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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/14] linux-user: fpu_save_addr is not used


From: Juan Quintela
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/14] linux-user: fpu_save_addr is not used
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:59:49 +0200
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Peter Maydell <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 2 June 2011 12:53, Juan Quintela <address@hidden> wrote:
>> It is only read to set the error code?
>
>>         err |= __get_user(fpu_save_addr, &sf->fpu_save);
>> -
>> +        (void)fpu_save_addr;
>
> In linux-user __get_user can never generate an error: faults
> are always caught by the lock_user_struct() or equivalent call
> done beforehand. The error handling is I think a leftover from
> code borrowed from the kernel (which does have a __get_user
> that might return an error).
>
> So I think the correct fix here is just to remove the __get_user
> lines and the variables if they're not used.

Fine with me.  Will do for next series.

Later, Juan.



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