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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/5] x86: ia32_signal: introduce COPY_SEG_STRICT
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 3:26 AM, Hiroshi Shimamoto
<h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com> wrote:
> From: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>
>
> Impact: cleanup
>
> Introduce COPY_SEG_STRICT for ia32_restore_sigcontext().
>
> Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c | 12 ++++++++----
> 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
> index a28790a..f74178e 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
> @@ -201,6 +201,12 @@ struct rt_sigframe
> err |= __get_user(regs->x, &sc->x); \
> }
>
> +#define COPY_SEG_STRICT(seg) { \
> + unsigned short tmp; \
> + err |= __get_user(tmp, &sc->seg); \
> + regs->seg = tmp | 3; \
> +}
> +

Since your first patch is to kill the temporary variables, then why do you
introduce a temporary variable here? It can be avoided like it was.

Can you explain the reason? :)


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