linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] slub: Fix kmem_ptr_validate() for non-kernel pointers

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Date:	Thu, 8 Apr 2010 11:59:45 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] slub: Fix kmem_ptr_validate() for non-kernel
 pointers

On Wed, 7 Apr 2010, Pekka Enberg wrote:

> As suggested by Linus, fix up kmem_ptr_validate() to handle non-kernel pointers
> more graciously. The patch changes kmem_ptr_validate() to use the newly
> introduced kern_ptr_validate() helper to check that a pointer is a valid kernel
> pointer before we attempt to convert it into a 'struct page'.
> 
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>

Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>

> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
> Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
> Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
> ---
>  mm/slub.c |    3 +++
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
> index b364844..7d6c8b1 100644
> --- a/mm/slub.c
> +++ b/mm/slub.c
> @@ -2386,6 +2386,9 @@ int kmem_ptr_validate(struct kmem_cache *s, const void *object)
>  {
>  	struct page *page;
>  
> +	if (!kern_ptr_validate(object, s->size))
> +		return 0;
> +
>  	page = get_object_page(object);
>  
>  	if (!page || s != page->slab)
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