[PATCH v4 1/2] powerpc/uaccess: Implement unsafe_put_user() using 'asm goto'

Michael Ellerman patch-notifications at ellerman.id.au
Fri May 29 14:24:16 AEST 2020


On Fri, 2020-04-17 at 17:08:51 UTC, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> unsafe_put_user() is designed to take benefit of 'asm goto'.
> 
> Instead of using the standard __put_user() approach and branch
> based on the returned error, use 'asm goto' and make the
> exception code branch directly to the error label. There is
> no code anymore in the fixup section.
> 
> This change significantly simplifies functions using
> unsafe_put_user()
...
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at c-s.fr>
> Reviewed-by: Segher Boessenkool <segher at kernel.crashing.org>

Applied to powerpc topic/uaccess-ppc, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/334710b1496af8a0960e70121f850e209c20958f

cheers


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