[patch V4 01/12] ARM: uaccess: Implement missing __get_user_asm_dword()

Thomas Gleixner
2025-10-22T12:49:06Z

When CONFIG_CPU_SPECTRE=n then get_user() is missing the 8 byte ASM variant
for no real good reason. This prevents using get_user(u64) in generic code.

Implement it as a sequence of two 4-byte reads with LE/BE awareness and
make the unsigned long (or long long) type for the intermediate variable to
read into dependend on the the target type.

The __long_type() macro and idea was lifted from PowerPC. Thanks to
Christophe for pointing it out.

Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202509120155.pFgwfeUD-lkp@intel.com/
---
V2a: Solve the *ptr issue vs. unsigned long long - Russell/Christophe
V2: New patch to fix the 0-day fallout
---
arch/arm/include/asm/uaccess.h | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -283,10 +283,17 @@ extern int __put_user_8(void *, unsigned
__gu_err; \
})

+/*
+ * This is a type: either unsigned long, if the argument fits into
+ * that type, or otherwise unsigned long long.
+ */
+#define __long_type(x) \
+ __typeof__(__builtin_choose_expr(sizeof(x) > sizeof(0UL), 0ULL, 0UL))
+
#define __get_user_err(x, ptr, err, __t) \
do { \
unsigned long __gu_addr = (unsigned long)(ptr); \
- unsigned long __gu_val; \
+ __long_type(x) __gu_val; \
unsigned int __ua_flags; \
__chk_user_ptr(ptr); \
might_fault(); \
@@ -295,6 +302,7 @@ do { \
case 1: __get_user_asm_byte(__gu_val, __gu_addr, err, __t); break; \
case 2: __get_user_asm_half(__gu_val, __gu_addr, err, __t); break; \
case 4: __get_user_asm_word(__gu_val, __gu_addr, err, __t); break; \
+ case 8: __get_user_asm_dword(__gu_val, __gu_addr, err, __t); break; \
default: (__gu_val) = __get_user_bad(); \
} \
uaccess_restore(__ua_flags); \
@@ -353,6 +361,22 @@ do { \
#define __get_user_asm_word(x, addr, err, __t) \
__get_user_asm(x, addr, err, "ldr" __t)

+#ifdef __ARMEB__
+#define __WORD0_OFFS 4
+#define __WORD1_OFFS 0
+#else
+#define __WORD0_OFFS 0
+#define __WORD1_OFFS 4
+#endif
+
+#define __get_user_asm_dword(x, addr, err, __t) \
+ ({ \
+ unsigned long __w0, __w1; \
+ __get_user_asm(__w0, addr + __WORD0_OFFS, err, "ldr" __t); \
+ __get_user_asm(__w1, addr + __WORD1_OFFS, err, "ldr" __t); \
+ (x) = ((u64)__w1 << 32) | (u64) __w0; \
+})
+
#define __put_user_switch(x, ptr, __err, __fn) \
do { \
const __typeof__(*(ptr)) __user *__pu_ptr = (ptr); \