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authorGlauber Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>2008-06-25 13:43:30 -0400
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-07-09 03:14:27 -0400
commit8cb834e99f44bd56409b794504ae2b170675fc92 (patch)
tree32cacbbad4c5948d55068cc948ed4d7c8d27d722 /include/asm-x86/uaccess.h
parente30a44fdbf11c7ca3a0096d71790f176a4a09e03 (diff)
x86: move __get_user and __put_user into uaccess.h.
We also carry the unaligned version with us. Only x86_64 uses it, but there's no problem in defining it. Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <gcosta@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/asm-x86/uaccess.h')
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diff --git a/include/asm-x86/uaccess.h b/include/asm-x86/uaccess.h
index 3a9092af5af..7c7b46af636 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/uaccess.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/uaccess.h
@@ -383,7 +383,54 @@ struct __large_struct { unsigned long buf[100]; };
383 _ASM_EXTABLE(1b, 3b) \ 383 _ASM_EXTABLE(1b, 3b) \
384 : "=r"(err) \ 384 : "=r"(err) \
385 : ltype(x), "m" (__m(addr)), "i" (errret), "0" (err)) 385 : ltype(x), "m" (__m(addr)), "i" (errret), "0" (err))
386/**
387 * __get_user: - Get a simple variable from user space, with less checking.
388 * @x: Variable to store result.
389 * @ptr: Source address, in user space.
390 *
391 * Context: User context only. This function may sleep.
392 *
393 * This macro copies a single simple variable from user space to kernel
394 * space. It supports simple types like char and int, but not larger
395 * data types like structures or arrays.
396 *
397 * @ptr must have pointer-to-simple-variable type, and the result of
398 * dereferencing @ptr must be assignable to @x without a cast.
399 *
400 * Caller must check the pointer with access_ok() before calling this
401 * function.
402 *
403 * Returns zero on success, or -EFAULT on error.
404 * On error, the variable @x is set to zero.
405 */
406
407#define __get_user(x, ptr) \
408 __get_user_nocheck((x), (ptr), sizeof(*(ptr)))
409/**
410 * __put_user: - Write a simple value into user space, with less checking.
411 * @x: Value to copy to user space.
412 * @ptr: Destination address, in user space.
413 *
414 * Context: User context only. This function may sleep.
415 *
416 * This macro copies a single simple value from kernel space to user
417 * space. It supports simple types like char and int, but not larger
418 * data types like structures or arrays.
419 *
420 * @ptr must have pointer-to-simple-variable type, and @x must be assignable
421 * to the result of dereferencing @ptr.
422 *
423 * Caller must check the pointer with access_ok() before calling this
424 * function.
425 *
426 * Returns zero on success, or -EFAULT on error.
427 */
428
429#define __put_user(x, ptr) \
430 __put_user_nocheck((__typeof__(*(ptr)))(x), (ptr), sizeof(*(ptr)))
386 431
432#define __get_user_unaligned __get_user
433#define __put_user_unaligned __put_user
387 434
388#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32 435#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
389# include "uaccess_32.h" 436# include "uaccess_32.h"