Re: access_ok inside kernelspace

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 18 Oct 1999 12:23:30 +0100 (BST)


> I patched the 2.2.12 kernel to be able to write to the file system within my
> driver.
> I do this by patching the copy_to/from_user functions like this

You don't need to do this

> If someone has written such a function, or knows which already implemented
> function of Linux does that, please inform me.

mm_segment_t fs;

fs=get_fs();
set_fs(get_ds());

/* User space is now the kernel */

/* Put it back again */

set_fs(fs);

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