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authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2020-03-28 13:57:02 +0300
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2020-03-28 13:57:02 +0300
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Merge branch 'next.uaccess-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs into x86/cleanups
Pull uaccess cleanups from Al Viro: Consolidate the user access areas and get rid of uaccess_try(), user_ex() and other warts.
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@@ -337,10 +337,4 @@ pointer which points to one of:
entry->insn. It is used to distinguish page faults from machine
check.
-3) ``int ex_handler_ext(const struct exception_table_entry *fixup)``
- This case is used for uaccess_err ... we need to set a flag
- in the task structure. Before the handler functions existed this
- case was handled by adding a large offset to the fixup to tag
- it as special.
-
More functions can easily be added.