linux-kernel - [PATCH] KVM: remove kvm_read_hva and kvm_read_hva

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Date:	Thu,  2 Apr 2015 14:08:20 +0200
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH] KVM: remove kvm_read_hva and kvm_read_hva_atomic

The corresponding write functions just use __copy_to_user.  Do the
same on the read side.

This reverts what's left of commit 86ab8cffb498 (KVM: introduce
gfn_to_hva_read/kvm_read_hva/kvm_read_hva_atomic, 2012-08-21)

Cc: Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
---
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 14 ++------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index a1093700f3a4..c772c31a87bb 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1193,16 +1193,6 @@ unsigned long gfn_to_hva_prot(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn, bool *writable)
 	return gfn_to_hva_memslot_prot(slot, gfn, writable);
 }
 
-static int kvm_read_hva(void *data, void __user *hva, int len)
-{
-	return __copy_from_user(data, hva, len);
-}
-
-static int kvm_read_hva_atomic(void *data, void __user *hva, int len)
-{
-	return __copy_from_user_inatomic(data, hva, len);
-}
-
 static int get_user_page_nowait(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
 	unsigned long start, int write, struct page **page)
 {
@@ -1554,7 +1544,7 @@ int kvm_read_guest_page(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn, void *data, int offset,
 	addr = gfn_to_hva_prot(kvm, gfn, NULL);
 	if (kvm_is_error_hva(addr))
 		return -EFAULT;
-	r = kvm_read_hva(data, (void __user *)addr + offset, len);
+	r = __copy_from_user(data, (void __user *)addr + offset, len);
 	if (r)
 		return -EFAULT;
 	return 0;
@@ -1593,7 +1583,7 @@ int kvm_read_guest_atomic(struct kvm *kvm, gpa_t gpa, void *data,
 	if (kvm_is_error_hva(addr))
 		return -EFAULT;
 	pagefault_disable();
-	r = kvm_read_hva_atomic(data, (void __user *)addr + offset, len);
+	r = __copy_from_user_inatomic(data, (void __user *)addr + offset, len);
 	pagefault_enable();
 	if (r)
 		return -EFAULT;
-- 
2.3.4

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