Needed for instruction decoding in early
	 * exception handlers.
	 */
	if (!boot_cpu_data.x86_virt_bits)
		return true;

	return __is_canonical_address(vaddr, boot_cpu_data.x86_virt_bits);
}
#else
bool copy_from_kernel_nofault_allowed(const void *unsafe_src, size_t size)
{
	return (unsigned long)unsafe_src >= TASK_SIZE_MAX;
}
#endif

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