linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/27] drivers/ieee1394: Use memdup

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Message-ID: <4BF7A31B.2040302@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date:	Sat, 22 May 2010 11:25:47 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
CC:	linux1394-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/27] drivers/ieee1394: Use memdup_user

Julia Lawall wrote:
> Use memdup_user when user data is immediately copied into the
> allocated region.

Looks nice.  We won't apply janitorial updates to drivers/ieee1394
anymore though, since it is made obsolete by drivers/firewire and to be
removed sooner than later.  (I will post a proposed removal schedule
today to make this better known.)
-- 
Stefan Richter
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