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-rw-r--r--arch/ia64/include/asm/compat.h2
-rw-r--r--arch/mips/include/asm/compat.h2
-rw-r--r--arch/parisc/include/asm/compat.h2
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/include/asm/compat.h2
-rw-r--r--arch/s390/include/asm/compat.h2
-rw-r--r--arch/sparc/include/asm/compat.h2
-rw-r--r--arch/tile/include/asm/compat.h2
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/compat.h3
-rw-r--r--kernel/compat.c21
10 files changed, 32 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/compat.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/compat.h
index f90edc85b509..9301a2821615 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/compat.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/compat.h
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ ptr_to_compat(void __user *uptr)
}
static __inline__ void __user *
-compat_alloc_user_space (long len)
+arch_compat_alloc_user_space (long len)
{
struct pt_regs *regs = task_pt_regs(current);
return (void __user *) (((regs->r12 & 0xffffffff) & -16) - len);
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/compat.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/compat.h
index 613f6912dfc1..dbc51065df5b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/compat.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/compat.h
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static inline compat_uptr_t ptr_to_compat(void __user *uptr)
return (u32)(unsigned long)uptr;
}
-static inline void __user *compat_alloc_user_space(long len)
+static inline void __user *arch_compat_alloc_user_space(long len)
{
struct pt_regs *regs = (struct pt_regs *)
((unsigned long) current_thread_info() + THREAD_SIZE - 32) - 1;
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/compat.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/compat.h
index 02b77baa5da6..efa0b60c63fe 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/compat.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/compat.h
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static inline compat_uptr_t ptr_to_compat(void __user *uptr)
return (u32)(unsigned long)uptr;
}
-static __inline__ void __user *compat_alloc_user_space(long len)
+static __inline__ void __user *arch_compat_alloc_user_space(long len)
{
struct pt_regs *regs = &current->thread.regs;
return (void __user *)regs->gr[30];
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/compat.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/compat.h
index 396d21a80058..a11d4eac4f97 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/compat.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/compat.h
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static inline compat_uptr_t ptr_to_compat(void __user *uptr)
return (u32)(unsigned long)uptr;
}
-static inline void __user *compat_alloc_user_space(long len)
+static inline void __user *arch_compat_alloc_user_space(long len)
{
struct pt_regs *regs = current->thread.regs;
unsigned long usp = regs->gpr[1];
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/compat.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/compat.h
index 104f2007f097..a875c2f542e1 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/compat.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/compat.h
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ static inline int is_compat_task(void)
#endif
-static inline void __user *compat_alloc_user_space(long len)
+static inline void __user *arch_compat_alloc_user_space(long len)
{
unsigned long stack;
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/compat.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/compat.h
index 5016f76ea98a..6f57325bb883 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/compat.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/compat.h
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static inline compat_uptr_t ptr_to_compat(void __user *uptr)
return (u32)(unsigned long)uptr;
}
-static inline void __user *compat_alloc_user_space(long len)
+static inline void __user *arch_compat_alloc_user_space(long len)
{
struct pt_regs *regs = current_thread_info()->kregs;
unsigned long usp = regs->u_regs[UREG_I6];
diff --git a/arch/tile/include/asm/compat.h b/arch/tile/include/asm/compat.h
index 5a34da6cdd79..345d81ce44bb 100644
--- a/arch/tile/include/asm/compat.h
+++ b/arch/tile/include/asm/compat.h
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ static inline unsigned long ptr_to_compat_reg(void __user *uptr)
return (long)(int)(long __force)uptr;
}
-static inline void __user *compat_alloc_user_space(long len)
+static inline void __user *arch_compat_alloc_user_space(long len)
{
struct pt_regs *regs = task_pt_regs(current);
return (void __user *)regs->sp - len;
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h
index 306160e58b48..1d9cd27c2920 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static inline compat_uptr_t ptr_to_compat(void __user *uptr)
return (u32)(unsigned long)uptr;
}
-static inline void __user *compat_alloc_user_space(long len)
+static inline void __user *arch_compat_alloc_user_space(long len)
{
struct pt_regs *regs = task_pt_regs(current);
return (void __user *)regs->sp - len;
diff --git a/include/linux/compat.h b/include/linux/compat.h
index 9ddc8780e8db..5778b559d59c 100644
--- a/include/linux/compat.h
+++ b/include/linux/compat.h
@@ -360,5 +360,8 @@ extern ssize_t compat_rw_copy_check_uvector(int type,
const struct compat_iovec __user *uvector, unsigned long nr_segs,
unsigned long fast_segs, struct iovec *fast_pointer,
struct iovec **ret_pointer);
+
+extern void __user *compat_alloc_user_space(unsigned long len);
+
#endif /* CONFIG_COMPAT */
#endif /* _LINUX_COMPAT_H */
diff --git a/kernel/compat.c b/kernel/compat.c
index e167efce8423..c9e2ec0b34a8 100644
--- a/kernel/compat.c
+++ b/kernel/compat.c
@@ -1126,3 +1126,24 @@ compat_sys_sysinfo(struct compat_sysinfo __user *info)
return 0;
}
+
+/*
+ * Allocate user-space memory for the duration of a single system call,
+ * in order to marshall parameters inside a compat thunk.
+ */
+void __user *compat_alloc_user_space(unsigned long len)
+{
+ void __user *ptr;
+
+ /* If len would occupy more than half of the entire compat space... */
+ if (unlikely(len > (((compat_uptr_t)~0) >> 1)))
+ return NULL;
+
+ ptr = arch_compat_alloc_user_space(len);
+
+ if (unlikely(!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, ptr, len)))
+ return NULL;
+
+ return ptr;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(compat_alloc_user_space);