[PATCH 12/13] arm64: uaccess: remove addr_limit_user_check()

Christoph Hellwig hch at lst.de
Mon Sep 28 03:05:34 EDT 2020


On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 05:07:21PM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> Subsequent patches will remove addr_limit from arm64, consequently the
> addr_limit checks will become redundant. As a preparatory step, remove
> the checks and associated thread flag.

Wasn't this done in earlier patches?  The only thing the next patch
does is to remove the PAN stuff.  Maybe fold it into the patch
removing the addr_limit checking?



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