linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vsprintf: Do not break early boot with probing addresses

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Date:   Fri, 10 May 2019 19:41:34 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        "Tobin C . Harding" <me@...in.cc>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, Russell Currey <ruscur@...sell.cc>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...abs.org>,
        Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vsprintf: Do not break early boot with probing addresses

On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 12:24:01PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Fri, 10 May 2019 10:42:13 +0200
> Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com> wrote:
> 
> >  static const char *check_pointer_msg(const void *ptr)
> >  {
> > -	char byte;
> > -
> >  	if (!ptr)
> >  		return "(null)";
> >  
> > -	if (probe_kernel_address(ptr, byte))
> > +	if ((unsigned long)ptr < PAGE_SIZE || IS_ERR_VALUE(ptr))
> >  		return "(efault)";
> >  
> 
> 
> 	< PAGE_SIZE ?
> 
> do you mean: < TASK_SIZE ?

Original code used PAGE_SIZE. If it needs to be changed, that it might be a
separate explanation / patch.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko