linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/mincore: Return EFAULT when passed an invalid address.

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Date:	Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:13:44 -0800
From:	Joel Becker <Joel.Becker@...cle.com>
To:	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/mincore: Return EFAULT when passed an invalid address.

On Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 01:05:27AM +0000, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> No, I think you're getting confused by the way Linus uses access_ok
> on the address range given with the access_ok on the vector address.

	Whoops.  Sorry for the noise.

Joel

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