Re: [PATCH] Remove a couple final references to obsoleteverify_area().

[Haavard Skinnemoen]

On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 18:43:41 -0500 (EST)
"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
>   Remove a couple final references to the obsolete verify_area() call,
> which was long ago replaced by access_ok().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@xxxxxxxxx>

>   it *appears* that these last two references can be removed, unless
> there's something really strange i'm not seeing here.

The kernel builds and boots fine after applying this patch, so I think
verify_area is indeed unused. If it breaks something outside of
mainline, I guess it's about time we get it fixed.

Thanks,

Haavard
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