linux-kernel - Re: [RFC/PATCH] nommu: fix ksize() abuse

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Message-ID: <2888.1211980368@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 28 May 2008 14:12:48 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Pekka J Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, clameter@....com, mpm@...enic.com,
	lethal@...ux-sh.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] nommu: fix ksize() abuse

Pekka J Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi> wrote:

> From: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
> 
> The nommu binfmt code uses ksize() for pointers returned from do_mmap() 
> which is wrong. This converts the call-sites to use the nommu specific 
> kobjsize() function which works as expected.
> 
> Cc: Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
> Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
> Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>

Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
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