From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 17 May 2002 06:22:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 17 May 2002 06:22:44 -0400 Received: from imladris.infradead.org ([194.205.184.45]:26638 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 17 May 2002 06:22:44 -0400 Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 11:20:54 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Rusty Russell Cc: torvalds@transmeta.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: AUDIT: copy_from_user is a deathtrap. Message-ID: <20020517112054.A13933@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Rusty Russell , torvalds@transmeta.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 07:27:54PM +1000, Rusty Russell wrote: > Linus, > > Should I change copy_to/from_user to return -EFAULT, or > introduce a new copy_to/from_uspace which does and start moving > everything across? copyin/copyout! :)