[PATCH] slab: use probe_kernel_address()
authorAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Thu, 7 Dec 2006 04:36:41 +0000 (20:36 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.osdl.org>
Thu, 7 Dec 2006 16:39:34 +0000 (08:39 -0800)
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
mm/slab.c

index 7b8e5d668586b1651bab986788e29d23e1a07713..86f5d6e995bbb98ac56785efab48091d4c611133 100644 (file)
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
 #include       <linux/module.h>
 #include       <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include       <linux/string.h>
+#include       <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include       <linux/nodemask.h>
 #include       <linux/mempolicy.h>
 #include       <linux/mutex.h>
 #include       <linux/rtmutex.h>
 
-#include       <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include       <asm/cacheflush.h>
 #include       <asm/tlbflush.h>
 #include       <asm/page.h>
@@ -2124,7 +2124,6 @@ kmem_cache_create (const char *name, size_t size, size_t align,
        mutex_lock(&cache_chain_mutex);
 
        list_for_each_entry(pc, &cache_chain, next) {
-               mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
                char tmp;
                int res;
 
@@ -2133,9 +2132,7 @@ kmem_cache_create (const char *name, size_t size, size_t align,
                 * destroy its slab cache and no-one else reuses the vmalloc
                 * area of the module.  Print a warning.
                 */
-               set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
-               res = __get_user(tmp, pc->name);
-               set_fs(old_fs);
+               res = probe_kernel_address(pc->name, tmp);
                if (res) {
                        printk("SLAB: cache with size %d has lost its name\n",
                               pc->buffer_size);