No copy_from_user() in sys_umount() ???

Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.CSIRO.AU)
Fri, 16 Jan 1998 23:41:49 +1100

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Hi, Linus. I noticed that there is no call to copy_from_user() in
either sys_umount() or umount_dev(), even though the <name> parameter
is passed in from user space. Is there some deep magic I'm missing, or
is this a bug?

Regards,

Richard....

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