Re: [PATCH 0/9] strict user copy checks on x86_64

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Hi Andrew,

(I don't know who to pick on sorry)

On 05/12/2011 04:50 PM, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> It turns out that strict user copy checks (also known as
> CONFIG_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS) isn't actually implemented
> on x86_64 and thus we aren't catching potential security holes
> at compile time.
>
> This series adds support for strict user copy checks on x86_64
> and silences all the benign warnings in the x86_64 allyesconfig.
>
> The final patch consolidates the config option as its duplicated
> across mutliple arches. I don't know what tree this series should
> go through so I tried to send the individual driver patches to the
> respective maintainers.
>
> Stephen Boyd (9):
>   iwlegacy: Silence DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS=y warning
>   iwlwifi: Silence DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS=y warning
>   [SCSI] lpfc: Silence DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS=y warning
>   debugfs: Silence DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS=y warning
>   kprobes: Silence DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS=y warning
>   Bluetooth: Silence DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS=y warning
>   ASoC: Silence DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS=y warning
>   x86: Implement strict user copy checks for x86_64
>   Consolidate CONFIG_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS

It looks like 1, 2, 4, 6, and 7 got picked up. Should I resend the left
over patches with appropriate acked-bys and tags? Would it be
appropriate to push this through your tree?

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