linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 17/19] ARM: LPAE: mark memory banks with start > ULONG

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Date:	Sat, 12 Feb 2011 10:36:50 +0000
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 17/19] ARM: LPAE: mark memory banks with start >
	ULONG_MAX as highmem

On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 05:55:59PM +0000, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> @@ -782,7 +782,8 @@ static void __init sanity_check_meminfo(void)
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
>  		if (__va(bank->start) > vmalloc_min ||
> -		    __va(bank->start) < (void *)PAGE_OFFSET)
> +		    __va(bank->start) < (void *)PAGE_OFFSET ||
> +		    bank->start > ULONG_MAX)

I think this check should be first, so that we don't try to evaluate __va()
on phys addresses > ULONG_MAX, possibly resulting in truncation.
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