On Sat, 13 Aug 2005, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > attached is the same patch but now with Steven's change made as well
Actually, the more I looked at that mmap_kmem() function, the less I liked it. Let's get that sucker fixed better first. It's still not wonderful, but at least now it tries to verify the whole _range_ of the mapping. Steven, does this "alternate mmap_kmem fix" patch work for you? Linus ---- diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c --- a/drivers/char/mem.c +++ b/drivers/char/mem.c @@ -261,7 +261,11 @@ static int mmap_mem(struct file * file, static int mmap_kmem(struct file * file, struct vm_area_struct * vma) { - unsigned long long val; + unsigned long pfn, size; + + /* Turn a kernel-virtual address into a physical page frame */ + pfn = __pa((u64)vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT) >> PAGE_SHIFT; + /* * RED-PEN: on some architectures there is more mapped memory * than available in mem_map which pfn_valid checks @@ -269,10 +273,14 @@ static int mmap_kmem(struct file * file, * * RED-PEN: vmalloc is not supported right now. */ - if (!pfn_valid(vma->vm_pgoff)) + if (!pfn_valid(pfn)) return -EIO; - val = (u64)vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT; - vma->vm_pgoff = __pa(val) >> PAGE_SHIFT; + + size = (vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT; + if (!pfn_valid(pfn + size - 1)) + return -EIO; + + vma->vm_pgoff = pfn; return mmap_mem(file, vma); } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/