[PATCH] i386: Use probe_kernel_address instead of __get_user in fault paths

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Makes the intention of the code cleaner to read and avoids
a potential deadlock on mmap_sem. Also change the types of
the arguments to not include __user because they're really
not user addresses.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>

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Andi Kleen 2006-12-07 02:14:06 +01:00 • committed by Andi Kleen

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arch/i386/kernel/traps.c

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arch/i386/mm/fault.c

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