linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.4 69/70] new helper: uaccess

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Date:   Mon, 26 Nov 2018 11:51:24 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: [PATCH 4.4 69/70] new helper: uaccess_kernel()

4.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>

commit db68ce10c4f0a27c1ff9fa0e789e5c41f8c4ea63 upstream.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
[only take the include/linux/uaccess.h portion - gregkh]
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 include/linux/uaccess.h |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

--- a/include/linux/uaccess.h
+++ b/include/linux/uaccess.h
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 #define __LINUX_UACCESS_H__
 
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+
+#define uaccess_kernel() segment_eq(get_fs(), KERNEL_DS)
+
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
 static __always_inline void pagefault_disabled_inc(void)