Re: [CHECKER] amusing copy_from_user bug

From: Petru Paler (ppetru@ppetru.net)
Date: Tue Apr 10 2001 - 05:59:47 EST

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On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 06:41:28AM -0400, Jakub Jelinek wrote:
> some architectures don't care at all, because verify_area is a noop
> (sparc64).

Why (and how) is this?

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