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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>
Jesper Juhl 19 ani în urmă
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Documentation/cdrom/sonycd535

@@ -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+(note: verify_area() has since been replaced by access_ok()).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

+ 1 - 1
Documentation/exception.txt

@@ -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+function (which has since been replaced by access_ok()).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

@@ -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