linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add range_is_allowed() check to mmap of /dev/mem

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Date:	Fri, 7 Mar 2008 09:37:54 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Venki Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, arjan@...ux.intel.com,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add range_is_allowed() check to mmap of /dev/mem


* Venki Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com> wrote:

> Earlier patch that introduced CONFIG_NONPROMISC_DEVMEM, did the 
> range_is_allowed() check only for read and write. Add 
> range_is_allowed() check to mmap of /dev/mem as well.
> 
> Changes the paramaters of range_is_allowed() to pfn and size to handle 
> more than 32 bits of physical address on 32 bit arch cleanly.

thanks, applied.

	Ingo
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