type argument in access_ok() macro

From: Borislav Petkov (petkov_at_uni-muenster.de)
Date: 04/29/05

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Date:	Fri, 29 Apr 2005 19:40:13 +0200

    Hi,

    what's with the 'type' argument of the access_ok() macro. As long as my kernel
    source browsing system lxr doesn't show something wrong, I'm pretty much sure
    that the type argument in access_ok() is not being used in any arch. Is this
    on purpose or has it become obsolete but nobody dared to break things by
    removing it? ... or probably it is some kernel magic :)?

    Regards,
    Boris.
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