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authorAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2016-09-10 23:21:34 +0300
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>2016-09-16 02:51:54 +0300
commit085354f907969fb3ee33f236368f6e1dd4c74d62 (patch)
tree26f51f89198a993dff1c7ef7245ad3e8d0d8c327 /arch/alpha/lib/ev6-copy_user.S
parent8630c32275bac2de6ffb8aea9d9b11663e7ad28e (diff)
downloadlinux-085354f907969fb3ee33f236368f6e1dd4c74d62.tar.xz
alpha: get rid of tail-zeroing in __copy_user()
... and adjust copy_from_user() accordingly Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/alpha/lib/ev6-copy_user.S')
-rw-r--r--arch/alpha/lib/ev6-copy_user.S23
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/arch/alpha/lib/ev6-copy_user.S b/arch/alpha/lib/ev6-copy_user.S
index db42ffe9c350..c4d0689c3d26 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/lib/ev6-copy_user.S
+++ b/arch/alpha/lib/ev6-copy_user.S
@@ -227,33 +227,12 @@ $dirtyentry:
bgt $0,$onebyteloop # U .. .. .. : U L U L
$zerolength:
+$exitin:
$exitout: # Destination for exception recovery(?)
nop # .. .. .. E
nop # .. .. E ..
nop # .. E .. ..
ret $31,($28),1 # L0 .. .. .. : L U L U
-$exitin:
-
- /* A stupid byte-by-byte zeroing of the rest of the output
- buffer. This cures security holes by never leaving
- random kernel data around to be copied elsewhere. */
-
- nop
- nop
- nop
- mov $0,$1
-
-$101:
- EXO ( stb $31,0($6) ) # L
- subq $1,1,$1 # E
- addq $6,1,$6 # E
- bgt $1,$101 # U
-
- nop
- nop
- nop
- ret $31,($28),1 # L0
-
.end __copy_user