linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.19 1/4] x86/mm: Move is_vsyscall

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Message-ID: <Zfg4a5Y1UnFO3O1m@sashalap>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 08:49:47 -0400
From: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Hou Tao <houtao1@...wei.com>, Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@...el.com>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>, tglx@...utronix.de,
	mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com,
	x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.19 1/4] x86/mm: Move is_vsyscall_vaddr() into
 asm/vsyscall.h

On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 10:12:02PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
>Hi!
>
>> Move is_vsyscall_vaddr() into asm/vsyscall.h to make it available for
>> copy_from_kernel_nofault_allowed() in arch/x86/mm/maccess.c.
>
>This seems to be just part of a patch -- it does not move anything --
>and we should not really need it for 4.19, as we don't have those
>copy_from_kernel_nofault_allowed changes.

Yup, looks like it's not needed on <5.10.

-- 
Thanks,
Sasha