Re: [PATCH bpf-next v8 1/5] mm: Add copy_remote_mm_str()

["David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>]

On 9/18/26 11:10, Anastasios Papagiannis wrote:
> copy_remote_vm_str() gets the target address space from a struct
> task_struct. This does not work for an address space that exists but is
> not yet associated with a task_struct, such as the mm held by struct
> linux_binprm during exec.
> 
> Add copy_remote_mm_str(), which operates directly on a struct mm_struct.
> 
> Use a common internal interface for the MMU and NOMMU implementations
> and define both public wrappers in mm/util.c. Preserve the existing
> copy_remote_vm_str() behavior, including handling zero-length requests
> before acquiring the task's mm.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anastasios Papagiannis <tasos.papagiannnis@gmail.com>
> Acked-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
> ---
>  include/linux/mm.h |  8 +++---
>  mm/internal.h      |  3 +++
>  mm/memory.c        | 43 ++------------------------------
>  mm/nommu.c         | 43 ++------------------------------
>  mm/util.c          | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  5 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 86 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
> index dd09c438fa23..63f40e615754 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> @@ -3325,10 +3325,10 @@ extern int access_process_vm(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long addr,
>  extern int access_remote_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
>  		void *buf, int len, unsigned int gup_flags);
>  
> -#ifdef CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL
> -extern int copy_remote_vm_str(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long addr,
> -			      void *buf, int len, unsigned int gup_flags);
> -#endif
> +int copy_remote_mm_str(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
> +		void *buf, int len, unsigned int gup_flags);
> +int copy_remote_vm_str(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long addr,
> +		void *buf, int len, unsigned int gup_flags);
>  
>  long get_user_pages_remote(struct mm_struct *mm,
>  			   unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages,
> diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
> index 38b1165212c9..557b29381355 100644
> --- a/mm/internal.h
> +++ b/mm/internal.h
> @@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
>  struct folio_batch;
>  struct hstate;
>  
> +int __copy_remote_mm_str(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
> +			 void *buf, int len, unsigned int gup_flags);

Two tabs please. (I thought I commented on that already)

> +
>  struct huge_bootmem_page {
>  	struct list_head list;
>  	struct hstate *hstate;
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index 8b0c2c735d3d..fc6933d7e9d3 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -7326,13 +7326,12 @@ int access_process_vm(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long addr,
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(access_process_vm);
>  
> -#ifdef CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL
>  /*
>   * Copy a string from another process's address space as given in mm.
>   * If there is any error return -EFAULT.
>   */
> -static int __copy_remote_vm_str(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
> -				void *buf, int len, unsigned int gup_flags)
> +int __copy_remote_mm_str(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
> +			 void *buf, int len, unsigned int gup_flags)
>  {
>  	void *old_buf = buf;
>  	int err = 0;
> @@ -7408,44 +7407,6 @@ static int __copy_remote_vm_str(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
>  	return buf - old_buf;
>  }
>  
> -/**
> - * copy_remote_vm_str - copy a string from another process's address space.
> - * @tsk:	the task of the target address space
> - * @addr:	start address to read from
> - * @buf:	destination buffer
> - * @len:	number of bytes to copy
> - * @gup_flags:	flags modifying lookup behaviour
> - *
> - * The caller must hold a reference on @mm.
> - *
> - * Return: number of bytes copied from @addr (source) to @buf (destination);
> - * not including the trailing NUL. Always guaranteed to leave NUL-terminated
> - * buffer. On any error, return -EFAULT.
> - */
> -int copy_remote_vm_str(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long addr,
> -		       void *buf, int len, unsigned int gup_flags)

Dito.

> -{
> -	struct mm_struct *mm;
> -	int ret;
> -
> -	if (unlikely(len == 0))
> -		return 0;
> -
> -	mm = get_task_mm(tsk);
> -	if (!mm) {
> -		*(char *)buf = '\0';
> -		return -EFAULT;
> -	}
> -
> -	ret = __copy_remote_vm_str(mm, addr, buf, len, gup_flags);
> -
> -	mmput(mm);
> -
> -	return ret;
> -}
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(copy_remote_vm_str);
> -#endif /* CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL */
> -
>  /*
>   * Print the name of a VMA.
>   */
> diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
> index 498e01ee40b0..9a810c35e7e9 100644
> --- a/mm/nommu.c
> +++ b/mm/nommu.c
> @@ -1741,13 +1741,12 @@ int access_process_vm(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long addr, void *buf, in
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(access_process_vm);
>  
> -#ifdef CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL
>  /*
>   * Copy a string from another process's address space as given in mm.
>   * If there is any error return -EFAULT.
>   */
> -static int __copy_remote_vm_str(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
> -				void *buf, int len)
> +int __copy_remote_mm_str(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
> +			 void *buf, int len, unsigned int gup_flags)

Dito.


I really couldn't care less about the pedantic doc things from the bpf bot.

-- 
Cheers,

David