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ptrace: Use copy_siginfo in setsiginfo and getsiginfo

Now that copy_siginfo copies all of the fields this is safe, safer (as
all of the bits are guaranteed to be copied), clearer, and less error
prone than using a structure copy.

Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Eric W. Biederman 8 years ago
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1 changed files with 2 additions and 2 deletions
  1. 2 2
      kernel/ptrace.c

+ 2 - 2
kernel/ptrace.c

@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ static int ptrace_getsiginfo(struct task_struct *child, siginfo_t *info)
 	if (lock_task_sighand(child, &flags)) {
 		error = -EINVAL;
 		if (likely(child->last_siginfo != NULL)) {
-			*info = *child->last_siginfo;
+			copy_siginfo(info, child->last_siginfo);
 			error = 0;
 		}
 		unlock_task_sighand(child, &flags);
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ static int ptrace_setsiginfo(struct task_struct *child, const siginfo_t *info)
 	if (lock_task_sighand(child, &flags)) {
 		error = -EINVAL;
 		if (likely(child->last_siginfo != NULL)) {
-			*child->last_siginfo = *info;
+			copy_siginfo(child->last_siginfo, info);
 			error = 0;
 		}
 		unlock_task_sighand(child, &flags);