Amir Goldstein
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The access limit checks on input file range in generic_remap_checks() are redundant because the input file size is guaranteed to be within limits and pos+len are already checked to be within input file size. Beyond the fact that the check cannot fail, if it would have failed, it could return -EFBIG for input file range error. There is no precedent for that. -EFBIG is returned in syscalls that would change file length. With that call removed, we can fold generic_access_check_limits() into generic_write_check_limits(). Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
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.