From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail144.messagelabs.com (mail144.messagelabs.com [216.82.254.51]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3B6668D0039 for ; Tue, 8 Mar 2011 19:44:53 -0500 (EST) From: Stephen Wilson Subject: [PATCH 6/6] proc: enable writing to /proc/pid/mem Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 19:42:23 -0500 Message-Id: <1299631343-4499-7-git-send-email-wilsons@start.ca> In-Reply-To: <1299631343-4499-1-git-send-email-wilsons@start.ca> References: <1299631343-4499-1-git-send-email-wilsons@start.ca> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: linux-mm@kvack.org Cc: Andrew Morton , Alexander Viro , Rik van Riel , KOSAKI Motohiro , Roland McGrath , Matt Mackall , David Rientjes , Nick Piggin , Andrea Arcangeli , Mel Gorman , Ingo Molnar , Michel Lespinasse , Hugh Dickins , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Stephen Wilson With recent changes there is no longer a security hazard with writing to /proc/pid/mem. Remove the #ifdef. Signed-off-by: Stephen Wilson --- fs/proc/base.c | 5 ----- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c index 5ffc927..41d9c46 100644 --- a/fs/proc/base.c +++ b/fs/proc/base.c @@ -833,10 +833,6 @@ out_no_task: return ret; } -#define mem_write NULL - -#ifndef mem_write -/* This is a security hazard */ static ssize_t mem_write(struct file * file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos) { @@ -894,7 +890,6 @@ out: out_no_task: return copied; } -#endif loff_t mem_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int orig) { -- 1.7.3.5 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: email@kvack.org