The existing write_slice() method is a wrapper around copy_to_user() and
expects the user buffer to be larger than the source buffer.
However, userspace may split up reads in multiple partial operations
providing an offset into the source buffer and a smaller user buffer.
In order to support this common case, provide a helper for partial
writes.
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
[ Replace map_or() with let-else; use saturating_add(). - Danilo ]
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Ok(())
}
+ /// Writes raw data to this user pointer from a kernel buffer partially.
+ ///
+ /// This is the same as [`Self::write_slice`] but considers the given `offset` into `data` and
+ /// truncates the write to the boundaries of `self` and `data`.
+ ///
+ /// On success, returns the number of bytes written.
+ pub fn write_slice_partial(&mut self, data: &[u8], offset: usize) -> Result<usize> {
+ let end = offset.saturating_add(self.len()).min(data.len());
+
+ let Some(src) = data.get(offset..end) else {
+ return Ok(0);
+ };
+
+ self.write_slice(src)?;
+ Ok(src.len())
+ }
+
/// Writes the provided Rust value to this userspace pointer.
///
/// Fails with [`EFAULT`] if the write happens on a bad address, or if the write goes out of