+ ummunotify-userspace-support-for-mmu-notifications-v3-fix-fix.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     ummunotify-userspace-support-for-mmu-notifications-v3-fix-fix.txt
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     ummunotify-userspace-support-for-mmu-notifications-v3-fix-fix.patch

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Subject: ummunotify-userspace-support-for-mmu-notifications-v3-fix-fix.txt
From: Roland Dreier <rdreier@xxxxxxxxx>

    ummunotify.c:(.text+0x8f217): undefined reference to `__get_user_X'

when building for i386 -- get_user() can't handle u64 on all
architectures, so just use copy_from_user().

Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jeff Squyres <jsquyres@xxxxxxxxx> 
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 drivers/char/ummunotify.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN drivers/char/ummunotify.c~ummunotify-userspace-support-for-mmu-notifications-v3-fix-fix drivers/char/ummunotify.c
--- a/drivers/char/ummunotify.c~ummunotify-userspace-support-for-mmu-notifications-v3-fix-fix
+++ a/drivers/char/ummunotify.c
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ static long ummunotify_unregister_region
 	struct ummunotify_reg *reg;
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
 
-	if (get_user(user_cookie, arg))
+	if (copy_from_user(&user_cookie, arg, sizeof user_cookie))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&priv->lock);
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from rdreier@xxxxxxxxx are

linux-next.patch
ecryptfs-another-lockdep-issue.patch
ummunotify-userspace-support-for-mmu-notifications.patch
ummunotify-userspace-support-for-mmu-notifications-v3-fix-fix.patch

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