Re: [PATCH] ARM: add get_user() support for 8 byte types

[Rob Clark <rob.clark@linaro.org>]

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 1:27 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux
<linux@arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 09, 2012 at 03:17:33PM -0600, Rob Clark wrote:
>> From: Rob Clark <rob@ti.com>
>>
>> A new atomic modeset/pageflip ioctl being developed in DRM requires
>> get_user() to work for 64bit types (in addition to just put_user()).
>
> NAK.
>
> (I did write a better email explaining all the ins and outs of why this
> won't work and why 64-bit get_user isn't possible, but my editor crapped
> out and lost all that well written message; I don't fancy typing it all
> out again.)
>
> Nevertheless,
> int test_ptr(unsigned int **v, unsigned int **p)
> {
>         return get_user(*v, p);
> }
>
> produces a warning, and you can't get away from that if you stick 64-bit
> support into get_user().

Actually, it seems like using 'register typeof(x) __r2 asm("r2");'
does avoid that warning..

I don't know if that was the only argument against 64-bit get_user().
But it will at least be inconvenient that get_user() works for 64bit
on x86 but not arm..

BR,
-R

> Sorry, 64-bit get_user() is a no-no.
>
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