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SubjectRe: [net-next PATCH v4 1/3] sysctl: refactor integer handling proc code
Octavian Purdila wrote:
> On Tuesday 16 February 2010 10:41:07 you wrote:
>
>>> +static int proc_skip_wspace(char __user **buf, size_t *size)
>>> +{
>>> + char c;
>>> +
>>> + while (*size) {
>>> + if (get_user(c, *buf))
>>> + return -EFAULT;
>>> + if (!isspace(c))
>>> + break;
>>> + (*size)--; (*buf)++;
>>> + }
>>> +
>>> + return 0;
>>> +}
>> In lib/string.c we have skip_spaces(), I think we can use it
>> here instead of inventing another one.
>>
>
> I'm afraid we can't, skip_spaces does not accept userspace buffers.

Well, you need to use copy_from_user() before call it.



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