linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] riscv: mmap(): use unsigned offset type in riscv_sys

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Message-ID: <44501b6d-12de-49dc-8d81-443500031d4a@ghiti.fr>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2025 11:07:16 +0200
From: Alexandre Ghiti <alex@...ti.fr>
To: liu.xuemei1@....com.cn, paul.walmsley@...ive.com
Cc: palmer@...belt.com, aou@...s.berkeley.edu,
 linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] riscv: mmap(): use unsigned offset type in riscv_sys_mmap

Hi Jessica,

On 7/7/25 13:34, liu.xuemei1@....com.cn wrote:
> From: Jessica Liu <liu.xuemei1@....com.cn>
>
> The variable type of offset should be consistent with the relevant
> interfaces of mmap which described in commit 295f10061af0 ("syscalls:
> mmap(): use unsigned offset type consistently). Otherwise, a user input
> with the top bit set would result in a negative page offset rather than a
> large one.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jessica Liu <liu.xuemei1@....com.cn>
> ---
>   arch/riscv/kernel/sys_riscv.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_riscv.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_riscv.c
> index d77afe05578f..795b2e815ac9 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_riscv.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_riscv.c
> @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
>
>   static long riscv_sys_mmap(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
>   			   unsigned long prot, unsigned long flags,
> -			   unsigned long fd, off_t offset,
> +			   unsigned long fd, unsigned long offset,
>   			   unsigned long page_shift_offset)
>   {
>   	if (unlikely(offset & (~PAGE_MASK >> page_shift_offset)))


Reviewed-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@...osinc.com>

Thanks,

Alex