+/**
+ * probe_kernel_address(): safely attempt to read from a location
+ * @addr: address to read from - its type is type typeof(retval)*
+ * @retval: read into this variable
+ *
+ * Safely read from address @addr into variable @revtal. If a kernel fault
+ * happens, handle that and return -EFAULT.
+ * We ensure that the __get_user() is executed in atomic context so that
+ * do_page_fault() doesn't attempt to take mmap_sem. This makes
+ * probe_kernel_address() suitable for use within regions where the caller
+ * already holds mmap_sem, or other locks which nest inside mmap_sem.
+ * This must be a macro because __get_user() needs to know the types of the
+ * args.
+ *
+ * We don't include enough header files to be able to do the set_fs(). We
+ * require that the probe_kernel_address() caller will do that.
+ */
+#define probe_kernel_address(addr, retval) \
+ ({ \
+ long ret; \
+ mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs(); \
+ \
+ set_fs(KERNEL_DS); \
+ pagefault_disable(); \
+ ret = __get_user(retval, (__force typeof(retval) __user *)(addr)); \
+ pagefault_enable(); \
+ set_fs(old_fs); \
+ ret; \
+ })
+