From: "Valdis Klētnieks" <valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu>
To: Richard Sailer <richard_siegfried@systemli.org>
Cc: kernelnewbies <Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org>
Subject: Re: Dubios pointer casting with put_user()
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2020 18:50:47 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <223952.1595199047@turing-police> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8de3b54c-8731-4be1-3e69-228d99bc4384@systemli.org>
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On Sun, 19 Jul 2020 14:15:36 +0200, Richard Sailer said:
> > If that were true, you wouldn't need to pass the 'amount' variable....
> >
> Hmm, that would make no sense to me. arg is a pointer to user space
> memory, put_user would still need the value to copy to that memory.
-ENOCAFFEINE. :)
I was thinking copy_(to/from)_user, not get/put.
I will now depart for the grocery store and obtain a supply of caffeine :)
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-07-17 0:13 Dubios pointer casting with put_user() Richard Sailer
2020-07-17 0:19 ` Richard Sailer
2020-07-17 22:46 ` Valdis Klētnieks
2020-07-19 12:15 ` Richard Sailer
2020-07-19 22:50 ` Valdis Klētnieks [this message]
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