[PATCH v2 13/18] uaccess: generalize access_ok()

Arnd Bergmann arnd at kernel.org
Thu Feb 24 00:41:29 PST 2022


On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 9:29 AM Stafford Horne <shorne at gmail.com> wrote:

> > -
> > -#define access_ok(addr, size)                                                \
> > -({                                                                   \
> > -     __chk_user_ptr(addr);                                           \
> > -     __range_ok((unsigned long)(addr), (size));                      \
> > -})
> > +#include <asm-generic/access_ok.h>
>
> I was going to ask why we are missing __chk_user_ptr in the generic version.
> But this is basically now a no-op so I think its OK.

Correct, the type checking is implied by making __access_ok() an inline
function that takes a __user pointer.

> Acked-by: Stafford Horne <shorne at gmail.com> [openrisc, asm-generic]

Thanks!

       Arnd



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