[PATCH] kernel/itimer.c verify_area
Artur Skawina (skawina@geocities.com)
Sun, 01 Aug 1999 16:08:29 +0200
diff -urNp --exclude-from /usr/src/lkdontdiff /img/linux-2.3.12/kernel/itimer.c linux-2.3.12as/kernel/itimer.c
--- /img/linux-2.3.12/kernel/itimer.c Tue Nov 24 21:51:44 1998
+++ linux-2.3.12as/kernel/itimer.c Fri Jul 30 16:10:53 1999
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static unsigned long tvtojiffies(struct
return HZ*sec+usec;
}
-static void jiffiestotv(unsigned long jiffies, struct timeval *value)
+static inline void jiffiestotv(unsigned long jiffies, struct timeval *value)
{
value->tv_usec = (jiffies % HZ) * (1000000 / HZ);
value->tv_sec = jiffies / HZ;
@@ -156,8 +156,6 @@ asmlinkage int sys_setitimer(int which,
int error;
if (value) {
- if(verify_area(VERIFY_READ, value, sizeof(*value)))
- return -EFAULT;
if(copy_from_user(&set_buffer, value, sizeof(set_buffer)))
return -EFAULT;
} else
-
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