Author: mjg Date: Wed Sep 27 01:31:52 2017 New Revision: 324045 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/324045
Log: sysctl: remove target buffer read/write checks prior to calling the handler Said checks were inherently racy anyway as jokers could unmap target areas before the handler got around to accessing them. This saves time by avoiding locking the address space. MFC after: 1 week Modified: head/sys/kern/kern_sysctl.c Modified: head/sys/kern/kern_sysctl.c ============================================================================== --- head/sys/kern/kern_sysctl.c Wed Sep 27 01:27:43 2017 (r324044) +++ head/sys/kern/kern_sysctl.c Wed Sep 27 01:31:52 2017 (r324045) @@ -2061,16 +2061,9 @@ userland_sysctl(struct thread *td, int *name, u_int na } } req.validlen = req.oldlen; + req.oldptr = old; - if (old) { - if (!useracc(old, req.oldlen, VM_PROT_WRITE)) - return (EFAULT); - req.oldptr= old; - } - if (new != NULL) { - if (!useracc(new, newlen, VM_PROT_READ)) - return (EFAULT); req.newlen = newlen; req.newptr = new; } _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"