From: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Dave Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Sep 04, 2005 at 01:16:00PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > unsigned long __copy_to_user_ll(void __user *to, const void *from,
> > unsigned long n)
> > > {
> > > BUG_ON((long) n < 0);
> >
> > Ehh? It's unsigned. This will never be true.
>
> It's cast to long, so it'll trap if we try to copy >=2G.
>
> It seems a strange thing to check though. Do we really need it?
I don't know. I've just cut&paste the original __copy_from_user_ll()
Regards,
Hiro
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