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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2 v2] kprobe: Do not use uaccess functions to access kernel memory that can fault
On Wed, 20 Feb 2019 11:42:17 -0500
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:

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

I like +u8 since it is easier to implement :-p.

Thank you,

>
> </bike-shed>
>
> -- Steve


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Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>

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