linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 17/27] add generic lib/checksum.c

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Date:	Fri, 01 May 2009 11:23:24 +0200
From:	Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>,
	Remis Lima Baima <remis.developer@...glemail.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/27] add generic lib/checksum.c

Russell King wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 03:30:31PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> +/*
>> + * copy from fs while checksumming, otherwise like csum_partial
>> + */
>> +__wsum
>> +csum_partial_copy_from_user(const void __user *src, void *dst, int len,
>> +						__wsum sum, int *csum_err)
>> +{
>> +	if (csum_err)
>> +		*csum_err = 0;
>> +	memcpy(dst, src, len);
> 
> Since when has 'memcpy' been valid from user addresses?
> 
yes, that's wrong

copy_from_user(dst, src, len);

should be there

Michal

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