linux/arch/x86
Stephen Boyd 446f24d119 Kconfig: consolidate CONFIG_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS
The help text for this config is duplicated across the x86, parisc, and
s390 Kconfig.debug files.  Arnd Bergman noted that the help text was
slightly misleading and should be fixed to state that enabling this
option isn't a problem when using pre 4.4 gcc.

To simplify the rewording, consolidate the text into lib/Kconfig.debug
and modify it there to be more explicit about when you should say N to
this config.

Also, make the text a bit more generic by stating that this option
enables compile time checks so we can cover architectures which emit
warnings vs.  ones which emit errors.  The details of how an
architecture decided to implement the checks isn't as important as the
concept of compile time checking of copy_from_user() calls.

While we're doing this, remove all the copy_from_user_overflow() code
that's duplicated many times and place it into lib/ so that any
architecture supporting this option can get the function for free.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2013-04-30 17:04:09 -07:00
..
boot Merge branch 'x86-cleanups-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-04-30 08:34:07 -07:00
configs x86: Default to ARCH=x86 to avoid overriding CONFIG_64BIT 2012-12-20 14:37:18 -08:00
crypto Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2013-02-25 15:56:15 -08:00
ia32 coredump: factor out the setting of PF_DUMPCORE 2013-04-30 17:04:06 -07:00
include dump_stack: unify debug information printed by show_regs() 2013-04-30 17:04:02 -07:00
kernel dump_stack: unify debug information printed by show_regs() 2013-04-30 17:04:02 -07:00
kvm Merge branch 'x86-paravirt-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-04-30 08:41:21 -07:00
lguest Merge branch 'x86-paravirt-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-04-30 08:41:21 -07:00
lib Kconfig: consolidate CONFIG_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS 2013-04-30 17:04:09 -07:00
math-emu
mm Merge branch 'x86-mm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-04-30 08:40:35 -07:00
net x86: bpf_jit_comp: add pkt_type support 2013-01-30 22:38:34 -05:00
oprofile oprofile, x86: Fix wrapping bug in op_x86_get_ctrl() 2012-10-15 14:38:24 +02:00
pci PCI changes for the v3.10 merge window: 2013-04-29 09:30:25 -07:00
platform Merge branch 'x86-platform-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-04-30 08:42:11 -07:00
power Merge branch 'x86-paravirt-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-04-30 08:41:21 -07:00
realmode x86, relocs: Refactor the relocs tool to merge 32- and 64-bit ELF 2013-04-16 16:02:58 -07:00
syscalls fix compat truncate/ftruncate 2013-02-25 09:24:55 -05:00
tools x86, relocs: Refactor the relocs tool to merge 32- and 64-bit ELF 2013-04-16 16:02:58 -07:00
um Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal 2013-02-23 18:50:11 -08:00
vdso timers/x86/hpet: Use HPET_COUNTER to specify the hpet counter in vread_hpet() 2013-02-15 12:13:18 +01:00
video
xen Merge branch 'x86-paravirt-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-04-30 08:41:21 -07:00
.gitignore
Kbuild
Kconfig Kconfig: consolidate CONFIG_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS 2013-04-30 17:04:09 -07:00
Kconfig.cpu x86, 386 removal: Document Nx586 as a 386 and thus unsupported 2012-11-29 13:28:39 -08:00
Kconfig.debug Kconfig: consolidate CONFIG_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS 2013-04-30 17:04:09 -07:00
Makefile Merge branch 'x86-build-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-02-19 19:12:03 -08:00
Makefile_32.cpu x86, 386 removal: Remove CONFIG_M386 from Kconfig 2012-11-29 13:23:01 -08:00
Makefile.um