linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2 v2] kprobe: Do not use uaccess functions to access kernel memory that can fault

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Date:   Wed, 20 Feb 2019 11:42:17 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Changbin Du <changbin.du@...il.com>,
        Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2 v2] kprobe: Do not use uaccess functions to access
 kernel memory that can fault

On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 01:04:53 +0900
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org> wrote:

> > What about just adding 'u' to the end of the offset? Say you have a
> > data structure in kernel space that has a field in user space you want
> > to reference?
> > 
> > 
> > 	field_val=+8u(+0(%si))  
> 
> Ah, that looks good :~) thank you for this idea!

<bike-shed>

Hmm, I wonder if we should make it +u8 or u+8? as +8u may be confused
as unsigned? Like 8ULL. I don't know. Kernel developers suck at
naming :-p

</bike-shed>

-- Steve