Re: [PATCH] ARM: uaccess: Implement strict user copy checks

From: Russell King - ARM Linux
Date: Tue Aug 10 2010 - 18:55:51 EST


On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 03:46:59PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> On 08/03/2010 08:02 PM, Stephen Boyd wrote:
>> This is mostly a copy from the s390 implementation (which copied
>> from x86 and sparc), except we print a warning if the Kconfig
>> option is disabled.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>
> Ping?
>
> Should I submit this to the patch system?

Unfortunately, there's quite a dearth of information on this patch,
so I can't say. I think it needs some testing before a decision can
be made.

What compilers have been tested with this?

As the help comments intimate that it needs at least gcc 4.4, and
you've changed it to produce a compile time warning if the option is
disabled, what's the implications for older compilers?
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