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Subject[PATCH 4/4] vmci_host: get rid of pointless access_ok()
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From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

get_user_pages_fast() doesn't need the caller to check that.
NB: reachable only from ioctl(2) and only under USER_DS

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
---
drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c b/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c
index ce16d6b99295..2d8328d928d5 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c
@@ -233,8 +233,6 @@ static int vmci_host_setup_notify(struct vmci_ctx *context,
* about the size.
*/
BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(bool) != sizeof(u8));
- if (!access_ok((void __user *)uva, sizeof(u8)))
- return VMCI_ERROR_GENERIC;

/*
* Lock physical page backing a given user VA.
--
2.11.0
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