linux-kernel - Re: s390/pkey: Use memdup_user() rather than duplicating its implementation

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Date:   Wed, 06 Nov 2019 11:01:53 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Christian Bornträger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
        Harald Freudenberger <freude@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
        Ingo Franzki <ifranzki@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: s390/pkey: Use memdup_user() rather than duplicating its
 implementation

On Wed, 2019-11-06 at 19:55 +0100, Markus Elfring wrote:
> > There is no bug here.
> 
> Do you find duplicated source code questionable?

No.  It is something that can be improved through
code consolidation though.

> Is this also an error item?

Definitely not.  It is _only_ an error if there is
some logic defect.  There is no logic defect here.