linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] x86: ia32_signal: use __put_user() instead of __copy_to

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Message-ID: <494825B8.5090006@ct.jp.nec.com>
Date:	Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:03:36 -0800
From:	Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@...jp.nec.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] x86: ia32_signal: use __put_user() instead of __copy_to_user()

From: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@...jp.nec.com>

Impact: cleanup

__put_user() can be used for constant size 8, like arch/x86/kernel/signal.c.

Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@...jp.nec.com>
---
 arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
index 9ddf2fa..8738cc5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32_signal.c
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ int ia32_setup_frame(int sig, struct k_sigaction *ka,
 	 * These are actually not used anymore, but left because some
 	 * gdb versions depend on them as a marker.
 	 */
-	err |= __copy_to_user(frame->retcode, &code, 8);
+	err |= __put_user(*((u64 *)&code), (u64 *)frame->retcode);
 	if (err)
 		return -EFAULT;
 
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ int ia32_setup_rt_frame(int sig, struct k_sigaction *ka, siginfo_t *info,
 	 * Not actually used anymore, but left because some gdb
 	 * versions need it.
 	 */
-	err |= __copy_to_user(frame->retcode, &code, 8);
+	err |= __put_user(*((u64 *)&code), (u64 *)frame->retcode);
 	if (err)
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-- 
1.6.0.4

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