[PATCH][4/4] let's kill verify_area - convert kernel/printk.c toaccess_ok()

[Jesper Juhl]

Here's a patch to convert verify_area to access_ok in kernel/printk.c


Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml@xxxxxx>

diff -up linux-2.6.10-bk9-orig/kernel/printk.c linux-2.6.10-bk9/kernel/printk.c
--- linux-2.6.10-bk9-orig/kernel/printk.c	2004-12-24 22:35:40.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.10-bk9/kernel/printk.c	2005-01-07 02:11:16.000000000 +0100
@@ -269,8 +269,8 @@ int do_syslog(int type, char __user * bu
 		error = 0;
 		if (!len)
 			goto out;
-		error = verify_area(VERIFY_WRITE,buf,len);
-		if (error)
+		error = access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE,buf,len);
+		if (!error)
 			goto out;
 		error = wait_event_interruptible(log_wait, (log_start - log_end));
 		if (error)
@@ -300,8 +300,8 @@ int do_syslog(int type, char __user * bu
 		error = 0;
 		if (!len)
 			goto out;
-		error = verify_area(VERIFY_WRITE,buf,len);
-		if (error)
+		error = access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE,buf,len);
+		if (!error)
 			goto out;
 		count = len;
 		if (count > log_buf_len)



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