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[PATCH] remove verify_area(): remove or edit references to verify_area in Documentation/ 

Remove (or edit) remaining references to the now dead verify_area() function
from files in Documentation/.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
hifive-unleashed-5.1
Jesper Juhl 2005-09-06 15:17:50 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 97de50c0ad
commit 720a845911
3 changed files with 3 additions and 10 deletions
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Documentation/cdrom/sonycd535
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@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ it a better device citizen. Further thanks to Joel Katz
Porfiri Claudio <C.Porfiri@nisms.tei.ericsson.se> for patches Porfiri Claudio <C.Porfiri@nisms.tei.ericsson.se> for patches
to make the driver work with the older CDU-510/515 series, and to make the driver work with the older CDU-510/515 series, and
Heiko Eissfeldt <heiko@colossus.escape.de> for pointing out that Heiko Eissfeldt <heiko@colossus.escape.de> for pointing out that
the verify_area() checks were ignoring the results of said checks. the verify_area() checks were ignoring the results of said checks
(note: verify_area() has since been replaced by access_ok()).
(Acknowledgments from Ron Jeppesen in the 0.3 release:) (Acknowledgments from Ron Jeppesen in the 0.3 release:)
Thanks to Corey Minyard who wrote the original CDU-31A driver on which Thanks to Corey Minyard who wrote the original CDU-31A driver on which

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Documentation/exception.txt
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@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ To protect itself the kernel has to verify this address.
In older versions of Linux this was done with the In older versions of Linux this was done with the
int verify_area(int type, const void * addr, unsigned long size) int verify_area(int type, const void * addr, unsigned long size)
function. function (which has since been replaced by access_ok()).
This function verified that the memory area starting at address This function verified that the memory area starting at address
addr and of size size was accessible for the operation specified addr and of size size was accessible for the operation specified

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Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
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@ -66,14 +66,6 @@ Who: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com>
--------------------------- ---------------------------
What: remove verify_area()
When: July 2006
Files: Various uaccess.h headers.
Why: Deprecated and redundant. access_ok() should be used instead.
Who: Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml@dif.dk>
---------------------------
What: IEEE1394 Audio and Music Data Transmission Protocol driver, What: IEEE1394 Audio and Music Data Transmission Protocol driver,
Connection Management Procedures driver Connection Management Procedures driver
When: November 2005 When: November 2005