linux-kernel - Re: sparc: Fix mremap VA span checking.

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Date:	Tue, 13 May 2008 00:12:32 +0100
From:	Martin Habets <errandir_news@....eclipse.co.uk>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	jlieskov@...hat.com, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: sparc: Fix mremap VA span checking.

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 04:24:53AM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov@...hat.com>
> Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 13:15:12 +0200
> 
> >  I have investigated the code for MREMAP_FIXED in
> > sparc_mremap in arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc.c, for sys64_mremap
> > in arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sparc.c and 
> > for sys32_mremap in arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sparc32.c
> > and there are similar conditional range checks ->
> > attaching the patches against 2.6.25.3.
> 
> Thanks for the report, I'll take a look at this after getting
> some sleep as it's late hear.
> 
> My first impression is that it might make sense to put an
> arch_mmap_check() call at the appropriate spots instead of duplicating
> this check so many times.

sparc32 already has an sparc_mmap_check() in sys_sparc that does this,
and sparc64 has sparc64_mmap_check().
Calling that should do the trick.

-- 
Martin
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