linux-kernel - Re: powerpc/mm: Return directly after a failed __copy_from_user() in sys_subpage

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Message-Id: <3v8g1c1qNZz9tT8@ozlabs.org>
Date:   Fri, 27 Jan 2017 11:40:36 +1100 (AEDT)
From:   Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: powerpc/mm: Return directly after a failed __copy_from_user() in sys_subpage_prot()

On Sat, 2017-01-21 at 15:24:58 UTC, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2017 16:10:50 +0100
> 
> * Return directly after a call of the function "__copy_from_user"
>   failed here.
> 
>   This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> * Delete the jump label "out2" which became unnecessary with
>   this refactoring.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>

Applied to powerpc next, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/a967f161abc7c4a6936ceb15737f75

cheers