include/linux/nospec.h
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/include/linux/nospec.h
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
include/linux/nospec.h- Extension
.h- Size
- 2290 bytes
- Lines
- 75
- Domain
- Core OS
- Bucket
- Core Kernel Interface
- Inferred role
- Core OS: implementation source
- Status
- source implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/compiler.hasm/barrier.h
Detected Declarations
struct task_structfunction array_index_mask_nospec
Annotated Snippet
* if (index < size) {
* index = array_index_nospec(index, size);
* val = array[index];
* }
*
* ...if the CPU speculates past the bounds check then
* array_index_nospec() will clamp the index within the range of [0,
* size).
*/
#define array_index_nospec(index, size) \
({ \
typeof(index) _i = (index); \
typeof(size) _s = (size); \
unsigned long _mask = array_index_mask_nospec(_i, _s); \
\
BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(_i) > sizeof(long)); \
BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(_s) > sizeof(long)); \
\
(typeof(_i)) (_i & _mask); \
})
/* Speculation control prctl */
int arch_prctl_spec_ctrl_get(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long which);
int arch_prctl_spec_ctrl_set(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long which,
unsigned long ctrl);
/* Speculation control for seccomp enforced mitigation */
void arch_seccomp_spec_mitigate(struct task_struct *task);
#endif /* _LINUX_NOSPEC_H */
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/compiler.h`, `asm/barrier.h`.
- Detected declarations: `struct task_struct`, `function array_index_mask_nospec`.
- Atlas domain: Core OS / Core Kernel Interface.
- Implementation status: source 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.