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Subject[PATCH 35/38] ptrace: remove invalid check
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Unsigned values cannot be lesser than zero.

The problem has been detected using proposed semantic patch
scripts/coccinelle/tests/unsigned_lesser_than_zero.cocci [1].

[1]: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/2038576

Signed-off-by: Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@samsung.com>
---
arch/sh/kernel/ptrace_64.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/ptrace_64.c b/arch/sh/kernel/ptrace_64.c
index 5cea973..138b2b1 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/ptrace_64.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/ptrace_64.c
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request,
unsigned long tmp;

ret = -EIO;
- if ((addr & 3) || addr < 0)
+ if (addr & 3)
break;

if (addr < sizeof(struct pt_regs))
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request,
this could crash the kernel or result in a security
loophole. */
ret = -EIO;
- if ((addr & 3) || addr < 0)
+ if (addr & 3)
break;

if (addr < sizeof(struct pt_regs)) {
--
1.9.1


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