[RFC][PATCH 3/8] x86, mpx: we do not allocate the bounds directory

From: Dave Hansen
Date: Fri Dec 12 2014 - 14:12:20 EST



From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

The comment and code here are confusing. We do not currently
allocate the bounds directory in the kernel.

Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

b/arch/x86/mm/mpx.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff -puN arch/x86/mm/mpx.c~x86-mpx-we-do-not-allocate-the-bounds-directory arch/x86/mm/mpx.c
--- a/arch/x86/mm/mpx.c~x86-mpx-we-do-not-allocate-the-bounds-directory 2014-12-12 11:11:39.858982368 -0800
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/mpx.c 2014-12-12 11:11:39.861982503 -0800
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ static unsigned long mpx_mmap(unsigned l
vm_flags_t vm_flags;
struct vm_area_struct *vma;

- /* Only bounds table and bounds directory can be allocated here */
- if (len != MPX_BD_SIZE_BYTES && len != MPX_BT_SIZE_BYTES)
+ /* Only bounds table can be allocated here */
+ if (len != MPX_BT_SIZE_BYTES)
return -EINVAL;

down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
_
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