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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Fix msr check in compat_sys_swapcontext
Andreas Schwab writes:

> 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.

OK, since it's inside a CONFIG_PPC64 block. I'll add a paragraph to
the patch description pointing that out.

Paul.


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