linux-kernel - Re: + drivers-block-floppyc-remove-copyin-copyout-and-ecall-macros.patch added to -mm tree

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Date:	Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:43:19 +0100
From:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mm-commits@...r.kernel.org,
	joe@...ches.com, bzolnier@...il.com, jens.axboe@...cle.com,
	marcin.slusarz@...il.com, shemminger@...tta.com
Subject: Re: + drivers-block-floppyc-remove-copyin-copyout-and-ecall-macros.patch
 added to -mm tree

On 01/27/2010 01:37 AM, akpm@...ux-foundation.org wrote:
> @@ -3145,7 +3136,9 @@ static inline int raw_cmd_copyout(int cm
>  	int ret;
>  
>  	while (ptr) {
> -		COPYOUT(*ptr);
> +		ret = copy_to_user((void __user *)param, ptr, sizeof(*ptr));
> +		if (ret)
> +			return -EFAULT;
>  		param += sizeof(struct floppy_raw_cmd);
>  		if ((ptr->flags & FD_RAW_READ) && ptr->buffer_length) {
>  			if (ptr->length >= 0 &&
> @@ -3195,7 +3188,9 @@ static inline int raw_cmd_copyin(int cmd
>  		if (!ptr)
>  			return -ENOMEM;
>  		*rcmd = ptr;
> -		COPYIN(*ptr);
> +		ret = copy_from_user(ptr, (void __user *)param, sizeof(*ptr));

Actually the casts are not needed anymore, are they?

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js
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