linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/10] mm/mmap: Replace SHM_HUGE_MASK with MAP_HUGE_MASK inside mmap

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Message-ID: <57061A34.6090301@gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 7 Apr 2016 18:28:36 +1000
From:	Balbir Singh <bsingharora@...il.com>
To:	Anshuman Khandual <khandual@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc:	hughd@...gle.com, kirill@...temov.name, n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mgorman@...hsingularity.net,
	dave.hansen@...el.com, aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	mpe@...erman.id.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] mm/mmap: Replace SHM_HUGE_MASK with MAP_HUGE_MASK
 inside mmap_pgoff



On 07/04/16 15:37, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> The commit 091d0d55b286 ("shm: fix null pointer deref when userspace
> specifies invalid hugepage size") had replaced MAP_HUGE_MASK with
> SHM_HUGE_MASK. Though both of them contain the same numeric value of
> 0x3f, MAP_HUGE_MASK flag sounds more appropriate than the other one
> in the context. Hence change it back.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <khandual@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Acked-by: Balbir Singh <bsingharora@...il.com>