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-rw-r--r--lib/strncpy_from_user.c41
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diff --git a/lib/strncpy_from_user.c b/lib/strncpy_from_user.c
index ead8c4a068d1..e0af6ff73d14 100644
--- a/lib/strncpy_from_user.c
+++ b/lib/strncpy_from_user.c
@@ -112,44 +112,3 @@ long strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src, long count)
return -EFAULT;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(strncpy_from_user);
-
-/**
- * strncpy_from_unsafe: - Copy a NUL terminated string from unsafe address.
- * @dst: Destination address, in kernel space. This buffer must be at
- * least @count bytes long.
- * @src: Unsafe address.
- * @count: Maximum number of bytes to copy, including the trailing NUL.
- *
- * Copies a NUL-terminated string from unsafe address to kernel buffer.
- *
- * On success, returns the length of the string INCLUDING the trailing NUL.
- *
- * If access fails, returns -EFAULT (some data may have been copied
- * and the trailing NUL added).
- *
- * If @count is smaller than the length of the string, copies @count-1 bytes,
- * sets the last byte of @dst buffer to NUL and returns @count.
- */
-long strncpy_from_unsafe(char *dst, const void *unsafe_addr, long count)
-{
- mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
- const void *src = unsafe_addr;
- long ret;
-
- if (unlikely(count <= 0))
- return 0;
-
- set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
- pagefault_disable();
-
- do {
- ret = __copy_from_user_inatomic(dst++,
- (const void __user __force *)src++, 1);
- } while (dst[-1] && ret == 0 && src - unsafe_addr < count);
-
- dst[-1] = '\0';
- pagefault_enable();
- set_fs(old_fs);
-
- return ret < 0 ? ret : src - unsafe_addr;
-}