kernel/regset.c
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/kernel/regset.c
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
kernel/regset.c- Extension
.c- Size
- 1901 bytes
- Lines
- 77
- Domain
- Core OS
- Bucket
- Scheduler, Processes, Timers, Sync, And Syscalls
- Inferred role
- Core OS: exported/initcall integration point
- Status
- integration 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.
- Exports symbols or registers init work; inspect boot/module ordering and who consumes the exported contract.
- Touches user memory; correctness depends on fault-safe copying and privilege boundary handling.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/export.hlinux/slab.hlinux/regset.h
Detected Declarations
function __regset_getfunction regset_getfunction regset_get_allocfunction copy_regset_to_userexport regset_getexport regset_get_alloc
Annotated Snippet
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
#include <linux/export.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/regset.h>
static int __regset_get(struct task_struct *target,
const struct user_regset *regset,
unsigned int size,
void **data)
{
void *p = *data, *to_free = NULL;
int res;
if (!regset->regset_get)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
if (size > regset->n * regset->size)
size = regset->n * regset->size;
if (!p) {
to_free = p = kvzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!p)
return -ENOMEM;
}
res = regset->regset_get(target, regset,
(struct membuf){.p = p, .left = size});
if (res < 0) {
kvfree(to_free);
return res;
}
*data = p;
return size - res;
}
int regset_get(struct task_struct *target,
const struct user_regset *regset,
unsigned int size,
void *data)
{
return __regset_get(target, regset, size, &data);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(regset_get);
int regset_get_alloc(struct task_struct *target,
const struct user_regset *regset,
unsigned int size,
void **data)
{
*data = NULL;
return __regset_get(target, regset, size, data);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(regset_get_alloc);
/**
* copy_regset_to_user - fetch a thread's user_regset data into user memory
* @target: thread to be examined
* @view: &struct user_regset_view describing user thread machine state
* @setno: index in @view->regsets
* @offset: offset into the regset data, in bytes
* @size: amount of data to copy, in bytes
* @data: user-mode pointer to copy into
*/
int copy_regset_to_user(struct task_struct *target,
const struct user_regset_view *view,
unsigned int setno,
unsigned int offset, unsigned int size,
void __user *data)
{
const struct user_regset *regset = &view->regsets[setno];
void *buf;
int ret;
ret = regset_get_alloc(target, regset, size, &buf);
if (ret > 0)
ret = copy_to_user(data, buf, ret) ? -EFAULT : 0;
kvfree(buf);
return ret;
}
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/export.h`, `linux/slab.h`, `linux/regset.h`.
- Detected declarations: `function __regset_get`, `function regset_get`, `function regset_get_alloc`, `function copy_regset_to_user`, `export regset_get`, `export regset_get_alloc`.
- Atlas domain: Core OS / Scheduler, Processes, Timers, Sync, And Syscalls.
- Implementation status: integration implementation candidate.
- This snippet crosses the user/kernel memory boundary; validate fault handling and access checks before translating the pattern.
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.