From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262047AbVCQNQN (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Mar 2005 08:16:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263054AbVCQNQM (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Mar 2005 08:16:12 -0500 Received: from extgw-uk.mips.com ([62.254.210.129]:31003 "EHLO mail.linux-mips.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262047AbVCQNQJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Mar 2005 08:16:09 -0500 Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 13:14:55 +0000 From: Ralf Baechle To: Andrew Morton Cc: Jesper Juhl , yuasa@hh.iij4u.or.jp, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch][resend] convert a remaining verify_area to access_ok (was: Re: [PATCH 2.6.11-mm1] mips: more convert verify_area to access_ok) (fwd) Message-ID: <20050317131455.GB5204@linux-mips.org> References: <20050316145524.18787569.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050316145524.18787569.akpm@osdl.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 02:55:24PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > Jesper Juhl wrote: > > > > Around 2.6.11-mm1 Yoichi Yuasa found a user of verify_area that I had > > missed when converting everything to access_ok. The patch below still > > applies cleanly to 2.6.11-mm4. > > Please apply (unless of course you already picked it up back then and > > have it in a queue somewhere :) . > > That's tricky stuff you're playing with, so I'd prefer it came in via Ralf. > However I can queue it up locally so it doesn't get forgotten. > > Ralf must have another two megabyte patch buffered up by now, btw? Quite a bit less and much of the diff are patches that must be somewhere in Jeff's network driver queue. But yes, hint taken, you'll get your patch easter egg ;-0 Ralf