Re: [PATCH v16 4/5] random: introduce generic vDSO getrandom() implementation

[Randy Dunlap]

On 5/28/24 5:19 AM, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> +/**
> + * type vdso_kernel_ulong - unsigned long type that matches kernel's unsigned long

s/type/typedef/ (for first "type" only)

> + *
> + * Data shared between userspace and the kernel must operate the same way in both 64-bit code and in
> + * 32-bit compat code, over the same potentially 64-bit kernel. This type represents the size of an
> + * unsigned long as used by kernel code. This isn't necessarily the same as an unsigned long as used
> + * by userspace, however.
> + *
> + *                 +-------------------+-------------------+------------------+-------------------+
> + *                 | 32-bit userspace  | 32-bit userspace  | 64-bit userspace | 64-bit userspace  |
> + *                 | unsigned long     | vdso_kernel_ulong | unsigned long    | vdso_kernel_ulong |
> + * +---------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+-------------------+
> + * | 32-bit kernel | ✓ same size       | ✓ same size       |
> + * | unsigned long |                   |                   |
> + * +---------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+-------------------+
> + * | 64-bit kernel | ✘ different size! | ✓ same size       | ✓ same size      | ✓ same size       |
> + * | unsigned long |                   |                   |                  |                   |
> + * +---------------+-------------------+-------------------+------------------+-------------------+
> + */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
> +typedef u64 vdso_kernel_ulong;
> +#else
> +typedef u32 vdso_kernel_ulong;
> +#endif

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