1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sockptr.h b/include/linux/sockptr.h
index bae5e2369b4f..307961b41541 100644
--- a/include/linux/sockptr.h
+++ b/include/linux/sockptr.h
@@ -55,6 +55,29 @@ static inline int copy_from_sockptr(void *dst, sockptr_t src, size_t size)
 	return copy_from_sockptr_offset(dst, src, 0, size);
 }
 
+static inline int copy_struct_from_sockptr(void *dst, size_t ksize,
+		sockptr_t src, size_t usize)
+{
+	size_t size = min(ksize, usize);
+	size_t rest = max(ksize, usize) - size;
+
+	if (!sockptr_is_kernel(src))
+		return copy_struct_from_user(dst, ksize, src.user, size);
+
+	if (usize < ksize) {
+		memset(dst + size, 0, rest);
+	} else if (usize > ksize) {
+		char *p = src.kernel;
+
+		while (rest--) {
+			if (*p++)
+				return -E2BIG;
+		}
+	}
+	memcpy(dst, src.kernel, size);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static inline int copy_to_sockptr_offset(sockptr_t dst, size_t offset,
 		const void *src, size_t size)
 {