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Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 02:21:48 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Re: AUDIT: copy_from_user is a deathtrap.
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   From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
   Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 19:27:54 +1000

   There are 415 uses of copy_to/from_user which are wrong, despite an
   audit 12 months ago by the Stanford checker.
   
I would much rather fix these instances than add yet another
interface.