Re: [PATCH v11 1/4] random: add vgetrandom_alloc() syscall

+/********************************************************************
+ *
+ * vDSO support helpers.
+ *
+ * The actual vDSO function is defined over in lib/vdso/getrandom.c,
+ * but this section contains the kernel-mode helpers to support that.
+ *
+ ********************************************************************/
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_VDSO_GETRANDOM
+/**
+ * sys_vgetrandom_alloc - Allocate opaque states for use with vDSO getrandom().
+ *
+ * @num:	   On input, a pointer to a suggested hint of how many states to
+ * 		   allocate, and on return the number of states actually allocated.
+ *
+ * @size_per_each: On input, must be zero. On return, the size of each state allocated,
+ * 		   so that the caller can split up the returned allocation into
+ * 		   individual states.
+ *
+ * @addr:	   Reserved, must be zero.
+ *
+ * @flags:	   Reserved, must be zero.
+ *
+ * The getrandom() vDSO function in userspace requires an opaque state, which
+ * this function allocates by mapping a certain number of special pages into
+ * the calling process. It takes a hint as to the number of opaque states
+ * desired, and provides the caller with the number of opaque states actually
+ * allocated, the size of each one in bytes, and the address of the first
+ * state, which may be split up into @num states of @size_per_each bytes each,
+ * by adding @size_per_each to the returned first state @num times.
+ *
+ * Returns the address of the first state in the allocation on success, or a
+ * negative error value on failure.
+ *
+ * The returned address of the first state may be passed to munmap(2) with a
+ * length of `(size_t)num * (size_t)size_per_each`, in order to deallocate the
+ * memory, after which it is invalid to pass it to vDSO getrandom().
+ *
+ * States allocated by this function must not be dereferenced, written, read,
+ * or otherwise manipulated. The *only* supported operations are:
+ *   - Splitting up the states in intervals of @size_per_each, no more than
+ *     @num times from the first state.
+ *   - Passing a state to the getrandom() vDSO function's @opaque_state
+ *     parameter, but not passing the same state at the same time to two such
+ *     calls.
+ *   - Passing the first state to munmap(2), as described above.
+ * All other uses are undefined behavior, which is subject to change or removal