The patch titled
scsi/pmcraid: redundant check in pmcraid_check_ioctl_buffer()?
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
scsi-pmcraid-redundant-check-in-pmcraid_check_ioctl_buffer.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/
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Subject: scsi/pmcraid: redundant check in pmcraid_check_ioctl_buffer()?
From: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@xxxxxxxxx>
struct pmcraid_ioctl_header member buffer_length is unsigned, so this
check appears redundant.
Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Anil Ravindranath <anil_ravindranath@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c | 6 ------
1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
diff -puN drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c~scsi-pmcraid-redundant-check-in-pmcraid_check_ioctl_buffer drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c
--- a/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c~scsi-pmcraid-redundant-check-in-pmcraid_check_ioctl_buffer
+++ a/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c
@@ -3751,12 +3751,6 @@ static int pmcraid_check_ioctl_buffer(
return -EINVAL;
}
- /* buffer length can't be negetive */
- if (hdr->buffer_length < 0) {
- pmcraid_err("ioctl: invalid buffer length specified\n");
- return -EINVAL;
- }
-
/* check for appropriate buffer access */
if ((_IOC_DIR(cmd) & _IOC_READ) == _IOC_READ)
access = VERIFY_WRITE;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from roel.kluin@xxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
linux-next.patch
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serial-two-branches-the-same-in-timbuart_set_mctrl.patch
drivers-scsi-fnic-fnic_scsic-clean-up.patch
drivers-scsi-lpfc-lpfc_vportc-fix-read-buffer-overflow.patch
osst-fix-read-buffer-overflow.patch
gdth-unmap-ccb_phys-when-scsi_add_host-fails-in-gdth_eisa_probe_one.patch
ncr5380-bit-mr_dma_mode-set-twice-in-ncr5380_transfer_dma.patch
dc395x-decrease-iteration-for-tag_number-of-max_command-in-start_scsi.patch
lpfc-positive-error-return-into-negative.patch
scsi-bfa-correct-onstack-wait_queue_head-declaration.patch
bfa-wrong-fcport-h2i-message-tested-in-bfa_fcport_isr.patch
vt6655-cgi-csi-confusion-in-device_ioctl.patch
frv-duplicate-output_buffer-of-e03.patch
frv-duplicate-output_buffer-of-e03-checkpatch-fixes.patch
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