[PATCH v3 02/10] rust: uaccess: add UserSliceReader::read_slice_partial()
From: Danilo Krummrich
Date: Wed Oct 22 2025 - 10:32:17 EST
The existing read_slice() method is a wrapper around copy_from_user()
and expects the user buffer to be larger than the destination buffer.
However, userspace may split up writes in multiple partial operations
providing an offset into the destination buffer and a smaller user
buffer.
In order to support this common case, provide a helper for partial
reads.
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/kernel/uaccess.rs | 16 ++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/uaccess.rs b/rust/kernel/uaccess.rs
index a8fb4764185a..c1cd3a76cff8 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/uaccess.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/uaccess.rs
@@ -287,6 +287,22 @@ pub fn read_slice(&mut self, out: &mut [u8]) -> Result {
self.read_raw(out)
}
+ /// Reads raw data from the user slice into a kernel buffer partially.
+ ///
+ /// This is the same as [`Self::read_slice`] but considers the given `offset` into `out` and
+ /// truncates the read to the boundaries of `self` and `out`.
+ ///
+ /// On success, returns the number of bytes read.
+ pub fn read_slice_partial(&mut self, out: &mut [u8], offset: usize) -> Result<usize> {
+ let end = offset
+ .checked_add(self.len())
+ .unwrap_or(out.len())
+ .min(out.len());
+
+ out.get_mut(offset..end)
+ .map_or(Ok(0), |dst| self.read_slice(dst).map(|()| dst.len()))
+ }
+
/// Reads a value of the specified type.
///
/// Fails with [`EFAULT`] if the read happens on a bad address, or if the read goes out of
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