2022-04-12 21:26:34

by Kefeng Wang

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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH -next V3 1/6] x86: fix function define in copy_mc_to_user


On 2022/4/12 15:25, Tong Tiangen wrote:
> X86 has it's implementation of copy_mc_to_user but not use #define to
> declare.
>
> This may cause problems, for example, if other architectures open
> CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_COPY_MC, but want to use copy_mc_to_user() outside the
> architecture, the code add to include/linux/uaddess.h is as follows:
>
> #ifndef copy_mc_to_user
> static inline unsigned long __must_check
> copy_mc_to_user(void *dst, const void *src, size_t cnt)
> {
> ...
> }
> #endif
>
> Then this definition will conflict with the implementation of X86 and cause
> compilation errors.
Does powerpc need this define?
>
> Fixes: ec6347bb4339 ("x86, powerpc: Rename memcpy_mcsafe() to copy_mc_to_{user, kernel}()")
> Signed-off-by: Tong Tiangen <[email protected]>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
> index f78e2b3501a1..e18c5f098025 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
> @@ -415,6 +415,7 @@ copy_mc_to_kernel(void *to, const void *from, unsigned len);
>
> unsigned long __must_check
> copy_mc_to_user(void *to, const void *from, unsigned len);
> +#define copy_mc_to_user copy_mc_to_user
> #endif
>
> /*


2022-04-13 10:56:09

by Tong Tiangen

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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH -next V3 1/6] x86: fix function define in copy_mc_to_user



在 2022/4/12 19:49, Kefeng Wang 写道:
>
> On 2022/4/12 15:25, Tong Tiangen wrote:
>> X86 has it's implementation of copy_mc_to_user but not use #define to
>> declare.
>>
>> This may cause problems, for example, if other architectures open
>> CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_COPY_MC, but want to use copy_mc_to_user() outside the
>> architecture, the code add to include/linux/uaddess.h is as follows:
>>
>>      #ifndef copy_mc_to_user
>>      static inline unsigned long __must_check
>>      copy_mc_to_user(void *dst, const void *src, size_t cnt)
>>      {
>>         ...
>>      }
>>      #endif
>>
>> Then this definition will conflict with the implementation of X86 and
>> cause
>> compilation errors.
> Does powerpc need this define?

Oh, missing that, will do next version.
>>
>> Fixes: ec6347bb4339 ("x86, powerpc: Rename memcpy_mcsafe() to
>> copy_mc_to_{user, kernel}()")
>> Signed-off-by: Tong Tiangen <[email protected]>
>> ---
>>   arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h | 1 +
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
>> b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
>> index f78e2b3501a1..e18c5f098025 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
>> @@ -415,6 +415,7 @@ copy_mc_to_kernel(void *to, const void *from,
>> unsigned len);
>>   unsigned long __must_check
>>   copy_mc_to_user(void *to, const void *from, unsigned len);
>> +#define copy_mc_to_user copy_mc_to_user
>>   #endif
>>   /*
> .