The patch titled uml: use simple_write_to_buffer() has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was uml-use-simple_write_to_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/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: uml: use simple_write_to_buffer() From: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@xxxxxxxxx> Simplify write file operation for mmapper by using simple_write_to_buffer(). Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/um/drivers/mmapper_kern.c | 8 +------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-) diff -puN arch/um/drivers/mmapper_kern.c~uml-use-simple_write_to_buffer arch/um/drivers/mmapper_kern.c --- a/arch/um/drivers/mmapper_kern.c~uml-use-simple_write_to_buffer +++ a/arch/um/drivers/mmapper_kern.c @@ -37,13 +37,7 @@ static ssize_t mmapper_write(struct file if (*ppos > mmapper_size) return -EINVAL; - if (count > mmapper_size - *ppos) - count = mmapper_size - *ppos; - - if (copy_from_user(&v_buf[*ppos], buf, count)) - return -EFAULT; - - return count; + return simple_write_to_buffer(v_buf, mmapper_size, ppos, buf, count); } static long mmapper_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg) _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from akinobu.mita@xxxxxxxxx are origin.patch spufs-use-simple_write_to_buffer.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html