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From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@conectiva.com.br>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>,
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Subject: Re: [BKPATCH] more copy_{to,from}_user fixes 
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 02 Jun 2002 04:01:10 -0300."
             <20020602070110.GJ19932@conectiva.com.br> 
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 18:07:09 +1000
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In message <20020602070110.GJ19932@conectiva.com.br> you write:
> Linus, some more, please consider pulling from:
> 
> http://kernel-acme.bkbits.net:8080/copy_to_from_user-2.5
> 
> I stopped this (re)audit when 544 were still to be reviewed. Bedtime 8)

Heh... Was this on 2.5.20?  If so, you're fast 8)

I didn't bother to check for anything other than "I use the return
value in a non-binary way": that's enough to keep me busy and
frustrated.

Not checking at all can keep code much simpler sometimes, too.
(And more codepaths, more bugs.)

Rusty.
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  Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.
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