From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 05:29:13 +0000
Subject: Re: [PATCH] check user access ok writing
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David wrote:
> I see the problem, but the patch is incomplete: even after an
> access_ok()-check, you'll need to use __get_user() to access the
> buffer.

Right you are.  Too bad.  Just bolting an access_ok() on the
front of this code let me get away with not messing with the
existing code.

Keeping patches minimal is easier if they don't have to work ;).

As long as I have to mess with the 'R' parsing code anyway,
might as well use copy_from_user() and clean up these few lines
of code as best I can.

Another patch will be forthcoming.

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