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SubjectRe: [PATCH 04/23] perf, x86: Add copy_from_user_nmi_nochk for best effort copy
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 05:47:55PM +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> Adding copy_from_user_nmi_nochk that provides the best effort
> copy regardless the size crossing the task boundary at the moment.

The changelog needs more info about this. Why are we removing this check?

>
> This is going to be useful for stack dump we need in post
> DWARF CFI based unwind.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>


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