[PATCH 12/12] x86_64: __clear_user as case of __memset_user

[Igor Stoppa]

To avoid code duplication, re-use __memset_user(), when clearing
user-space memory.

The overhead should be minimal (2 extra register assignments) and
outside of the writing loop.

Signed-off-by: Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@xxxxxxxxxx>

CC: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@xxxxxxxxx>
CC: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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CC: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Ahmed Soliman <ahmedsoliman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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---
 arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c | 29 +----------------------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c b/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c
index 84f8f8a20b30..ab6aabb62055 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c
@@ -69,34 +69,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(memset_user);
 
 unsigned long __clear_user(void __user *addr, unsigned long size)
 {
-	long __d0;
-	might_fault();
-	/* no memory constraint because it doesn't change any memory gcc knows
-	   about */
-	stac();
-	asm volatile(
-		"	testq  %[size8],%[size8]\n"
-		"	jz     4f\n"
-		"0:	movq $0,(%[dst])\n"
-		"	addq   $8,%[dst]\n"
-		"	decl %%ecx ; jnz   0b\n"
-		"4:	movq  %[size1],%%rcx\n"
-		"	testl %%ecx,%%ecx\n"
-		"	jz     2f\n"
-		"1:	movb   $0,(%[dst])\n"
-		"	incq   %[dst]\n"
-		"	decl %%ecx ; jnz  1b\n"
-		"2:\n"
-		".section .fixup,\"ax\"\n"
-		"3:	lea 0(%[size1],%[size8],8),%[size8]\n"
-		"	jmp 2b\n"
-		".previous\n"
-		_ASM_EXTABLE_UA(0b, 3b)
-		_ASM_EXTABLE_UA(1b, 2b)
-		: [size8] "=&c"(size), [dst] "=&D" (__d0)
-		: [size1] "r"(size & 7), "[size8]" (size / 8), "[dst]"(addr));
-	clac();
-	return size;
+	return __memset_user(addr, 0, size);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__clear_user);
 
-- 
2.19.1