[PATCH] remove verify_area(): remove verify_area() from various uaccess.h headers
Remove the deprecated (and unused) verify_area() from various uaccess.h headers. 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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@ -120,31 +120,6 @@ static inline int access_ok(int type, const void *addr, unsigned long size)
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#endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
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/**
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* verify_area: - Obsolete/deprecated and will go away soon,
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* use access_ok() instead.
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* @type: Type of access: %VERIFY_READ or %VERIFY_WRITE
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* @addr: User space pointer to start of block to check
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* @size: Size of block to check
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*
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* Context: User context only. This function may sleep.
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*
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* This function has been replaced by access_ok().
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*
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* Checks if a pointer to a block of memory in user space is valid.
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*
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* Returns zero if the memory block may be valid, -EFAULT
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* if it is definitely invalid.
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*
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* See access_ok() for more details.
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*/
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static inline int __deprecated verify_area(int type, const void __user *addr,
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unsigned long size)
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{
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return access_ok(type, addr, size) ? 0 : -EFAULT;
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}
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/*
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* The exception table consists of pairs of addresses: the first is the
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* address of an instruction that is allowed to fault, and the second is
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