xref: /linux/mm/maccess.c (revision 827634added7f38b7d724cab1dccdb2b004c13c3)
1 /*
2  * Access kernel memory without faulting.
3  */
4 #include <linux/export.h>
5 #include <linux/mm.h>
6 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
7 
8 /**
9  * probe_kernel_read(): safely attempt to read from a location
10  * @dst: pointer to the buffer that shall take the data
11  * @src: address to read from
12  * @size: size of the data chunk
13  *
14  * Safely read from address @src to the buffer at @dst.  If a kernel fault
15  * happens, handle that and return -EFAULT.
16  */
17 
18 long __weak probe_kernel_read(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
19     __attribute__((alias("__probe_kernel_read")));
20 
21 long __probe_kernel_read(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
22 {
23 	long ret;
24 	mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
25 
26 	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
27 	pagefault_disable();
28 	ret = __copy_from_user_inatomic(dst,
29 			(__force const void __user *)src, size);
30 	pagefault_enable();
31 	set_fs(old_fs);
32 
33 	return ret ? -EFAULT : 0;
34 }
35 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(probe_kernel_read);
36 
37 /**
38  * probe_kernel_write(): safely attempt to write to a location
39  * @dst: address to write to
40  * @src: pointer to the data that shall be written
41  * @size: size of the data chunk
42  *
43  * Safely write to address @dst from the buffer at @src.  If a kernel fault
44  * happens, handle that and return -EFAULT.
45  */
46 long __weak probe_kernel_write(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
47     __attribute__((alias("__probe_kernel_write")));
48 
49 long __probe_kernel_write(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
50 {
51 	long ret;
52 	mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
53 
54 	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
55 	pagefault_disable();
56 	ret = __copy_to_user_inatomic((__force void __user *)dst, src, size);
57 	pagefault_enable();
58 	set_fs(old_fs);
59 
60 	return ret ? -EFAULT : 0;
61 }
62 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(probe_kernel_write);
63