[PATCH v4 2/2] powerpc/uaccess: Implement unsafe_copy_to_user() as a simple loop

Christophe Leroy christophe.leroy at c-s.fr
Sat Apr 18 03:08:52 AEST 2020


At the time being, unsafe_copy_to_user() is based on
raw_copy_to_user() which calls __copy_tofrom_user().

__copy_tofrom_user() is a big optimised function to copy big amount
of data. It aligns destinations to cache line in order to use
dcbz instruction.

Today unsafe_copy_to_user() is called only from filldir().
It is used to mainly copy small amount of data like filenames,
so __copy_tofrom_user() is not fit.

Also, unsafe_copy_to_user() is used within user_access_begin/end
sections. In those section, it is preferable to not call functions.

Rewrite unsafe_copy_to_user() as a macro that uses __put_user_goto().
We first perform a loop of long, then we finish with necessary
complements.

unsafe_copy_to_user() might be used in the near future to copy
fixed-size data, like pt_regs structs during signal processing.
Having it as a macro allows GCC to optimise it for instead when
it knows the size in advance, it can unloop loops, drop complements
when the size is a multiple of longs, etc ...

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at c-s.fr>
---
v4: new
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h
index 9365b59495a2..b24fbe75f9ce 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -514,7 +514,26 @@ static __must_check inline bool user_access_begin(const void __user *ptr, size_t
 #define unsafe_op_wrap(op, err) do { if (unlikely(op)) goto err; } while (0)
 #define unsafe_get_user(x, p, e) unsafe_op_wrap(__get_user_allowed(x, p), e)
 #define unsafe_put_user(x, p, e) __put_user_goto(x, p, e)
+
 #define unsafe_copy_to_user(d, s, l, e) \
-	unsafe_op_wrap(raw_copy_to_user_allowed(d, s, l), e)
+do {									\
+	u8 __user *_dst = (u8 __user *)(d);				\
+	const u8 *_src = (const u8 *)(s);				\
+	size_t _len = (l);						\
+	int _i;								\
+									\
+	for (_i = 0; _i < (_len & ~(sizeof(long) - 1)); _i += sizeof(long))		\
+		__put_user_goto(*(long*)(_src + _i), (long __user *)(_dst + _i), e);\
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC64) && (_len & 4)) {			\
+		__put_user_goto(*(u32*)(_src + _i), (u32 __user *)(_dst + _i), e);	\
+		_i += 4;						\
+	}								\
+	if (_len & 2) {							\
+		__put_user_goto(*(u16*)(_src + _i), (u16 __user *)(_dst + _i), e);	\
+		_i += 2;						\
+	}								\
+	if (_len & 1) \
+		__put_user_goto(*(u8*)(_src + _i), (u8 __user *)(_dst + _i), e);\
+} while (0)
 
 #endif	/* _ARCH_POWERPC_UACCESS_H */
-- 
2.25.0



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