linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/nommu.c: Fix improperly call of security API in mmap

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Date:	Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:58:52 -0500
From:	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, graff.yang@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gyang@...ckfin.uclinux.org,
	uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org,
	Graff Yang <graf.yang@...log.com>,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, john.johansen@...onical.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/nommu.c: Fix improperly call of security API in mmap

On Fri, 2009-11-20 at 11:50 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:32:02 -0500

> >     security: do not check mmap_min_addr on nommu systems
> >     
> >     nommu systems can do anything with memory they please and so they already
> >     win.  mmap_min_addr is the least of their worries.  Currently the
> >     mmap_min_addr implementation is problamatic on such systems.  This patch
> >     changes the addr_only argument to be a flags which can take the arguments
> >     for addr_only or not_addr.  LSMs then need to properly implement these two
> >     flags.
> >     
> >     Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
> 
> Patch doesn't apply to current mainline for some reason.  I fixed that
> up and checked that the affected files compile OK on superh.

It was against my linux-next devel tree, probably something new in
James' for-next tree.  Are people hoping for this in stable or should we
just queue for -next?  This is a pretty old bug I guess people are just
hitting for the first time...

> The patch adds trailing whitespace.  If only we had a tool for that ;)

Fixed.

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