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+/*
+ * __get_user functions.
+ *
+ * (C) Copyright 1998 Linus Torvalds
+ *
+ * These functions have a non-standard call interface
+ * to make them more efficient, especially as they
+ * return an error value in addition to the "real"
+ * return value.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * __get_user_X
+ *
+ * Inputs:	%eax contains the address
+ *
+ * Outputs:	%eax is error code (0 or -EFAULT)
+ *		%edx contains zero-extended value
+ *
+ * These functions should not modify any other registers,
+ * as they get called from within inline assembly.
+ */
+
+addr_limit = 12
+
+.text
+.align 4
+.globl __get_user_1
+__get_user_1:
+	movl %esp,%edx
+	andl $0xffffe000,%edx
+	cmpl addr_limit(%edx),%eax
+	jae bad_get_user
+1:	movzbl (%eax),%edx
+	xorl %eax,%eax
+	ret
+
+.align 4
+.globl __get_user_2
+__get_user_2:
+	addl $1,%eax
+	movl %esp,%edx
+	jc bad_get_user
+	andl $0xffffe000,%edx
+	cmpl addr_limit(%edx),%eax
+	jae bad_get_user
+2:	movzwl -1(%eax),%edx
+	xorl %eax,%eax
+	ret
+
+.align 4
+.globl __get_user_4
+__get_user_4:
+	addl $3,%eax
+	movl %esp,%edx
+	jc bad_get_user
+	andl $0xffffe000,%edx
+	cmpl addr_limit(%edx),%eax
+	jae bad_get_user
+3:	movl -3(%eax),%edx
+	xorl %eax,%eax
+	ret
+
+bad_get_user:
+	xorl %edx,%edx
+	movl $-14,%eax
+	ret
+
+.section __ex_table,"a"
+	.long 1b,bad_get_user
+	.long 2b,bad_get_user
+	.long 3b,bad_get_user
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