Re: [PATCH RESEND] x86/fpu: Use vmemdup_user() in xstateregs_set()

[Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>]

On Mon, Jul 20, 2026 at 09:55:35PM +0200, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Replace the open-coded vmalloc() and copy_from_user() with
> vmemdup_user() to simplify xstateregs_set().
> 
> vmemdup_user() returns an ERR_PTR() on failure, preserving the existing
> -ENOMEM and -EFAULT error codes. Since vmemdup_user() is backed by
> kvmalloc(), use kvfree() to free the buffer instead.
> 
> Return early on error and drop the obsolete out label.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/fpu/regset.c | 17 ++++++-----------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/regset.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/regset.c
> index 0986c2200adc..8dc9de732c78 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/regset.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/regset.c
> @@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
>   * FPU register's regset abstraction, for ptrace, core dumps, etc.
>   */
>  #include <linux/sched/task_stack.h>
> -#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
> +#include <linux/slab.h>
> +#include <linux/string.h>
>  
>  #include <asm/fpu/api.h>
>  #include <asm/fpu/signal.h>
> @@ -157,21 +158,15 @@ int xstateregs_set(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *regset,
>  		return -EFAULT;
>  
>  	if (!kbuf) {
> -		tmpbuf = vmalloc(count);
> -		if (!tmpbuf)
> -			return -ENOMEM;
> -
> -		if (copy_from_user(tmpbuf, ubuf, count)) {
> -			ret = -EFAULT;
> -			goto out;
> -		}
> +		tmpbuf = vmemdup_user(ubuf, count);
> +		if (IS_ERR(tmpbuf))
> +			return PTR_ERR(tmpbuf);
>  	}
>  
>  	fpu_force_restore(fpu);
>  	ret = copy_uabi_from_kernel_to_xstate(fpu->fpstate, kbuf ?: tmpbuf, &target->thread.pkru);
>  
> -out:
> -	vfree(tmpbuf);
> +	kvfree(tmpbuf);
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  

I've resent this cleanup a few times and haven't received feedback. Is
this still something you would consider, or would you prefer that I drop
it? It's intended to be a mechanical cleanup with no functional changes.

Happy to rerun the relevant x86 XSAVE selftests if it helps.

Thanks,
Thorsten