linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] fs/proc/kcore.c: Make bounce buffer global for read

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Date:   Fri, 9 Sep 2016 13:43:40 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Cc:     lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] fs/proc/kcore.c: Make bounce buffer global for read

On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 12:57 AM, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org> wrote:
> Next patch adds bounce buffer for ktext area, so it's
> convenient to have single bounce buffer for both
> vmalloc/module and ktext cases.
>
> Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>

For this and the 2/2:

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

Thanks!

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Nexus Security