linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: do_generic_file_read() doesn't need to validate filp

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Message-ID: <20080922074720.GA12452@infradead.org>
Date:	Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:47:20 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Krishna Kumar <krkumar2@...ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: do_generic_file_read() doesn't need to validate
	filp

On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 09:33:25AM +0530, Krishna Kumar wrote:
> From: Krishna Kumar <krkumar2@...ibm.com>
> 
> do_generic_file_read() doesn't need to validate filp when accessing it. This
> is probably a remnant of an earlier code.

Looks good, thanks.

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