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Commit6bfd93c32a("powerpc: Fix incorrect might_sleep in __get_user/__put_user on kernel addresses") added a check to not call might_sleep() on kernel addresses. This was to enable the use of __get_user() in the alignment exception handler for any address. Then commit95156f0051("lockdep, mm: fix might_fault() annotation") added a check of the address space in might_fault(), based on set_fs() logic. But this didn't solve the powerpc alignment exception case as it didn't call set_fs(KERNEL_DS). Nowadays, set_fs() is gone, previous patch fixed the alignment exception handler and __get_user/__put_user are not supposed to be used anymore to read kernel memory. Therefore the is_kernel_addr() check has become useless and can be removed. Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu> Reviewed-by: Daniel Axtens <dja@axtens.net> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/e0a980a4dc7a2551183dd5cb30f46eafdbee390c.1615398265.git.christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.