Re: [BKPATCH] more copy_{to,from}_user fixes

From: Rusty Russell (rusty@rustcorp.com.au)
Date: Mon Jun 03 2002 - 03:07:09 EST

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In message <20020602070110.GJ19932@conectiva.com.br> you write:
> Linus, some more, please consider pulling from:
>
> http://kernel-acme.bkbits.net:8080/copy_to_from_user-2.5
>
> I stopped this (re)audit when 544 were still to be reviewed. Bedtime 8)

Heh... Was this on 2.5.20? If so, you're fast 8)

I didn't bother to check for anything other than "I use the return
value in a non-binary way": that's enough to keep me busy and
frustrated.

Not checking at all can keep code much simpler sometimes, too.
(And more codepaths, more bugs.)

Rusty.

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