linux-kernel - [PATCH 19/20] hfi1: get rid of pointless access

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Message-Id: <20200509234557.1124086-19-viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:   Sun, 10 May 2020 00:45:56 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        Mike Marciniszyn <mike.marciniszyn@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 19/20] hfi1: get rid of pointless access_ok()

From: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>

pin_user_pages_fast() doesn't need that from its caller.
NB: only reachable from ->ioctl(), and only under USER_DS

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
---
 drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/user_exp_rcv.c | 7 -------
 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/user_exp_rcv.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/user_exp_rcv.c
index 4da03f823474..f81ca20f4b69 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/user_exp_rcv.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/user_exp_rcv.c
@@ -206,13 +206,6 @@ static int pin_rcv_pages(struct hfi1_filedata *fd, struct tid_user_buf *tidbuf)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	/* Verify that access is OK for the user buffer */
-	if (!access_ok((void __user *)vaddr,
-		       npages * PAGE_SIZE)) {
-		dd_dev_err(dd, "Fail vaddr %p, %u pages, !access_ok\n",
-			   (void *)vaddr, npages);
-		return -EFAULT;
-	}
 	/* Allocate the array of struct page pointers needed for pinning */
 	pages = kcalloc(npages, sizeof(*pages), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pages)
-- 
2.11.0