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From: Vincent Hanquez <tab@snarc.org>
To: Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml@dif.dk>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][4/4] let's kill verify_area - convert kernel/printk.c to access_ok()
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 13:51:40 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050107125140.GA2774@snarc.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0501070207460.3430@dragon.hygekrogen.localhost>

On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 02:18:55AM +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> @@ -300,8 +300,8 @@ int do_syslog(int type, char __user * bu
>  		error = 0;
>  		if (!len)
>  			goto out;
> -		error = verify_area(VERIFY_WRITE,buf,len);
> -		if (error)
> +		error = access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE,buf,len);
> +		if (!error)

I would rather put the ! on access_ok
"if (!error)" is read as "if no error"

-- 
Vincent Hanquez

  reply	other threads:[~2005-01-07 12:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-01-07  1:18 Jesper Juhl
2005-01-07 12:51 ` Vincent Hanquez [this message]
2005-01-07 15:38 Peter Kjellerstedt

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