Re: AUDIT: copy_from_user is a deathtrap.

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Fri, 17 May 2002 19:37:21 -0700 (PDT)


On Fri, 17 May 2002, Rusty Russell wrote:
>
> Sorry I wasn't clear: I'm saying *replace*, not add,

Ok, let _me_ be clear: replacing them with an inferior product that cannot
tell you partial copies is not going to happen. Not now, not ever. You
would break all the users who _require_ knowing about a read() that only
gave you 5 out of 50 bytes.

Linus

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