Author: mjg
Date: Sun Dec 31 05:16:23 2017
New Revision: 327415
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/327415
Log:
MFC r324045:
sysctl: remove target buffer read/write checks prior to calling the
handler
Said checks were inherently racy anyway as jokers could unmap target areas
before the handler got around to accessing them.
This saves time by avoiding locking the address space.
Modified:
stable/11/sys/kern/kern_sysctl.c
Directory Properties:
stable/11/ (props changed)
Modified: stable/11/sys/kern/kern_sysctl.c
==============================================================================
--- stable/11/sys/kern/kern_sysctl.c Sun Dec 31 05:14:40 2017
(r327414)
+++ stable/11/sys/kern/kern_sysctl.c Sun Dec 31 05:16:23 2017
(r327415)
@@ -1982,16 +1982,9 @@ userland_sysctl(struct thread *td, int *name, u_int na
}
}
req.validlen = req.oldlen;
+ req.oldptr = old;
- if (old) {
- if (!useracc(old, req.oldlen, VM_PROT_WRITE))
- return (EFAULT);
- req.oldptr= old;
- }
-
if (new != NULL) {
- if (!useracc(new, newlen, VM_PROT_READ))
- return (EFAULT);
req.newlen = newlen;
req.newptr = new;
}
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