[RFC v1 09/19] ptwrite uprobes: Factor file-backed instruction reads

From: Andi Kleen

Date: Mon Aug 31 2026 - 16:19:50 EST


Refactor copy_insn into a more generic uprobe_copy_from_file.
The existing copy_insn is still there, but uses the generic
version now. The generic version will be used in later patches.

No semantic change intended.

Assisted-by: omp:gpt-5.6-luna
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/uprobes.h | 2 ++
kernel/events/uprobes.c | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/uprobes.h b/include/linux/uprobes.h
index 6d2a430f88ca..c0d65ea5353e 100644
--- a/include/linux/uprobes.h
+++ b/include/linux/uprobes.h
@@ -304,6 +304,8 @@ extern void uprobe_handle_trampoline(struct pt_regs *regs);
extern void *arch_uretprobe_trampoline(unsigned long *psize);
extern unsigned long uprobe_get_trampoline_vaddr(void);
extern void uprobe_copy_from_page(struct page *page, unsigned long vaddr, void *dst, int len);
+extern int uprobe_copy_from_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
+ loff_t offset, void *buf, int size);
extern void arch_uprobe_clear_state(struct mm_struct *mm);
extern void arch_uprobe_init_state(struct mm_struct *mm);
extern int arch_uprobe_dup_ptwrite(struct mm_struct *oldmm, struct mm_struct *newmm);
diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index 23202df2b51a..20fa16ed8519 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -1073,30 +1073,52 @@ static int __copy_insn(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
return 0;
}

-static int copy_insn(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct file *filp)
+/**
+ * uprobe_copy_from_file - read bytes from a file's page cache
+ * @inode: the file's inode
+ * @file: file used by the filesystem's read_folio callback
+ * @offset: byte offset into the file
+ * @buf: destination buffer
+ * @size: number of bytes to read (may cross page boundaries)
+ *
+ * Handles page-crossing reads transparently. The return value is the number
+ * of bytes copied, or a negative error code. Callers that require a full
+ * instruction must check that the requested size was copied.
+ */
+int uprobe_copy_from_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
+ loff_t offset, void *buf, int size)
{
- struct address_space *mapping = uprobe->inode->i_mapping;
- loff_t offs = uprobe->offset;
- void *insn = &uprobe->arch.insn;
- int size = sizeof(uprobe->arch.insn);
- int len, err = -EIO;
+ struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
+ loff_t file_size;
+ int len, copied = 0, err;

- /* Copy only available bytes, -EIO if nothing was read */
- do {
- if (offs >= i_size_read(uprobe->inode))
+ if (offset < 0 || size < 0)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ while (copied < size) {
+ file_size = i_size_read(inode);
+ if (offset >= file_size)
break;

- len = min_t(int, size, PAGE_SIZE - (offs & ~PAGE_MASK));
- err = __copy_insn(mapping, filp, insn, len, offs);
+ len = min_t(loff_t, size - copied, file_size - offset);
+ len = min_t(int, len, PAGE_SIZE - (offset & ~PAGE_MASK));
+ err = __copy_insn(mapping, file, buf + copied, len, offset);
if (err)
- break;
+ return err;

- insn += len;
- offs += len;
- size -= len;
- } while (size);
+ copied += len;
+ offset += len;
+ }
+ return copied;
+}

- return err;
+static int copy_insn(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct file *filp)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = uprobe_copy_from_file(uprobe->inode, filp, uprobe->offset,
+ &uprobe->arch.insn,
+ sizeof(uprobe->arch.insn));
+ return ret < 0 ? ret : ret == sizeof(uprobe->arch.insn) ? 0 : -EIO;
}

static int prepare_uprobe(struct uprobe *uprobe, struct file *file,
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