[PATCH 6/6] proc: enable writing to /proc/pid/mem

From: Stephen Wilson
Date: Tue Mar 08 2011 - 19:45:32 EST


With recent changes there is no longer a security hazard with writing to
/proc/pid/mem. Remove the #ifdef.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Wilson <wilsons@xxxxxxxx>
---
fs/proc/base.c | 5 -----
1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 5ffc927..41d9c46 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -833,10 +833,6 @@ out_no_task:
return ret;
}

-#define mem_write NULL
-
-#ifndef mem_write
-/* This is a security hazard */
static ssize_t mem_write(struct file * file, const char __user *buf,
size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
{
@@ -894,7 +890,6 @@ out:
out_no_task:
return copied;
}
-#endif

loff_t mem_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int orig)
{
--
1.7.3.5

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