linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 3/8] powerpc/perf: consolidate read_user_stack

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Message-ID: <20200403115127.GY25468@kitsune.suse.cz>
Date:   Fri, 3 Apr 2020 13:51:27 +0200
From:   Michal Suchánek <msuchanek@...e.de>
To:     Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 3/8] powerpc/perf: consolidate read_user_stack_32

On Fri, Apr 03, 2020 at 09:26:27PM +1000, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
> Michal Suchánek's on April 3, 2020 8:52 pm:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > there are 3 variants of the function
> > 
> > read_user_stack_64
> > 
> > 32bit read_user_stack_32
> > 64bit read_user_Stack_32
> 
> Right.
> 
> > On Fri, Apr 03, 2020 at 05:13:25PM +1000, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
> [...]
> >>  #endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
> >>  
> >> +static int read_user_stack_32(unsigned int __user *ptr, unsigned int *ret)
> >> +{
> >> +	return __read_user_stack(ptr, ret, sizeof(*ret));
> > Does not work for 64bit read_user_stack_32 ^ this should be 4.
> > 
> > Other than that it should preserve the existing logic just fine.
> 
> sizeof(int) == 4 on 64bit so it should work.
> 
Right, the type is different for the 32bit and 64bit version.

Thanks

Michal