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Date:   Fri, 8 Sep 2017 00:42:16 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Tycho Andersen <tycho@...ker.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
        Marco Benatto <marco.antonio.780@...il.com>,
        Juerg Haefliger <juerg.haefliger@...onical.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 01/11] mm: add MAP_HUGETLB support to vm_mmap

On Thu, Sep 07, 2017 at 11:35:59AM -0600, Tycho Andersen wrote:
> vm_mmap is exported, which means kernel modules can use it. In particular,
> for testing XPFO support, we want to use it with the MAP_HUGETLB flag, so
> let's support it via vm_mmap.

>  	} else if (flags & MAP_HUGETLB) {
> +		file = map_hugetlb_setup(&len, flags);
>  		if (IS_ERR(file))
>  			return PTR_ERR(file);
>  	}

It seems like you should remove this hunk entirely and make all
MAP_HUGETLB calls go through vm_mmap.

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