Re: [PATCH] compatibility syscall layer (lets try again)

[Richard Henderson]

On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 08:35:18AM -0800, george anzinger wrote:
> +asmlinkage long
> +sys_restart_syscall( void *parm)
> +{
> +	if ( ! current_thread_info()->restart_block.fun){
> +		return current_thread_info()->restart_block.fun(&parm);
> +	}

(1) Address of parameter?
(2) Passing in such parameters unchecked is a security hole.
(3) Much easier to just take all information from restart_block
    instead of pushing it into the fake syscall.
(4) Should probably clear restart_block.fun immediately.

r~