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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2020 14:16:51 -0700
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/18] csum_and_copy_..._user(): pass 0xffffffff instead
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To: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 2:11 PM Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
>
> > > But I didn't check. Maybe we don't have anything that stupid in the kernel.
>
> I did.

So then the commit message really should have said so, I feel. That
would have avoided the whole worry, and made it clear that it's not an
issue.

                Linus