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" <[email protected]> --- kernel/ptrace.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c index ec4365da9be8..f3c82e26b995 100644 --- a/kernel/ptrace.c +++ b/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); -- 2.14.1
