From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
x86@kernel.org, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, linux-um@lists.infradead.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/18] maccess: allow architectures to provide kernel probing directly
Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 17:09:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200518150903.GD8871@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200516124259.5b68a4e1d4670efa1397a1e0@kernel.org>
On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 12:42:59PM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> > Provide alternative versions of probe_kernel_read, probe_kernel_write
> > and strncpy_from_kernel_unsafe that don't need set_fs magic, but instead
> > use arch hooks that are modelled after unsafe_{get,put}_user to access
> > kernel memory in an exception safe way.
>
> This patch seems to introduce new implementation of probe_kernel_read/write()
> and strncpy_from_kernel_unsafe(), but also drops copy_from/to_kernel_nofault()
> and strncpy_from_kernel_nofault() if HAVE_ARCH_PROBE_KERNEL is defined.
> In the result, this cause a link error with BPF and kprobe events.
That was just a bug as I didn't commit the changes to switch everything
to _nofault and remove _unsafe entirely, sorry.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-18 15:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-13 16:00 clean up and streamline probe_kernel_* and friends v2 Christoph Hellwig
2020-05-13 16:00 ` [PATCH 01/18] maccess: unexport probe_kernel_write and probe_user_write Christoph Hellwig
2020-05-13 16:00 ` [PATCH 02/18] maccess: remove various unused weak aliases Christoph Hellwig
2020-05-13 16:00 ` [PATCH 03/18] maccess: remove duplicate kerneldoc comments Christoph Hellwig
2020-05-13 16:00 ` [PATCH 04/18] maccess: clarify " Christoph Hellwig
2020-05-13 16:00 ` [PATCH 05/18] maccess: update the top of file comment Christoph Hellwig
2020-05-13 16:00 ` [PATCH 06/18] maccess: rename strncpy_from_unsafe_user to strncpy_from_user_nofault Christoph Hellwig
2020-05-13 16:00 ` [PATCH 07/18] maccess: rename strncpy_from_unsafe_strict to strncpy_from_kernel_nofault Christoph Hellwig
2020-05-13 16:00 ` [PATCH 08/18] maccess: rename strnlen_unsafe_user to strnlen_user_nofault Christoph Hellwig
2020-05-13 16:00 ` [PATCH 09/18] maccess: remove probe_read_common and probe_write_common Christoph Hellwig
2020-05-13 16:00 ` [PATCH 10/18] maccess: unify the probe kernel arch hooks Christoph Hellwig
2020-05-14 1:13 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-05-19 5:46 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-05-13 16:00 ` [PATCH 11/18] maccess: remove strncpy_from_unsafe Christoph Hellwig
2020-05-13 19:11 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-05-13 19:28 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-05-13 22:36 ` Daniel Borkmann
2020-05-13 23:03 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-05-13 23:24 ` Daniel Borkmann
2020-05-13 23:20 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-05-13 23:59 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-05-14 1:00 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-05-14 2:43 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-05-14 9:44 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-05-14 10:27 ` Daniel Borkmann
2020-05-13 23:28 ` Al Viro
2020-05-13 23:58 ` Daniel Borkmann
2020-05-14 10:01 ` David Laight
2020-05-14 10:21 ` Daniel Borkmann
2020-05-13 16:00 ` [PATCH 12/18] maccess: always use strict semantics for probe_kernel_read Christoph Hellwig
2020-05-13 16:00 ` [PATCH 13/18] maccess: move user access routines together Christoph Hellwig
2020-05-13 16:00 ` [PATCH 14/18] maccess: allow architectures to provide kernel probing directly Christoph Hellwig
2020-05-13 19:36 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-05-13 19:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-05-13 19:48 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-05-13 19:54 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-05-16 3:42 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-05-18 15:09 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2020-05-13 16:00 ` [PATCH 15/18] x86: use non-set_fs based maccess routines Christoph Hellwig
2020-05-13 16:00 ` [PATCH 16/18] maccess: rename probe_kernel_{read,write} to copy_{from,to}_kernel_nofault Christoph Hellwig
2020-05-13 16:00 ` [PATCH 17/18] maccess: rename probe_user_{read,write} to copy_{from,to}_user_nofault Christoph Hellwig
2020-05-13 16:00 ` [PATCH 18/18] maccess: rename probe_kernel_address to get_kernel_nofault Christoph Hellwig
2020-05-13 19:37 ` clean up and streamline probe_kernel_* and friends v2 Linus Torvalds
2020-05-13 23:04 ` Daniel Borkmann
2020-05-13 23:20 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-05-19 5:50 ` Christoph Hellwig
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