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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2010-03-09 17:11:53 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2010-03-09 17:11:53 +0100
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Merge commit 'v2.6.34-rc1' into perf/urgent
Conflicts: tools/perf/util/probe-event.c Merge reason: Pick up -rc1 and resolve the conflict as well. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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@@ -12,4 +12,18 @@ config DEBUG_RODATA
portion of the kernel code won't be covered by a TLB anymore.
If in doubt, say "N".
+config DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS
+ bool "Strict copy size checks"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
+ ---help---
+ Enabling this option turns a certain set of sanity checks for user
+ copy operations into compile time failures.
+
+ The copy_from_user() etc checks are there to help test if there
+ are sufficient security checks on the length argument of
+ the copy operation, by having gcc prove that the argument is
+ within bounds.
+
+ If unsure, or if you run an older (pre 4.4) gcc, say N.
+
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