summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/kernel/itimer.c
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorJames Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>2012-05-04 12:46:40 +1000
committerJames Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>2012-05-04 12:46:40 +1000
commit898bfc1d46bd76f8ea2a0fbd239dd2073efe2aa3 (patch)
treee6e666085abe674dbf6292555961fe0a0f2e2d2f /kernel/itimer.c
parent08162e6a23d476544adfe1164afe9ea8b34ab859 (diff)
parent69964ea4c7b68c9399f7977aa5b9aa6539a6a98a (diff)
Merge tag 'v3.4-rc5' into next
Linux 3.4-rc5 Merge to pull in prerequisite change for Smack: 86812bb0de1a3758dc6c7aa01a763158a7c0638a Requested by Casey.
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/itimer.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/itimer.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/itimer.c b/kernel/itimer.c
index 22000c3db0d..8d262b46757 100644
--- a/kernel/itimer.c
+++ b/kernel/itimer.c
@@ -284,8 +284,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(setitimer, int, which, struct itimerval __user *, value,
if (value) {
if(copy_from_user(&set_buffer, value, sizeof(set_buffer)))
return -EFAULT;
- } else
- memset((char *) &set_buffer, 0, sizeof(set_buffer));
+ } else {
+ memset(&set_buffer, 0, sizeof(set_buffer));
+ printk_once(KERN_WARNING "%s calls setitimer() with new_value NULL pointer."
+ " Misfeature support will be removed\n",
+ current->comm);
+ }
error = do_setitimer(which, &set_buffer, ovalue ? &get_buffer : NULL);
if (error || !ovalue)