linux-kernel - [PATCH v1 13/15] powerpc/uaccess: Swap clear_user() and __clear

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Date:   Thu, 25 Feb 2021 17:50:43 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
To:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: [PATCH v1 13/15] powerpc/uaccess: Swap clear_user() and
 __clear_user()

It is clear_user() which is expected to call __clear_user(),
not the reverse.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h | 17 ++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h
index 671c083f2f2f..b3bd1fb42242 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -283,21 +283,20 @@ raw_copy_to_user(void __user *to, const void *from, unsigned long n)
 
 unsigned long __arch_clear_user(void __user *addr, unsigned long size);
 
-static inline unsigned long clear_user(void __user *addr, unsigned long size)
+static inline unsigned long __clear_user(void __user *addr, unsigned long size)
 {
-	unsigned long ret = size;
+	unsigned long ret;
+
 	might_fault();
-	if (likely(access_ok(addr, size))) {
-		allow_write_to_user(addr, size);
-		ret = __arch_clear_user(addr, size);
-		prevent_write_to_user(addr, size);
-	}
+	allow_write_to_user(addr, size);
+	ret = __arch_clear_user(addr, size);
+	prevent_write_to_user(addr, size);
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static inline unsigned long __clear_user(void __user *addr, unsigned long size)
+static inline unsigned long clear_user(void __user *addr, unsigned long size)
 {
-	return clear_user(addr, size);
+	return likely(access_ok(addr, size)) ? __clear_user(addr, size) : size;
 }
 
 extern long strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src, long count);
-- 
2.25.0