Re: [patch] 2.3.31: remmove some cruft from module.c

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__put_user() is defined as __put_user_no_check()
which to my eye is (and was) really misleading.
To quote uaccess.h, "For historical reasons,
these macros are grossly misnamed."
History, my favorite reason.

Chris

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