[PATCH] bitmap: parse input from kernel and user buffers
lib/bitmap.c:bitmap_parse() is a library function that received as input a user buffer. This seemed to have originated from the way the write_proc function of the /proc filesystem operates. This has been reworked to not use kmalloc and eliminates a lot of get_user() overhead by performing one access_ok before using __get_user(). We need to test if we are in kernel or user space (is_user) and access the buffer differently. We cannot use __get_user() to access kernel addresses in all cases, for example in architectures with separate address space for kernel and user. This function will be useful for other uses as well; for example, taking input for /sysfs instead of /proc, so it was changed to accept kernel buffers. We have this use for the Linux UWB project, as part as the upcoming bandwidth allocator code. Only a few routines used this function and they were changed too. Signed-off-by:Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by:
Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky@linux.intel.com> Cc: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Cc: Joe Korty <joe.korty@ccur.com> Signed-off-by:
Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by:
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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- include/linux/bitmap.h 11 additions, 2 deletionsinclude/linux/bitmap.h
- include/linux/cpumask.h 7 additions, 7 deletionsinclude/linux/cpumask.h
- include/linux/nodemask.h 7 additions, 7 deletionsinclude/linux/nodemask.h
- kernel/irq/proc.c 1 addition, 1 deletionkernel/irq/proc.c
- kernel/profile.c 1 addition, 1 deletionkernel/profile.c
- lib/bitmap.c 43 additions, 11 deletionslib/bitmap.c
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