linux/lib
Stephen Boyd 446f24d119 Kconfig: consolidate CONFIG_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS
The help text for this config is duplicated across the x86, parisc, and
s390 Kconfig.debug files.  Arnd Bergman noted that the help text was
slightly misleading and should be fixed to state that enabling this
option isn't a problem when using pre 4.4 gcc.

To simplify the rewording, consolidate the text into lib/Kconfig.debug
and modify it there to be more explicit about when you should say N to
this config.

Also, make the text a bit more generic by stating that this option
enables compile time checks so we can cover architectures which emit
warnings vs.  ones which emit errors.  The details of how an
architecture decided to implement the checks isn't as important as the
concept of compile time checking of copy_from_user() calls.

While we're doing this, remove all the copy_from_user_overflow() code
that's duplicated many times and place it into lib/ so that any
architecture supporting this option can get the function for free.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2013-04-30 17:04:09 -07:00
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lzo lib/lzo: Update LZO compression to current upstream version 2013-02-20 19:36:01 +01:00
mpi mpilib: use DIV_ROUND_UP and remove unused macros 2013-02-01 16:28:32 +11:00
raid6 lib/raid6: build proper files on corresponding arch 2012-12-13 19:51:04 +11:00
reed_solomon
xz decompressors: fix typo "POWERPC" 2013-03-13 15:21:48 -07:00
zlib_deflate zlib: slim down zlib_deflate() workspace when possible 2011-03-22 17:44:17 -07:00
zlib_inflate
.gitignore X.509: Implement simple static OID registry 2012-10-08 13:50:18 +10:30
Kconfig Move utf16 functions to kernel core and rename 2013-04-15 21:23:03 +01:00
Kconfig.debug Kconfig: consolidate CONFIG_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS 2013-04-30 17:04:09 -07:00
Kconfig.kgdb KGDB/KDB fixes and cleanups 2013-03-02 08:31:39 -08:00
Kconfig.kmemcheck
Makefile Kconfig: consolidate CONFIG_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS 2013-04-30 17:04:09 -07:00
argv_split.c argv_split(): teach it to handle mutable strings 2013-04-29 18:28:19 -07:00
asn1_decoder.c Nothing all that exciting; a new module-from-fd syscall for those who want 2012-12-19 07:55:08 -08:00
atomic64.c lib: atomic64: Initialize locks statically to fix early users 2012-12-20 13:50:16 -08:00
atomic64_test.c atomic64_test: simplify the #ifdef for atomic64_dec_if_positive() test 2012-07-30 17:25:16 -07:00
audit.c audit: support the "standard" <asm-generic/unistd.h> 2011-05-04 14:41:28 -04:00
average.c lib: reduce the use of module.h wherever possible 2012-03-07 15:04:04 -05:00
bcd.c usb/core: use bin2bcd() for bcdDevice in RH 2012-09-10 11:13:16 -07:00
bch.c lib: add shared BCH ECC library 2011-03-11 14:25:50 +00:00
bitmap.c propagate name change to comments in kernel source 2012-12-06 10:39:54 +01:00
bitrev.c
bsearch.c lib: reduce the use of module.h wherever possible 2012-03-07 15:04:04 -05:00
btree.c btree: catch NULL value before it does harm 2012-06-07 14:43:55 -07:00
bug.c taint: add explicit flag to show whether lock dep is still OK. 2013-01-21 17:17:57 +10:30
build_OID_registry X.509: Implement simple static OID registry 2012-10-08 13:50:18 +10:30
bust_spinlocks.c printk: Provide a wake_up_klogd() off-case 2013-03-22 16:41:20 -07:00
check_signature.c lib: reduce the use of module.h wherever possible 2012-03-07 15:04:04 -05:00
checksum.c asm-generic headers: Allow yet more arch overrides in checksum.h 2013-02-11 20:00:33 +05:30
clz_tab.c lib: Fix multiple definitions of clz_tab 2012-02-02 10:34:23 +11:00
cmdline.c lib: reduce the use of module.h wherever possible 2012-03-07 15:04:04 -05:00
cordic.c Docs: wording: functions -> algorithm 2011-10-29 21:20:22 +02:00
cpu-notifier-error-inject.c cpu: rewrite cpu-notifier-error-inject module 2012-07-30 17:25:22 -07:00
cpu_rmap.c lib: cpu_rmap: avoid flushing all workqueues 2013-01-11 14:54:54 -08:00
cpumask.c bootmem: fix wrong call parameter for free_bootmem() 2012-12-11 17:22:28 -08:00
crc-ccitt.c
crc-itu-t.c
crc-t10dif.c
crc7.c
crc8.c lib: crc8: add new library module providing crc8 algorithm 2011-06-03 15:01:06 -04:00
crc16.c
crc32.c sections: fix const sections for crc32 table 2012-10-06 03:04:46 +09:00
crc32defs.h crc32: select an algorithm via Kconfig 2012-03-23 16:58:38 -07:00
ctype.c lib: reduce the use of module.h wherever possible 2012-03-07 15:04:04 -05:00
debug_locks.c lib: reduce the use of module.h wherever possible 2012-03-07 15:04:04 -05:00
debugobjects.c hlist: drop the node parameter from iterators 2013-02-27 19:10:24 -08:00
dec_and_lock.c lib: reduce the use of module.h wherever possible 2012-03-07 15:04:04 -05:00
decompress.c lib/decompress.c add __init to decompress_method and data 2012-10-06 03:05:32 +09:00
decompress_bunzip2.c decompress_bunzip2: remove invalid vi modeline 2011-12-06 10:00:05 +01:00
decompress_inflate.c decompressors: check input size in decompress_inflate.c 2011-01-13 08:03:25 -08:00
decompress_unlzma.c treewide: Fix comment and string typo 'bufer' 2011-12-06 09:53:40 +01:00
decompress_unlzo.c lib/lzo: Rename lzo1x_decompress.c to lzo1x_decompress_safe.c 2013-02-20 19:36:00 +01:00
decompress_unxz.c Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
devres.c lib/devres.c: fix misplaced #endif 2013-02-27 19:10:09 -08:00
digsig.c Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2013-02-21 08:18:12 -08:00
div64.c math64: New div64_u64_rem helper 2013-03-13 18:03:27 +01:00
dma-debug.c dma-debug: update DMA debug API to better handle multiple mappings of a buffer 2013-03-22 16:41:20 -07:00
dump_stack.c dump_stack: consolidate dump_stack() implementations and unify their behaviors 2013-04-30 17:04:02 -07:00
dynamic_debug.c dynamic_debug: reuse generic string_unescape function 2013-04-30 17:04:03 -07:00
dynamic_queue_limits.c bql: Avoid possible inconsistent calculation. 2012-05-31 18:18:17 -04:00
earlycpio.c lib: Add early cpio decoder 2012-09-30 18:02:20 -07:00
extable.c
fault-inject.c lib/: rename random32() to prandom_u32() 2013-04-29 18:28:42 -07:00
fdt.c of/lib: Allow scripts/dtc/libfdt to be used from kernel code 2012-07-23 13:54:52 +01:00
fdt_ro.c of/lib: Allow scripts/dtc/libfdt to be used from kernel code 2012-07-23 13:54:52 +01:00
fdt_rw.c of/lib: Allow scripts/dtc/libfdt to be used from kernel code 2012-07-23 13:54:52 +01:00
fdt_strerror.c of/lib: Allow scripts/dtc/libfdt to be used from kernel code 2012-07-23 13:54:52 +01:00
fdt_sw.c of/lib: Allow scripts/dtc/libfdt to be used from kernel code 2012-07-23 13:54:52 +01:00
fdt_wip.c of/lib: Allow scripts/dtc/libfdt to be used from kernel code 2012-07-23 13:54:52 +01:00
find_last_bit.c lib: reduce the use of module.h wherever possible 2012-03-07 15:04:04 -05:00
find_next_bit.c lib: reduce the use of module.h wherever possible 2012-03-07 15:04:04 -05:00
flex_array.c lib: reduce the use of module.h wherever possible 2012-03-07 15:04:04 -05:00
flex_proportions.c lib/flex_proportions.c: fix corruption of denominator in flexible proportions 2012-09-25 08:59:21 -07:00
gcd.c lib/gcd.c: prevent possible div by 0 2012-10-06 03:04:57 +09:00
gen_crc32table.c sections: fix const sections for crc32 table 2012-10-06 03:04:46 +09:00
genalloc.c genalloc: add devres support, allow to find a managed pool by device 2013-04-29 18:28:13 -07:00
halfmd4.c lib: reduce the use of module.h wherever possible 2012-03-07 15:04:04 -05:00
hexdump.c dynamic_debug: dynamic hex dump 2013-01-17 12:19:09 -08:00
hweight.c lib: reduce the use of module.h wherever possible 2012-03-07 15:04:04 -05:00
idr.c idr: introduce idr_alloc_cyclic() 2013-04-29 18:28:41 -07:00
inflate.c MN10300: Don't try and #include <linux/slab.h> in lib/inflate.c from bootloader 2010-08-12 09:51:35 -07:00
int_sqrt.c lib/int_sqrt.c: optimize square root algorithm 2013-04-29 18:28:19 -07:00
interval_tree.c mm: interval tree updates 2012-10-09 16:22:40 +09:00
interval_tree_test_main.c random32: rename random32 to prandom 2012-12-17 17:15:26 -08:00
iomap.c lib: reduce the use of module.h wherever possible 2012-03-07 15:04:04 -05:00
iomap_copy.c lib: reduce the use of module.h wherever possible 2012-03-07 15:04:04 -05:00
iommu-helper.c The following text was taken from the original review request: 2012-03-24 10:24:31 -07:00
ioremap.c lib: reduce the use of module.h wherever possible 2012-03-07 15:04:04 -05:00
irq_regs.c lib: reduce the use of module.h wherever possible 2012-03-07 15:04:04 -05:00
is_single_threaded.c
jedec_ddr_data.c ddr: add LPDDR2 data from JESD209-2 2012-05-02 00:04:06 -07:00
kasprintf.c lib/kasprintf.c: use kmalloc_track_caller() to get accurate traces for kvasprintf 2012-10-11 08:50:15 +09:00
kfifo.c kfifo: fix kfifo_alloc() and kfifo_init() 2013-02-27 19:10:23 -08:00
klist.c Revert "driver core: check start node in klist_iter_init_node" 2012-04-19 19:17:30 -07:00
kobject.c kobject: fix kset_find_obj() race with concurrent last kobject_put() 2013-04-13 15:15:30 -07:00
kobject_uevent.c netlink: hide struct module parameter in netlink_kernel_create 2012-09-08 18:46:30 -04:00
kstrtox.c kstrto*: add documentation 2012-12-17 17:15:22 -08:00
kstrtox.h lib/kstrtox: common code between kstrto*() and simple_strto*() functions 2011-10-31 17:30:56 -07:00
lcm.c lib: reduce the use of module.h wherever possible 2012-03-07 15:04:04 -05:00
libcrc32c.c
list_debug.c rcu: Fix broken strings in RCU's source code. 2012-07-06 06:01:49 -07:00
list_sort.c lib/: rename random32() to prandom_u32() 2013-04-29 18:28:42 -07:00
llist.c Disintegrate and delete asm/system.h 2012-03-28 15:58:21 -07:00
locking-selftest-hardirq.h
locking-selftest-mutex.h
locking-selftest-rlock-hardirq.h
locking-selftest-rlock-softirq.h
locking-selftest-rlock.h
locking-selftest-rsem.h
locking-selftest-softirq.h
locking-selftest-spin-hardirq.h
locking-selftest-spin-softirq.h
locking-selftest-spin.h
locking-selftest-wlock-hardirq.h
locking-selftest-wlock-softirq.h
locking-selftest-wlock.h
locking-selftest-wsem.h
locking-selftest.c lockdep: Selftest: convert spinlock to raw spinlock 2013-02-19 08:43:35 +01:00
lru_cache.c hlist: drop the node parameter from iterators 2013-02-27 19:10:24 -08:00
md5.c lib: reduce the use of module.h wherever possible 2012-03-07 15:04:04 -05:00
memory-notifier-error-inject.c memory: memory notifier error injection module 2012-07-30 17:25:22 -07:00
memweight.c string: introduce memweight() 2012-07-30 17:25:16 -07:00
nlattr.c netlink: add minlen validation for the new signed types 2012-08-30 13:11:46 -04:00
notifier-error-inject.c fault-injection: notifier error injection 2012-07-30 17:25:22 -07:00
notifier-error-inject.h fault-injection: notifier error injection 2012-07-30 17:25:22 -07:00
of-reconfig-notifier-error-inject.c powerpc+of: Rename and fix OF reconfig notifier error inject module 2012-12-14 10:32:52 +11:00
oid_registry.c X.509: Add utility functions to render OIDs as strings 2012-10-08 13:50:18 +10:30
parser.c lib/parser.c: fix up comments for valid return values from match_number 2013-02-21 17:22:25 -08:00
pci_iomap.c lib: add NO_GENERIC_PCI_IOPORT_MAP 2012-01-31 23:19:47 +02:00
percpu-rwsem.c percpu_rw_semaphore: add lockdep annotations 2012-12-17 17:15:18 -08:00
percpu_counter.c switch the protection of percpu_counter list to spinlock 2012-07-31 09:28:31 +04:00
plist.c lib/plist.c: make plist test announcements KERN_DEBUG 2012-10-06 03:04:58 +09:00
pm-notifier-error-inject.c PM: PM notifier error injection module 2012-07-30 17:25:22 -07:00
prio_heap.c
proportions.c locking, lib/proportions: Annotate prop_local_percpu::lock as raw 2011-09-13 11:11:50 +02:00
radix-tree.c radix-tree: fix contiguous iterator 2012-06-05 10:46:40 -07:00
random32.c prandom: introduce prandom_bytes() and prandom_bytes_state() 2012-12-17 17:15:26 -08:00
ratelimit.c lib: reduce the use of module.h wherever possible 2012-03-07 15:04:04 -05:00
rational.c lib: Change mail address of Oskar Schirmer 2012-05-17 15:18:37 +02:00
rbtree.c lib/rbtree.c: avoid the use of non-static __always_inline 2013-01-11 14:54:56 -08:00
rbtree_test.c rbtree_test: add __init/__exit annotations 2013-04-30 17:04:07 -07:00
reciprocal_div.c sch_red: Adaptative RED AQM 2011-12-08 19:52:43 -05:00
rwsem-spinlock.c rwsem-spinlock: Implement writer lock-stealing for better scalability 2013-02-19 08:43:39 +01:00
rwsem.c rwsem: Implement writer lock-stealing for better scalability 2013-02-19 08:42:43 +01:00
scatterlist.c lib/scatterlist: use page iterator in the mapping iterator 2013-02-27 19:10:10 -08:00
sha1.c lib: reduce the use of module.h wherever possible 2012-03-07 15:04:04 -05:00
show_mem.c mm, show_mem: suppress page counts in non-blockable contexts 2013-04-29 15:54:28 -07:00
smp_processor_id.c lib: reduce the use of module.h wherever possible 2012-03-07 15:04:04 -05:00
sort.c
spinlock_debug.c lib/spinlock_debug: avoid livelock in do_raw_spin_lock() 2012-10-06 03:04:57 +09:00
stmp_device.c lib: add support for stmp-style devices 2012-04-20 23:27:08 +02:00
string.c The following text was taken from the original review request: 2012-03-24 10:24:31 -07:00
string_helpers.c lib/string_helpers: introduce generic string_unescape 2013-04-30 17:04:03 -07:00
strncpy_from_user.c word-at-a-time: make the interfaces truly generic 2012-05-26 11:33:40 -07:00
strnlen_user.c lib: Fix generic strnlen_user for 32-bit big-endian machines 2012-05-27 20:59:46 -07:00
swiotlb.c x86, kdump: Set crashkernel_low automatically 2013-04-17 12:35:32 -07:00
syscall.c lib: reduce the use of module.h wherever possible 2012-03-07 15:04:04 -05:00
test-kstrtox.c lib/test-kstrtox.c: mark const init data with __initconst instead of __initdata 2012-05-29 16:22:32 -07:00
test-string_helpers.c lib/string_helpers: introduce generic string_unescape 2013-04-30 17:04:03 -07:00
textsearch.c textsearch: doc - fix spelling in lib/textsearch.c. 2011-01-24 23:33:30 -08:00
timerqueue.c The following text was taken from the original review request: 2012-03-24 10:24:31 -07:00
ts_bm.c
ts_fsm.c
ts_kmp.c
ucs2_string.c Move utf16 functions to kernel core and rename 2013-04-15 21:23:03 +01:00
usercopy.c Kconfig: consolidate CONFIG_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS 2013-04-30 17:04:09 -07:00
uuid.c uuid: use prandom_bytes() 2013-04-29 18:28:42 -07:00
vsprintf.c lib/vsprintf.c: add %pa format specifier for phys_addr_t types 2013-02-21 17:22:20 -08:00