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[35/38] ptrace: remove invalid check

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Andrzej Hajda Sept. 21, 2015, 1:34 p.m. UTC
Unsigned values cannot be lesser than zero.

The problem has been detected using proposed semantic patch
scripts/coccinelle/tests/unsigned_lesser_than_zero.cocci [1].

[1]: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/2038576

Signed-off-by: Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@samsung.com>
---
 arch/sh/kernel/ptrace_64.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/ptrace_64.c b/arch/sh/kernel/ptrace_64.c
index 5cea973..138b2b1 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/ptrace_64.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/ptrace_64.c
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@  long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request,
 		unsigned long tmp;
 
 		ret = -EIO;
-		if ((addr & 3) || addr < 0)
+		if (addr & 3)
 			break;
 
 		if (addr < sizeof(struct pt_regs))
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@  long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request,
                    this could crash the kernel or result in a security
                    loophole. */
 		ret = -EIO;
-		if ((addr & 3) || addr < 0)
+		if (addr & 3)
 			break;
 
 		if (addr < sizeof(struct pt_regs)) {