linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 0/2] Fix issues with vmalloc flush flag

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Date:   Tue, 21 May 2019 13:51:35 -0700
From:   Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, peterz@...radead.org,
        sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, luto@...nel.org
Cc:     dave.hansen@...el.com, namit@...are.com,
        Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 0/2] Fix issues with vmalloc flush flag

These two patches address issues with the recently added
VM_FLUSH_RESET_PERMS vmalloc flag.

Patch 1 is the most critical and addresses an issue that could cause a
crash on x86.

Patch 2 addresses an issue where in a rare case strange arguments
could be provided to flush_tlb_kernel_range(). Most arch's should be
fine with it, but some may not like them, so we should avoid doing
this.

v3->v4:
 - Drop patch that switched vm_unmap_alias() calls to regular flush
 - Add patch to address correctness previously fixed in dropped patch

v2->v3:
 - Split into two patches

v1->v2:
 - Update commit message with more detail
 - Fix flush end range on !CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_SET_DIRECT_MAP case

Rick Edgecombe (2):
  vmalloc: Fix calculation of direct map addr range
  vmalloc: Avoid rare case of flushing tlb with weird arguements

 mm/vmalloc.c | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

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