3 files changed, 5 insertions, 47 deletions
diff --git a/arch/sparc/Kconfig.debug b/arch/sparc/Kconfig.debug
index 1b4a831565f9..d9a795efbc04 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/sparc/Kconfig.debug
@@ -30,18 +30,4 @@ config FRAME_POINTER
 	depends on MCOUNT
 	default y
 
-config DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS
-	bool "Strict copy size checks"
-	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
-	---help---
-	  Enabling this option turns a certain set of sanity checks for user
-	  copy operations into compile time failures.
-
-	  The copy_from_user() etc checks are there to help test if there
-	  are sufficient security checks on the length argument of
-	  the copy operation, by having gcc prove that the argument is
-	  within bounds.
-
-	  If unsure, or if you run an older (pre 4.4) gcc, say N.
-
 endmenu
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/uaccess_32.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/uaccess_32.h
index 25f1d10155e8..8303ac481034 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/uaccess_32.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/uaccess_32.h
@@ -260,23 +260,8 @@ static inline unsigned long __copy_to_user(void __user *to, const void *from, un
 	return __copy_user(to, (__force void __user *) from, n);
 }
 
-extern void copy_from_user_overflow(void)
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS
-	__compiletime_error("copy_from_user() buffer size is not provably correct")
-#else
-	__compiletime_warning("copy_from_user() buffer size is not provably correct")
-#endif
-;
-
 static inline unsigned long copy_from_user(void *to, const void __user *from, unsigned long n)
 {
-	int sz = __compiletime_object_size(to);
-
-	if (unlikely(sz != -1 && sz < n)) {
-		copy_from_user_overflow();
-		return n;
-	}
-
 	if (n && __access_ok((unsigned long) from, n))
 		return __copy_user((__force void __user *) to, from, n);
 	else
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/uaccess_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
index 2406788bfe5f..3e1449f07798 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
@@ -205,14 +205,6 @@ __asm__ __volatile__(							\
 
 extern int __get_user_bad(void);
 
-extern void copy_from_user_overflow(void)
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS
-	__compiletime_error("copy_from_user() buffer size is not provably correct")
-#else
-	__compiletime_warning("copy_from_user() buffer size is not provably correct")
-#endif
-;
-
 extern unsigned long __must_check ___copy_from_user(void *to,
 						    const void __user *from,
 						    unsigned long size);
@@ -221,16 +213,11 @@ extern unsigned long copy_from_user_fixup(void *to, const void __user *from,
 static inline unsigned long __must_check
 copy_from_user(void *to, const void __user *from, unsigned long size)
 {
-	int sz = __compiletime_object_size(to);
-	unsigned long ret = size;
-
-	if (likely(sz == -1 || sz >= size)) {
-		ret = ___copy_from_user(to, from, size);
-		if (unlikely(ret))
-			ret = copy_from_user_fixup(to, from, size);
-	} else {
-		copy_from_user_overflow();
-	}
+	unsigned long ret = ___copy_from_user(to, from, size);
+
+	if (unlikely(ret))
+		ret = copy_from_user_fixup(to, from, size);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 #define __copy_from_user copy_from_user