verify_area() is deprecated and has been for quite a while. I thought I had cleaned up all users and was planning to submit the final patches to get rid of it completely, but when I did a final check I found that xtensa has been added after my initial cleanup and it still uses verify_area(), so we have to get that cleaned up before I can get on with the final verify_area removal.
This patch converts all uses of verify_area() in xtensa/kernel/signal.c to use access_ok() instead. Please apply. Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- diff -upr -X ./linux-2.6.13/Documentation/dontdiff linux-2.6.13-orig/arch/xtensa/kernel/signal.c linux-2.6.13/arch/xtensa/kernel/signal.c --- linux-2.6.13-orig/arch/xtensa/kernel/signal.c 2005-08-29 01:41:01.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.13/arch/xtensa/kernel/signal.c 2005-08-29 03:40:12.000000000 +0200 @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ sys_sigaction(int sig, const struct old_ if (act) { old_sigset_t mask; - if (verify_area(VERIFY_READ, act, sizeof(*act)) || + if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, act, sizeof(*act)) || __get_user(new_ka.sa.sa_handler, &act->sa_handler) || __get_user(new_ka.sa.sa_restorer, &act->sa_restorer)) return -EFAULT; @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ sys_sigaction(int sig, const struct old_ ret = do_sigaction(sig, act ? &new_ka : NULL, oact ? &old_ka : NULL); if (!ret && oact) { - if (verify_area(VERIFY_WRITE, oact, sizeof(*oact)) || + if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, oact, sizeof(*oact)) || __put_user(old_ka.sa.sa_handler, &oact->sa_handler) || __put_user(old_ka.sa.sa_restorer, &oact->sa_restorer)) return -EFAULT; @@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ restore_sigcontext(struct pt_regs *regs, err |= __copy_from_user (regs->areg, sc->sc_areg, XCHAL_NUM_AREGS*4); err |= __get_user(buf, &sc->sc_cpstate); if (buf) { - if (verify_area(VERIFY_READ, buf, sizeof(*buf))) + if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, buf, sizeof(*buf))) goto badframe; err |= restore_cpextra(buf); } @@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ asmlinkage int sys_sigreturn(struct pt_r if (regs->depc > 64) panic ("Double exception sys_sigreturn\n"); - if (verify_area(VERIFY_READ, frame, sizeof(*frame))) + if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, frame, sizeof(*frame))) goto badframe; if (__get_user(set.sig[0], &frame->sc.oldmask) @@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ asmlinkage int sys_rt_sigreturn(struct p return 0; } - if (verify_area(VERIFY_READ, frame, sizeof(*frame))) + if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, frame, sizeof(*frame))) goto badframe; if (__copy_from_user(&set, &frame->uc.uc_sigmask, sizeof(set))) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/