linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 2/4] uaccess: always export _copy_[from|to]_user with CONFIG

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Message-Id: <20240611144409.21840c70387b29eddcf5c2f5@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 14:44:09 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
Cc: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
 Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Alex
 Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>, Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>,
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 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, Christian
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 2/4] uaccess: always export _copy_[from|to]_user with
 CONFIG_RUST

On Tue, 28 May 2024 14:58:03 +0000 Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com> wrote:

> Rust code needs to be able to access _copy_from_user and _copy_to_user
> so that it can skip the check_copy_size check in cases where the length
> is known at compile-time, mirroring the logic for when C code will skip
> check_copy_size. To do this, we ensure that exported versions of these
> methods are available when CONFIG_RUST is enabled.
> 
> Alice has verified that this patch passes the CONFIG_TEST_USER_COPY test
> on x86 using the Android cuttlefish emulator.
> 
> ...
>
>  include/linux/uaccess.h | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
>  lib/usercopy.c          | 30 ++++--------------------------
>  2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>