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At the time being, unsafe_copy_to_user() is based on raw_copy_to_user() which calls __copy_tofrom_user(). __copy_tofrom_user() is a big optimised function to copy big amount of data. It aligns destinations to cache line in order to use dcbz instruction. Today unsafe_copy_to_user() is called only from filldir(). It is used to mainly copy small amount of data like filenames, so __copy_tofrom_user() is not fit. Also, unsafe_copy_to_user() is used within user_access_begin/end sections. In those section, it is preferable to not call functions. Rewrite unsafe_copy_to_user() as a macro that uses __put_user_goto(). We first perform a loop of long, then we finish with necessary complements. unsafe_copy_to_user() might be used in the near future to copy fixed-size data, like pt_regs structs during signal processing. Having it as a macro allows GCC to optimise it for instead when it knows the size in advance, it can unloop loops, drop complements when the size is a multiple of longs, etc ... Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@c-s.fr> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/fe952112c29bf6a0a2778c9e6bbb4f4afd2c4258.1587143308.git.christophe.leroy@c-s.fr
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.