Re: [PATCH] x86_64: fix perms/range of vsyscall vma in /proc/*/maps

[Andi Kleen]

On Friday 10 November 2006 02:20, Ernie Petrides wrote:
> Hi, Andy.  The final line of /proc/<pid>/maps on x86_64 for native 64-bit
> tasks shows an incorrect ending address and incorrect permissions.  There
> is only a single page mapped in this vsyscall region, and it is accessible
> for both read and execute.

The range reported is how much address space is reserved, but you're
right it is less.

But I don't like hardcoding a page here -- this will likely be extended
soon. Can you please create a new define VSYSCALL_REAL_LENGTH or similar 
in vsyscall.h and use that?

Thanks,
-Andi

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