Re: AUDIT: copy_from_user is a deathtrap.

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 19 May 2002 13:22:12 +0100 (BST)

> Looking at generic_file_write(), it ignore the count returned by
> copy_from_user and always commit a write for the whole requested
> count, regardless of how much could actually be read from userland.

It has to commit the write for the entire block. That is needed to get
the disk sectors correct versus another reader. The error reporting may
not be berfect however

Alan
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