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[PATCH] remove verify_area(): remove or edit references to verify_area in Documentation/
Remove (or edit) remaining references to the now dead verify_area() function from files in Documentation/. Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Porfiri Claudio <C.Porfiri@nisms.tei.ericsson.se> for patches
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Porfiri Claudio <C.Porfiri@nisms.tei.ericsson.se> for patches
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to make the driver work with the older CDU-510/515 series, and
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to make the driver work with the older CDU-510/515 series, and
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Heiko Eissfeldt <heiko@colossus.escape.de> for pointing out that
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Heiko Eissfeldt <heiko@colossus.escape.de> for pointing out that
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the verify_area() checks were ignoring the results of said checks.
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the verify_area() checks were ignoring the results of said checks
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(note: verify_area() has since been replaced by access_ok()).
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(Acknowledgments from Ron Jeppesen in the 0.3 release:)
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(Acknowledgments from Ron Jeppesen in the 0.3 release:)
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Thanks to Corey Minyard who wrote the original CDU-31A driver on which
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Thanks to Corey Minyard who wrote the original CDU-31A driver on which
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In older versions of Linux this was done with the
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In older versions of Linux this was done with the
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int verify_area(int type, const void * addr, unsigned long size)
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int verify_area(int type, const void * addr, unsigned long size)
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function.
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function (which has since been replaced by access_ok()).
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This function verified that the memory area starting at address
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This function verified that the memory area starting at address
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addr and of size size was accessible for the operation specified
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addr and of size size was accessible for the operation specified
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What: remove verify_area()
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When: July 2006
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Files: Various uaccess.h headers.
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Why: Deprecated and redundant. access_ok() should be used instead.
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Who: Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml@dif.dk>
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What: IEEE1394 Audio and Music Data Transmission Protocol driver,
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What: IEEE1394 Audio and Music Data Transmission Protocol driver,
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Connection Management Procedures driver
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Connection Management Procedures driver
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When: November 2005
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When: November 2005
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