linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] misannotation in pppol2tp

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Message-ID: <46A9B029.1030106@katalix.com>
Date:	Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:43:21 +0100
From:	James Chapman <jchapman@...alix.com>
To:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
CC:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	davem@...eloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] misannotation in pppol2tp

Al Viro wrote:
> Address of auto variable is not a userland pointer.  A good thing, too,
> since if pppol2tp_tunnel_getsockopt() would _really_ get a userland pointer
> as argument, it would be an instant roothole...
> 
> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Acked-by: James Chapman <jchapman@...alix.com>

Thanks Al.

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James Chapman
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