linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: remove kern_addr

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Tue, 18 Oct 2022 20:45:46 +1100
From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:     Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: remove kern_addr_valid() completely

Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com> writes:
> Most architectures(except arm64/x86/sparc) simply return 1 for
> kern_addr_valid(), which is only used in read_kcore(), and it
> calls copy_from_kernel_nofault() which could check whether the
> address is a valid kernel address, so no need kern_addr_valid(),
> let's remove unneeded kern_addr_valid() completely.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>
> ---
>  arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h          |  2 -
>  arch/arc/include/asm/pgtable-bits-arcv2.h |  2 -
>  arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-nommu.h      |  2 -
>  arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h            |  4 --
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h          |  2 -
>  arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c                       | 47 -----------------------
>  arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c                  |  3 +-
>  arch/csky/include/asm/pgtable.h           |  3 --
>  arch/hexagon/include/asm/page.h           |  7 ----
>  arch/ia64/include/asm/pgtable.h           | 16 --------
>  arch/loongarch/include/asm/pgtable.h      |  2 -
>  arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_mm.h        |  2 -
>  arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_no.h        |  1 -
>  arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgtable.h     |  3 --
>  arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h           |  2 -
>  arch/nios2/include/asm/pgtable.h          |  2 -
>  arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgtable.h       |  2 -
>  arch/parisc/include/asm/pgtable.h         | 15 --------
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h        |  7 ----

Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au> (powerpc)

cheers