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[PATCH] slab: use probe_kernel_address()
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Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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Andrew Morton authored and Linus Torvalds committed Dec 7, 2006
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7 changes: 2 additions & 5 deletions mm/slab.c
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#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include <linux/nodemask.h>
#include <linux/mempolicy.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/rtmutex.h>

#include <asm/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
#include <asm/tlbflush.h>
#include <asm/page.h>
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mutex_lock(&cache_chain_mutex);

list_for_each_entry(pc, &cache_chain, next) {
mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
char tmp;
int res;

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* destroy its slab cache and no-one else reuses the vmalloc
* area of the module. Print a warning.
*/
set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
res = __get_user(tmp, pc->name);
set_fs(old_fs);
res = probe_kernel_address(pc->name, tmp);
if (res) {
printk("SLAB: cache with size %d has lost its name\n",
pc->buffer_size);
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