[10/14] fs: add a __kernel_read helper

Commit Message

Christoph Hellwig May 28, 2020, 5:40 a.m. UTC

This is the counterpart to __kernel_write, and skip the rw_verify_area
call compared to kernel_read.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <[e-mail]>
---
 fs/read_write.c    | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/fs.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)

Patch

diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 8cfca5f8fc3ce..bd12af8a895c8 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -430,6 +430,27 @@  ssize_t __vfs_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count,
 		return -EINVAL;
 }
 
+ssize_t __kernel_read(struct file *file, void *buf, size_t count, loff_t *pos)
+{
+	mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
+	ssize_t ret;
+
+	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_READ))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (count > MAX_RW_COUNT)
+		count =  MAX_RW_COUNT;
+	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
+	ret = __vfs_read(file, (void __user *)buf, count, pos);
+	set_fs(old_fs);
+	if (ret > 0) {
+		fsnotify_access(file);
+		add_rchar(current, ret);
+	}
+	inc_syscr(current);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 ssize_t kernel_read(struct file *file, void *buf, size_t count, loff_t *pos)
 {
 	mm_segment_t old_fs;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 21f126957c2cf..6441aaa25f8f2 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -3011,6 +3011,7 @@  extern int kernel_read_file_from_path_initns(const char *, void **, loff_t *, lo
 extern int kernel_read_file_from_fd(int, void **, loff_t *, loff_t,
 				    enum kernel_read_file_id);
 extern ssize_t kernel_read(struct file *, void *, size_t, loff_t *);
+ssize_t __kernel_read(struct file *file, void *buf, size_t count, loff_t *pos);
 extern ssize_t kernel_write(struct file *, const void *, size_t, loff_t *);
 extern ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *, const void *, size_t, loff_t *);
 extern struct file * open_exec(const char *);