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From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@transmeta.com
Subject: Re: AUDIT: copy_from_user is a deathtrap.
Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 22:58:08 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E178hJU-0002GS-00@wagner.rustcorp.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 17 May 2002 13:58:53 +0100." <E178hJt-0006Rb-00@the-village.bc.nu>

In message <E178hJt-0006Rb-00@the-village.bc.nu> you write:
> > No, the 400+ are all of form:
> > 
> > 	/* of course this returns 0 or -EFAULT! */
> > 	return copy_from_user(xxx);
> 
> So lets verify and fix them. Post the list to the kenrel janitors

Again, like we did 12 months ago you mean?

We could do that, or, we could fix the actual problem, which is the
HUGE FUCKING BEARTRAP WHICH CATCHES EVERY SINGLE NEW PROGRAMMER ON THE
WAY THROUGH.

Not fixing earlier was criminal, not fixing it today is insane.
Rusty.
--
  Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.

  reply	other threads:[~2002-05-17 12:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 83+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-05-17  9:27 AUDIT: copy_from_user is a deathtrap Rusty Russell
2002-05-17  9:21 ` David S. Miller
2002-05-17  9:49   ` Rusty Russell
2002-05-17  9:35     ` David S. Miller
2002-05-17 12:26       ` Rusty Russell
2002-05-17 17:42         ` Denis Vlasenko
2002-05-17 12:17     ` Alan Cox
2002-05-17 12:21       ` Rusty Russell
2002-05-17 12:58         ` Alan Cox
2002-05-17 12:58           ` Rusty Russell [this message]
2002-05-17 13:13             ` John Levon
2002-05-17 14:52             ` Alan Cox
2002-05-18  1:26               ` Rusty Russell
2002-05-17 17:58             ` Denis Vlasenko
2002-05-18  2:37     ` Linus Torvalds
2002-05-18 15:06       ` John Alvord
2002-05-17 10:20 ` Christoph Hellwig
     [not found] <mailman.1021642692.12772.linux-kernel2news@redhat.com>
2002-05-17 17:36 ` Pete Zaitcev
2002-05-18  1:05   ` Rusty Russell
2002-05-18  2:57     ` Alan Cox
2002-05-16 23:27       ` Pavel Machek
     [not found] ` <200205191212.g4JCCLY25867@Port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua>
     [not found]   ` <20020520112232.A8983@devserv.devel.redhat.com>
2002-05-21 10:57     ` Denis Vlasenko
2002-05-21  6:21       ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2002-05-21  8:33         ` Christoph Hellwig
2002-05-21 19:02           ` Albert D. Cahalan
2002-05-22 14:27         ` Denis Vlasenko
     [not found] <E178eMm-0000NO-00@wagner.rustcorp.com.au.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
     [not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.44.0205171936220.1524-100000@home.transmeta.com.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
2002-05-18 10:16   ` Andi Kleen
2002-05-18 16:14     ` Linus Torvalds
2002-05-19  2:10       ` Rusty Russell
2002-05-19  3:01         ` Linus Torvalds
2002-05-19  3:05           ` Larry McVoy
2002-05-19  4:01             ` Rusty Russell
2002-05-19  4:02               ` Larry McVoy
2002-05-16 23:56                 ` Pavel Machek
2002-05-16 23:56                 ` Pavel Machek
2002-05-19  3:31           ` Rusty Russell
2002-05-19  3:34             ` Linus Torvalds
2002-05-16 23:53               ` Pavel Machek
2002-05-21 20:47                 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-05-21 21:17                   ` Pavel Machek
2002-05-21 21:25                     ` Linus Torvalds
2002-05-21 21:44                     ` Alan Cox
2002-05-21 21:46                       ` Andrew Morton
2002-05-21 22:04                         ` Linus Torvalds
2002-05-21 22:21                           ` Pavel Machek
2002-05-22 13:47                             ` Alan Cox
2002-05-22 14:13                               ` Pavel Machek
2002-05-22 14:54                                 ` Alan Cox
2002-05-22 14:42                                   ` Pavel Machek
2002-05-22 15:27                                     ` Alan Cox
2002-05-22 18:58                                   ` Kasper Dupont
2002-05-22 22:02                                     ` Alan Cox
2002-05-23  3:54                                   ` Rusty Russell
2002-05-23 11:15                                     ` Edgar Toernig
2002-05-22 16:09                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-05-22 20:28                                   ` Pavel Machek
2002-05-22  0:47                         ` Andrea Arcangeli
2002-05-22  5:01                         ` Rusty Russell
2002-05-22  6:28                         ` Rusty Russell
2002-05-22  4:57                       ` Rusty Russell
2002-05-22 13:30                         ` Alan Cox
2002-05-22 18:43                     ` Marco Colombo
2002-05-19 20:23       ` Edgar Toernig
2002-05-19 22:44         ` Alan Cox
2002-05-19  3:38 Rusty Russell
2002-05-19  5:23 ` Linus Torvalds
2002-05-17  0:00   ` Pavel Machek
2002-05-18 21:47   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2002-05-19 12:22     ` Alan Cox
2002-05-19 18:29     ` Linus Torvalds
2002-05-19 19:57       ` Roman Zippel
2002-05-20  2:06       ` Rusty Russell
2002-05-20  2:54         ` Linus Torvalds
2002-05-20  4:53           ` Rusty Russell
2002-05-19 20:12             ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2002-05-20 16:00             ` Linus Torvalds
2002-05-19 11:41   ` Alan Cox
     [not found] <Pine.LNX.4.44.0205191951460.22433-100000@home.transmeta.com.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
     [not found] ` <E179fAd-0005vs-00@wagner.rustcorp.com.au.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
2002-05-20 10:59   ` Andi Kleen
2002-05-22 10:08 Petr Vandrovec
2002-05-22 16:23 ` Denis Vlasenko
2002-05-22 13:40 Petr Vandrovec
2002-05-22 18:58 ` Denis Vlasenko
2002-05-22 14:13   ` Ruth Ivimey-Cook

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