2 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/compat.h b/include/linux/compat.h
index 5d46217f84ad..4e890394ef99 100644
--- a/include/linux/compat.h
+++ b/include/linux/compat.h
@@ -577,8 +577,7 @@ extern 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,
-                int check_access);
+                struct iovec **ret_pointer);
 
 extern void __user *compat_alloc_user_space(unsigned long len);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 038076b27ea4..cf2c5611b19b 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -173,6 +173,15 @@ struct inodes_stat_t {
 #define WRITE_FUA               (WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_NOIDLE | REQ_FUA)
 #define WRITE_FLUSH_FUA         (WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_NOIDLE | REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA)
 
+
+/*
+ * Flag for rw_copy_check_uvector and compat_rw_copy_check_uvector
+ * that indicates that they should check the contents of the iovec are
+ * valid, but not check the memory that the iovec elements
+ * points too.
+ */
+#define CHECK_IOVEC_ONLY -1
+
 #define SEL_IN          1
 #define SEL_OUT         2
 #define SEL_EX          4
@@ -1690,8 +1699,7 @@ struct seq_file;
 ssize_t rw_copy_check_uvector(int type, const struct iovec __user * uvector,
                               unsigned long nr_segs, unsigned long fast_segs,
                               struct iovec *fast_pointer,
-                              struct iovec **ret_pointer,
-                              int check_access);
+                              struct iovec **ret_pointer);
 
 extern ssize_t vfs_read(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
 extern ssize_t vfs_write(struct file *, const char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);