Messages in this thread | | | From | Andreas Schwab <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Fix msr check in compat_sys_swapcontext | Date | Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:23:16 +0100 |
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Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> writes:
> we need to use get_user, not __get_user, since we haven't done an > access_ok() check on the address.
The address is always ok since its a compat pointer, see do_setcontext.
Andreas.
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