1 files changed, 0 insertions, 76 deletions
diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c
index 3e94559c452e..ca2f3ca5dacd 100644
--- a/fs/compat.c
+++ b/fs/compat.c
@@ -54,82 +54,6 @@
 #include <asm/ioctls.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
-/* A write operation does a read from user space and vice versa */
-#define vrfy_dir(type) ((type) == READ ? VERIFY_WRITE : VERIFY_READ)
-
-ssize_t compat_rw_copy_check_uvector(int type,
-		const struct compat_iovec __user *uvector, unsigned long nr_segs,
-		unsigned long fast_segs, struct iovec *fast_pointer,
-		struct iovec **ret_pointer)
-{
-	compat_ssize_t tot_len;
-	struct iovec *iov = *ret_pointer = fast_pointer;
-	ssize_t ret = 0;
-	int seg;
-
-	/*
-	 * SuS says "The readv() function *may* fail if the iovcnt argument
-	 * was less than or equal to 0, or greater than {IOV_MAX}.  Linux has
-	 * traditionally returned zero for zero segments, so...
-	 */
-	if (nr_segs == 0)
-		goto out;
-
-	ret = -EINVAL;
-	if (nr_segs > UIO_MAXIOV)
-		goto out;
-	if (nr_segs > fast_segs) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		iov = kmalloc(nr_segs*sizeof(struct iovec), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (iov == NULL)
-			goto out;
-	}
-	*ret_pointer = iov;
-
-	ret = -EFAULT;
-	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, uvector, nr_segs*sizeof(*uvector)))
-		goto out;
-
-	/*
-	 * Single unix specification:
-	 * We should -EINVAL if an element length is not >= 0 and fitting an
-	 * ssize_t.
-	 *
-	 * In Linux, the total length is limited to MAX_RW_COUNT, there is
-	 * no overflow possibility.
-	 */
-	tot_len = 0;
-	ret = -EINVAL;
-	for (seg = 0; seg < nr_segs; seg++) {
-		compat_uptr_t buf;
-		compat_ssize_t len;
-
-		if (__get_user(len, &uvector->iov_len) ||
-		   __get_user(buf, &uvector->iov_base)) {
-			ret = -EFAULT;
-			goto out;
-		}
-		if (len < 0)	/* size_t not fitting in compat_ssize_t .. */
-			goto out;
-		if (type >= 0 &&
-		    !access_ok(vrfy_dir(type), compat_ptr(buf), len)) {
-			ret = -EFAULT;
-			goto out;
-		}
-		if (len > MAX_RW_COUNT - tot_len)
-			len = MAX_RW_COUNT - tot_len;
-		tot_len += len;
-		iov->iov_base = compat_ptr(buf);
-		iov->iov_len = (compat_size_t) len;
-		uvector++;
-		iov++;
-	}
-	ret = tot_len;
-
-out:
-	return ret;
-}
-
 struct compat_ncp_mount_data {
 	compat_int_t version;
 	compat_uint_t ncp_fd;